The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) participates in a call of the Belmont Forum on the topic “Vulnerability and Resilience Management for Socio-Environmental Systems in Exposed Territories (Resilience)”. The Belmont Forum is a group of the world’s major and emerging funders of global environmental change research and international science councils. 

This global call for proposals aims to define and promote innovative risk management concepts that integrate the impacts of global change and the evolving relationship between societies and nature.

Co-led by the French National Research Agency (ANR), the French Environmental Research Programming Agencies (FERPA), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the Resilience Call expands on the previous “Disaster Risk, Reduction and Resilience” (DR3 2019) CRA. The initiative aims to foster a more holistic and transdisciplinary approach to risk science, aligning it with sustainability science principles.

Some expected outcomes of Resilience include advancements in risk science, enhanced co-production of knowledge, a concentrated focus on highly vulnerable territories, more informed governance, and the cultivation of a new generation of scientists and stakeholders equipped to address rising environmental risks.

Projects submitted under this call are expected to incorporate elements from at least two of the three key areas:

• Better assessing the risks of the increasing complexity of global change.
• Paying specific attention to exacerbated vulnerabilities in highly exposed territories.
• Developing innovative solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Funding will support research consortia composed of international partners from various disciplines. The project duration is 36 months. To stay updated, join the mailing list(externer Link) or visit the Belmont Forum website(externer Link) and social networks. A networking platform(externer Link) is open for you to help connect and build consortia. 

Details of the call and the application process are provided via the application portal(externer Link). A video tutorial for potential applicants is available here(externer Link).

The deadline for the submission of registration proposals is 17 October 2025. Concerning the exact date of the submission of full proposals, please consult the Belmont Forum website, on which information of the call will be regularly updated. 

When submitting registration or full proposals proposals via the application portal BFgo, please also submit all proposal documents to the DFG via the elan portal(externer Link). Please consult the German Annex for additional information.

Please note that German parts of proposals that cover mainly Geographical topics cannot be covered by DFG funds.

Equity and Diversity

The DFG strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness. With regard to the subject-specific focus of this call, the DFG encourages female researchers in particular to submit proposals.

Good Research Practice

According to a resolution of the DFG General Assembly, DFG funding may only be awarded to research institutions that have implemented the guidelines laid down in the Code of Conduct for Safeguarding Good Research Practice(externer Link) in their own regulations. The management of your institution is responsible for implementing the guidelines in a legally binding manner. In order to avoid delays in the disbursement of funding, please verify implementation within your institution in good time. For information regarding the implementation, please refer to the Research Integrity Portal(externer Link). If you have any questions on this subject, please contact the Research Integrity team(externer Link) at the DFG Head Office.

Further Information 

Please find detailed information on the call here(externer Link).

Please find the application portal at: https://bfgo.org(externer Link)

To the Belmont Forum website: www.belmontforum.org(externer Link)

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