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Application deadlines have been extended to March 15 for Demonstration Sessions at the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2020 (SRI2020).  A special thank you to those that have already submitted applications to be part of SRI2020’s Demonstration or Popcorn Sessions. But for those that missed the deadline, we have some good news: We have secured [...]

Belmont Forum awards funding for ocean sustainability research The Belmont Forum funds projects in a Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on Ocean Sustainability, within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) no. 14 (Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development). Because the challenge is complex, there is a [...]

The Belmont Forum is pleased to announce the awardees of a second Collaborative Research Action focused on Arctic regions.   The call aims at bringing together researchers and other expertise across the globe to develop proposals from integrated teams of scientists and stakeholders to address key areas of arctic resilience understanding and action. This collaboration of [...]

Applications are now open for speakers in Popcorn Sessions at the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2020 (SRI2020). Submit an abstract by February 16, 2020 for the opportunity to deliver a short 7-minute talk presenting your research or work during a Popcorn Session at SRI2020. These dynamic sessions are designed to bring people together to [...]

Showcase your innovation to hundreds of leaders, experts and changemakers in sustainability through a hands-on Demonstration Session at the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2020 (SRI2020).   Applications are now open for Demonstration Sessions at SRI2020 for hosts to present innovations such as technologies and hardware, visual tools, creative installations and other physical and interactive [...]

Sustainability research is growing at twice the rate of science in general. But despite this boom in both research and funding, structural support continues to lag, and scholars often find themselves disconnected from sustainability innovation and action communities. The tools, capacities and knowledge that are needed to support a rapid shift to sustainability require collaboration [...]

The Belmont Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative research call on the theme: Towards Sustainability of Soils and Groundwater for Society. The call is planned to be launched in March 2020, with a closing date in July 2020 [Indicative schedule]. The goal of this CRA is to produce the necessary knowledge [...]

Four project teams from the Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services CRA participated in an around-the-globe virtual synthesis workshop. This CRA stimulated networking and capacity building for innovative research across social and natural science disciplines.  Funded projects addressed the following: Harmonizing and integrating development and application of biodiversity scenarios across spatial scales of relevance to [...]

  Representatives of three collaborative research actions (Arctic: Arctic Observing and Science for Sustainability, Mountains: Mountains as Sentinels of Change, and Food Security: Food Security and Land Use Change) held their midterm and end-term valorization events at the same time. This newsletter represents a synthesis of the results of the 16 funded projects, revealing real [...]