Background

Biodiversa+ is a network of agencies and ministries programming and funding pan-European research on biodiversity and ecosystem services on a competitive basis.

BiodivERsA was established in 2005, the DFG joined BiodivERsA in November 2010. BiodivERsA has continuously been funded under the EU Framework Progammes FP6, FP 7 Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe(externer Link).

Since its start, two ERA-Nets (BiodivERsA and BiodivERsA2) and two ERA-Net Cofund (BiodivERsA3 and BiodivScen) have come to an end (but with the projects of the 2nd call of BiodivERsA3 still continuing). Currently, two ERA-Net Cofunds (BiodivClim and BiodivRestore) and a European Co-funded Partnership (Biodiversa+), which started in autumn 2021 and focusses on Rescuing biodiversity to safeguard life on Earth, are running.

Since its beginning in 2005, the network has launched 13 calls for proposals. Until now, over 180 pan-European research projects have been funded in 12 calls.

For main achievements of BiodivERsA for research on biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions between 2008-2021, see the BiodivERsA Main Achievements brochure(Download).

Biodiversa+: Current Co-fund Call 2024/2025

Biodiversity and Transformative Change

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) as a partner of Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce that its 4th Joint Call for transnational research projects on “Biodiversity and transformative change” (referred to as BiodivTransform) is open: Biodiversa+ information on the BiodivTransform call (regularly updated)(externer Link).

Recognising that the worldwide crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution are highly interlinked, with an urgent need to understand trade-offs and cross-linkages both in terms of drivers and effects, this joint research call aims for interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or cross-sectoral research and innovation projects to identify, analyse, and comprehend transformation processes that may halt and reverse biodiversity decline. It should generate knowledge to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the benefits these may provide to people, through transformative change to mitigate and reverse biodiversity threats. Transformative change can be defined as “Fundamental system-wide reorganisation across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values needed for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity” (IPBES 2019).

The call is not restricted in terms of specific environments nor geographic areas, encompassing all realms (terrestrial, marine, coastal and freshwater) and ecosystems experiencing various levels and sources of disturbances, including transition zones and interfaces (coastal, wetlands, urban-rural, forest-agriculture, etc.) and in integrated land/seascapes.

Projects will be expected to demonstrate academic excellence with potential for societal and policy impact regarding biodiversity, aiming to connect science, society, policy, and practices for transformative change. A two-step application procedure will apply, with a mandatory submission of pre-proposals by 8 November 2024 at the first step and submission of full proposals at the second step. 

Consortia that are invited for the 2^nd step can submit their proposal until 11 April 2025, 15:00 CEST (local time in Brussels) via Biodiversa+´s EPSS system. The link to the EPSS system is available on the Biodiversa+ website. 

All individuals applying for funding from a German research funding organisation (DFG or BMBF (PtJ)) have to upload the proposal in the elan portal, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system, by 30 April 2025 at the latest. 

See: Elan Instructions and FAQs for German Applicants(Download).

If applicants are not eligible for DFG funding according to information given in the pre-proposal, they are informed separately by e-mail at the beginning of February and are asked to confirm that they will not submit their proposal via elan to the DFG, but rather via the easy online system to the BMBF.

Further information:

• Biodiversa+ information on the BiodivTransform call (regularly updated)(externer Link)
• Funding organisations participating in the BiodivTransform call and Eligibility criteria and rules of the funding organisations(externer Link)

European Co-funded Partnership Biodiversa+ (10/2021-9/2028)

Activities, objectives, goals and vision

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European Partnership on biodiversity

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Partners

Biodiversa+ currently* gathers 83 partners from 41 countries(externer Link).

_{* (as of July 2024)}

Further Information

For further information, please see the Biodiversa+ website(externer Link).