Research funding challenge to enable key research for climate services?

• Attract stakeholders (public, private, community) to co-design research question and to co-produce scientific information relevant for users

• Provide arena of dialogue at national, regional and international level between users and scientists

• Identify common time and space scales of interest• Reckon inter- and trans-disciplinary in scientific

evaluation and carrier• Need specific research funding tools or programs to

promote these issuesPatrick Monfray, 01jul13Belmont Forum co-chair

How can international coordination help? What opportunities ?

• The S&T Alliance for Global Sustainability promotes inter- and trans-disciplinary research on environment-development issues, see http://www.stalliance.org/future-earth-initiatives

• One Alliance member, the Belmont Forum (key funders from G8+BRICS+EU) supports multinational teams for knowledge sharing, comparative approaches and foresight, via CRA

• Belmont Forum CRA (Collaborative Research Action) relevant for GFCS:– 2012: Freshwater security and Coastal Vulnerability– 2013: Data and cyber-infrastructure– 2014 (tbc): Seasonal to decadal predictability of regional

climate, Arctic observing system and sustainability science

igfagcr.org/belmont-forum

Extra slides on Belmont Forum

IGFA/Belmont Forum : a key funders group

• World’s major and emerging funders of global environmental change research, and international science councils

• Initiated in 2009, by NSF (US) and NERC (UK)• Acting as Council of Principals for IGFA, a larger group of

funding agencies group since 1990s• Australia/CSIRO• Austria/BMWF, IGFA repr.• Brazil/FAPESP• Canada/NSERC• China/NSFC• European Commission/DG R&I• France/CNRS&ANR, co-Chair• Germany/DFG&BMBF• India/MoES

• Japan/MEXT&JST• Norway/RCN, IGFA repr.• South Africa/NRF, co-Chair• United Kingdom/NERC• United States/NSF• International Council for Science (ICSU)• International Social Sciences Council

(ISSC)>>> IGFA/Belmont Forum members represent

only 5 to 20% of funders in their own country or region,

… but action orientedigfagcr.org/belmont-forum

Collaborative Research Actions (CRAs)

• Multilateral call for teams from 3+ countries, inter- and trans-disciplinary

• Open to any funders beyond IGFA/BF

• All common (scoping, call, selection, follow-up)

… except the money (no across nations)

2012 CRAs call (20M€)

• Freshwater Security (NSF lead), joint with G8HORCs

• Coastal Vulnerability (NERC lead), joint with G8HORCs, synchronized with FP7

• 137 pre-proposals, 1109 partners from 50 countries

• 52 full proposals, ≈13 selected for ≈20M€

• Projects will run from 2013 to 2016, with joint follow-up sessions

2013 CRAs call (2014 budget)

• Food Security and Land Use Change (FAPESP lead), joint with JPI FACCE– Community building projects (12 to 18 months up to 150-300k€).– Medium to long-term integrated projects (3-5 years up to 2-3M€)– Call plan for July 2013

• Data and E-infrastructure (NSF lead)– International foresight, including EC (DG R&I)– Share experience at national and regional level– Propose international standards and best practices– Call for expert nominations (10 max per country, summer

2013)

2014 CRAs under instruction (2015 budget)

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services : Improving our Capacity to Predict Global Changes, (lead ANR-DFG), joint with ERANET BIODIVERSA ?– Pre-scoping Berlin (jun13) + Scoping Paris (oct13)

• Climate Services : Seasonal to Decadal Predictability of Regional Climate, (lead ANR-MoES), joint with JPI Climate– Pre-scoping Paris (jun13) + Scoping Goa (oct13)

• Arctic : Data Observing System and Sustainability Science, (lead NSF-RCN), joint with JPI Climate– Pre-scoping Vancouver (may13) + Scoping Oslo (oct13)

Ways to impulse new CRA !

Belmont Forum

High Impact CRA’s

Future Earth

IGFA

Scientific community

Via Funders

Via Research

Communities

Some opportunities with Future Earth ?

• Migration and Disaster Risks ?• Societies and Green Growth ?• Societal Transformations ?

• Africa initiative, with AID agencies ?• Mediterranean Initiative ?

• Environment and Health ?• Others to identify… !