This programme provides grants to research that
generates insights into the functioning of the global food system. These
insights should contribute to solutions for improving local food
security. Proposals should be submitted by consortia of researchers and
various public and private partners from the Netherlands and at least
one Low and Middle-Income Country. Dutch enterprises are especially
encouraged to participate.
Purpose
There is an urgent and growing need for new knowledge that contributes to new insights, policies and practices to meet food security challenges. The Food & Business Global Challenges Programme wishes to encourage scientific research and innovation (covering technological, organisational, policy, and social innovations) that contributes to long-term access to affordable, safe and nutritious food for vulnerable and resource-poor populations in developing countries.
There is an urgent and growing need for new knowledge that contributes to new insights, policies and practices to meet food security challenges. The Food & Business Global Challenges Programme wishes to encourage scientific research and innovation (covering technological, organisational, policy, and social innovations) that contributes to long-term access to affordable, safe and nutritious food for vulnerable and resource-poor populations in developing countries.
The inter- and trans-disciplinary research resulting
from this Call for proposals focuses on food chain efficiency and
sustainable production of quality food. International collaboration that
meets both local and Dutch private interests is an important dimension
for both topics and especially concerns businesses in the Agri&Food
and Horticulture (and other food security related) sectors.
Who can apply
Proposals should be submitted by consortia of research organisations and various public and private organisations from both the Netherlands and at least one Low and Middle-Income Country (LMIC). Dutch enterprises are especially encouraged to participate.
Proposals should be submitted by consortia of research organisations and various public and private organisations from both the Netherlands and at least one Low and Middle-Income Country (LMIC). Dutch enterprises are especially encouraged to participate.
The consortium coordinator
(who is the main applicant) should be a senior researcher with a PhD
degree employed by the Dutch research institute (partner 1). Other
consortium members should be at least one senior researcher from the
LMIC research organisation (partner 2), and at least one representative
of another (non-academic) public or private organisation, both from the
Netherlands and the LMIC country involved (partners 3 and 4). Partner 3
and 4 can be from any public or private organisation that can be seen as
an actor or stakeholder in food security. Additional partners from
(other) LMIC or high income countries are welcomed.
What to apply for
The maximum subsidy contribution requested may not exceed 600,000 euro for a four to five year period.Co-funding from private partners of at least 20% of the total project budget is a prerequisite. This may include costs of researchers, materials or an in-kind contribution.
The maximum subsidy contribution requested may not exceed 600,000 euro for a four to five year period.Co-funding from private partners of at least 20% of the total project budget is a prerequisite. This may include costs of researchers, materials or an in-kind contribution.
Reimbursable costs in general include:
- Personnel costs of PhD and post-doc researchers;
- Knowledge, research and innovation costs;
- Activities organised by the consortium, such as workshops, capacity building and communication.
Reimbursable costs in LMICs only:
- Office space, basic facilities, overhead and depreciation costs;
- Consumables or administrative and technical assistance of the host institutions.
Criteria
I Scientific quality:
I Scientific quality:
- Originality of research question(s) and scientific approach;
- Potential to generate new knowledge;
- Feasibility and adequacy of research design and approach, including robustness of conceptual framework/experimental set-up, and coherence of hypotheses, research questions and methods.
II Relevance for development:
- Soundness of the problem analyses for the proposed research and in relation to the aim of this Call;
- Contribution of research questions and intended research results to the development issue at stake;
- Effectiveness and feasibility of proposed approach for knowledge utilization.
III Quality of collaboration:
- Strength of partnership and level of commitment of co-funding partners;
- Quality of final proposal development workshop;
- Coherence, synergy and integration of sub-projects.
Where
two applications receive an identical priority rating and only one has
for-profit co-funding, preference will be given to that application.
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