Deadline: June 14, 2018 - BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition 2018

Do you think yourself as an individual who can come up with practical projects to create a better balance between food sustainability and environmental sustainability with different disciplinary approaches?

Do you think you can find solutions to the food paradoxes, through innovative, practical and multi-disciplinary ideas?

The 2018 BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition invites young PhD and postdoc researchers from any background and nationality to submit a research project to improve the sustainability of the food system.

The 2018 BCFN YES! calls for concrete research proposals for making more sustainable the agri-food system (in terms of environmental, social, health and/or economic aspects), that are coherent with the BCFN research projects.

Research proposals are to be proposed in one or more of the following areas:

• Sustainable and healthy dietary patterns;
• Sustainable agriculture;
• Food security.

The BCFN wants to support studies that are innovative, have a promise of major impact, are result-oriented and look at food systems and food value chains with a systemic approach, preferably, where relevant, blending scientific knowledge with local knowledge. Country case studies and identification of best practice are strongly encouraged.

 Benefits

• The award is a 20.000 € research grant applied to a one-year investigation
• A maximum of three teams will be awarded the Research Grant.

 Eligibilities

To participate in the competition, a participant must fulfil the following requirements :

• Participate individually or as a  multidisciplinary and cross-national research team of a maximum of three components. The Competition encourages the participation of teams from different disciplines and countries who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches.
• Applicants who are currently pursuing doctoral degrees are eligible, as well as researchers with a completed PhD.
• All applicants must be/have enrolled after January 1st, 2012, included.
• All participants must be under the age of 35 at the date of November 28, 2018.

Eligible Regions: Open for All

APPLICATION PROCESS

• The submission requires application completed in English, in each part exclusively on the BCFN YES! website.
• Completed proposals must be submitted online through the BCFN web site.
• Proposals and documents submitted by email will not be accepted.
• A confirmation e-mail will be sent out to the Participants upon submission of the proposal.

Application Deadline: June 14, 2018 (3 Days Remaining)

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