The call, which is joint with JPI-Urban Europe and features a number of international funding agency partners, opened on December 9, 2017. Pre-proposals are due March 15, 2017.
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Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI)-Nexus Call Opening
December 9, 2016For call information visit www.sugi-nexus.org.

Invitation to Webinar for Applicants: Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus Call (November 16, 2016)
November 8, 2016Belmont Forum, together with JPI Urban Europe, invites those interested in learning more about our newest call, the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/ Food-Water-Energy Nexus, to a webinar on November 16th!

The Belmont Forum makes Strategic Advances at Annual Plenary Meeting
November 5, 2016During a very productive and plentiful three days in Doha this past week, the Belmont Forum members, partners, and guests worked through the meeting agenda.

On November 7th, in Marrakech, Morocco, the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will open its 22nd meeting. The Belmont Forum will be present to participate in an ICSU-hosted panel on urgent needs in climate research science following the Paris Agreement.
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International Research Funders and Scientific Governance Organizations meet in Doha, Qatar
October 24, 2016Next week marks the 11th annual plenary meeting of the Belmont Forum. The meeting, hosted by the Qatar National Research Fund in Doha, Qatar, brings together funding organizations and ministries from more than 24 countries, UN and international development agencies, regional science consortia, and international scientific governance bodies.
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In Beijing this week, awardees from the joint JPI-FACCE and Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action on Food Security and Land Use Change will be presenting at the 3rd annual Global Land Project Open Science Meeting.

Invitation to Webinar for Applicants: Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI): Food-Water-Energy Nexus Call (October 5, 2016)
September 22, 2016The Belmont Forum, together with JPI Urban Europe, invites those interested in learning more about our newest call, the Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI): Food-Water-Energy Nexus, to a webinar on October 5th!
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Belmont Forum Awardees advance Ecological Sustainability
September 12, 2016The recent EcoSummit Meeting in Montpellier, France, highlighted the advances of several Belmont Forum projects. Investigators shared their results and experiences conducting multi-national, inter- and trandisciplinary research during special sessions at this 5th Congress.
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International Data Week: Global Collaborations for Open Data
September 12, 2016International Data Week formally opened last night in Denver, Colorado with very positive discussions about data sharing, interoperability, stewardship, incentives, training, and metrics for assessing improvement towards a more open data universe.