QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER — December 2021 |
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Bringing in the New Year with Upcoming Funding Opportunities! |
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The Belmont Forum is pleased to share that the Migration / Mobility & Global Change Research Call Pre-Announcement has been published. This call focuses on integrated systems approaches to accurately characterize migration and mobility and its intersection with Global Change, both closely related and intersecting phenomena. The Announcement outlines the key areas of interest for this Call, the timeline, and presents an opportunity for all to participate in a series of Workshops and Networking activities to prepare strong proposals to submit.
Click here to fill out the Expression of Interest for this Call and here to access the Pre-Announcement and learn more about the Workshops and Networking activities.
Preferential access to the workshops and networking opportunities will be given to those that fill you the Expression of Interest form by February 1, 2022. The full Call for Proposals is anticipated to open in April 2022.
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The Belmont Forum will then launch the Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production Research Call. This Call is focused on transdisciplinary research to transition to green economies, sustainable and resilient industries and their governance systems, social inequality and environmental justice, and integrating new technologies, policies, and practices into everyday life.
Proposal registration is anticipated to begin in Feb. 2022 with full proposals due in October 2022. Keep watch for more information on this Call.
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The Call for Sessions for SRI 2022 is Now Open! |
The Belmont Forum, Future Earth, and Future Africa are pleased to announce that the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2022 (SRI2022) will take place from June 20-24, 2022, in Pretoria, South Africa, and online. This year’s Themes are New Horizons, Different Ways of Knowing, Nexus Issues, and African Science and Innovation Cross-Cutting Issues.
The Call for Session Proposals is now open. Highlight your work on sustainability to a growing global audience and submit a proposal by February 5, 2022. Those who anticipate holding a mid-term or end-term meeting for a Belmont Forum Research Call are encouraged to hold this at SRI by submitting through the proposal portal. We invite proposals for sessions in English, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Mandarin. The Belmont Forum will also host a variety of exciting events including the popular “Be Belmont Applicable” and the “Idea Market”.
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A New Way to Connect with the Ocean CRA: |
The Belmont Forum welcomes you all to pursue the newly launched networking platform for the Oceans Collaborative Research Action, called the Ocean Sustainability Hub. The platform is on the Belmont Forum website and provides an opportunity for awardees from the 13 funded projects to highlight their findings and outputs. The page also has a built-in social network that allows project members to coordinate with each other, facilitate engagement beyond one project, and share opportunities. The Ocean Sustainability Hub serves as a demonstration to see how the Belmont Forum community can virtually connect and will be utilized for other Collaborative Research Actions in the future. Visit the Ocean Sustainability Hub and see what the projects are up to here.
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We welcome Dr. Nicole Arbour as the new Belmont Forum Executive Director. She comes to this role from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), in Austria where was an External Relations Manager. Nicole has spent the bulk of her career at the international science interface, building and developing bilateral and multinational relationships and collaborations, and supporting relationships with international scientific organizations. Learn more about Nicole here.
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Steering Committee and CoChair Update: |
Belmont Forum is delighted to welcome Dr. Marcos Regis da Silva, Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, as its newly elected steering committee co-chair. Dr. Regis da Silva brings decades of experience in international cooperation, biodiversity conservation, science policy leadership, and science diplomacy across the Americas. |
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We congratulate our new and returning Belmont Forum Steering Committee members (below from left to right), Minn-Tsong Lin from the Ministry of Science & Technology, Chinese Taipei, Ida Ulleberg Jensen from the Research Council of Norway, Şiir Kılkış from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, and Fulufhelo Nelwamondo from the National Research Foundation of South Africa, who begin their term in the new year. |
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The Belmont Forum owes a debt of gratitude to those that have recently moved on to new opportunities. Thank you to Sylvie Roy and Roel Marsman for your years of dedication to the Belmont Forum Secretariat. The Belmont Forum wishes them continued success and happiness in the future. |
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The Belmont Forum wants to express a special thank you to Erica Key, the former Belmont Forum Executive Director and the new Executive Director of the US Hub for Future Earth. Erica’s leadership, drive, innovative thinking, and ability to bring people together led to new heights of achievement for the Belmont Forum. We look forward to continuing to work together on the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress and other important activities. |
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Connect with the Belmont Forum on social media and online! |
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The Belmont Forum is looking to connect with you! Consult the calendar of events on our website, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Use the hashtag: #BelmontFunded in your online posts or tag us directly.
NEW: Visit our CONNECT pages at www.belmontforum.org/connect.
We accept submission for news items and resources by e-mail: info@belmontforum.org.
We will help showcase your science and action and connect you with our network!
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