Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

The Belmont Forum’s OCEAN 2 CRA supports transdisciplinary research addressing global ocean challenges and contributes to the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Projects are expected to last 36 months and involve research consortia with participants from multiple countries and disciplines, including societal partners.

Proposals should focus on at least one of three key areas:

• Biodiversity Conservation and Nature-Based Solutions

• Ocean-Biodiversity-Climate Integration

• Nature Futures, Ocean Governance, and Ethics for Sustainability.

Funding organizations from numerous countries and some non-governmental organizations have tentatively agreed to support this call. To stay updated, join the mailing list or visit the Belmont Forum website and social networks. Queries can be sent to  larisse.faroni@belmontforum.org with the subject “CRA Ocean 2”.

If you are a Canadian university researcher eligible to receive NSERC funds, you can apply independently or as a team. If you apply as a team, your co-applicants must be academic researchers from Canadian universities who meet NSERC’s eligibility requirements. To be the principal applicant for funding from NSERC, you must be working in a research area supported by NSERC.

In addition to the external funding agency’s submission procedures, this opportunity must also be submitted for Departmental, HSS Faculty, and Research Initiatives and Services (RIS) institutional reviews and approvals via Memorial's Researcher Portal (RP). In order to facilitate the HSS Faculty’s administrative review, please ensure "Heather C. O'Brien (Grants Facilitator)" and “Matthew Milner (Grants Facilitator)” are added as "Team Members" on your RP file. 

In accordance with University-wide approval protocols, all tabs of the RP file must be completed, the completed application must be uploaded to the “Attachments” tab, all supporting documentation including support for cash and in-kind commitments and/or letters of support must also be uploaded, and “Submit” must be pressed prior to the HSS internal deadline listed below. HSS cannot guarantee completion of an administrative review for application files that are incomplete and/or are submitted after the HSS deadline. For more detailed submission instructions and information, please consult the HSS Research Support Services website.

If you plan to apply to this competition or other research funding opportunities (as either PI or CI), e-mail an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of your intent to apply. E-mailing the intent to apply as early as possible will help to facilitate an efficient review. A Grants Facilitator can answer any questions you may have about internal or external submission procedures and may also be able to help with proposal development.