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The BCFN Foundation focuses on young talents by supporting higher education and
interdisciplinary research, to advance the knowledge base in food and sustainability.
The BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition invites young talents to submit proposals for a
research grant of 20,000 euro.
ELIGIBILITY:
The BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition is designed for individual or multidisciplinary
and/or cross-national research teams that consist of a maximum of three components
(hereinafter “Participants”).
Students/applicants who are currently pursuing doctoral degrees are eligible, as well as
researchers/applicants with a PhD or a doctoral degree received after December 2014.
All the Participants must be under the age of 35 at the date of December 31, 2016.
TASK DETAILS:
The BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition offers the opportunity to put into action
concrete proposals that will have the objective of making more sustainable one or more
themes of the agri-food system (in terms of environmental, social, health and/or
economic aspects). Among others, we consider the following areas of particular interest:
– Sustainable and healthy diets;
– Urban food systems and policies;
– Resilient agriculture, land use change and agroecology;
– The nexus between climate change, energy and food;
– Sustainable water management;
– Food supply chains;
– Ecosystems and ecosystem services;
– Healthy lifestyles;
– Food waste reduction;
– Food policy development;
– Food security: availability, access, utilisation, stability;
– Communication technologies and networks;
– Youth and women’s involvement in agriculture;
SCHOLARSHIP VALUE: 20,000 euros
DEADLINE: June 14, 2018
HOW TO APPLY: Apply online
GET MORE INFORMATION HERE
