European Tropical Forest Research Network

EC funding sources for forest research in the tropics, subtropics and Mediterranean
(focus on the first Call for Proposals of EC-DGRES, 6th FP)
By ETFRN and UK-DFID-FRP

Forest research opportunities within FP6:
Priority 6.3. Global Change and Ecosystems

Specific Programme: Integrating and Strengthening the ERA
Priority Area 6: Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems
Sub-priority 3: Global Change and Ecosystems
Call Identifier: FP6-2002-Global-1 (http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=24)
Call period: 17 December 2002 - 8 April 2003

The opening of the next call is not yet known. Indicative topics are however provided in the work programme of the first call. These include topics like integrated water resource management, modeling changes in terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems, invasive species, desertification, integrated assessment of environmental, economic and social components of sustainable development, education programmes in sustainable development, etc. See for separate overview 'indicative call topics for 2004', Word (29 kb) and PDF (17 kb). Since the call and work programme will most probably be of similar character in the next call, we still provide all the relevant documents of the first, closed, call here. Information on next call can be obtained from rtd-sustainable@cec.eu.int

To prepare a proposal you need the following documents:

• Complete overview by ETFRN, Word (50 kb) and PDF (23 kb)
• Reading guide: Forest research possibilities by ETFRN, Word (29 kb) and PDF (13 kb)
• Call text full (PDF, 388 kb)*
• Call text extract (PDF, 111 kb)
• Corrigendum to call (PDF, 74 kb)
• Work programme Word (323 kb) and PDF (178 kb)
• Guide for proposers: specific support actions Word (381 kb) and PDF (182 kb)
• FP6 in brief Word (283 kb) and PDF (144 kb)

*Note: the full call text is the same for SME, Global change and ecosystems, INCO-DEV, Policy-oriented research and ERA-NET.