GCRF Workshop 'SDG Interactions - The role of Environmental Science

Monday, 4th September 2017 to Tuesday, 5th September 2017

The call for registration to attend and present at the GCRF community workshop ‘SDG Interactions – the role of environmental science’ is now live on the NERC website. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/partnerships/international/gcrf/news/workshop/

The workshop is open to attendees from across the UK research community who are interested in applying to the 2nd GCRF collective fund call Interdisciplinary Research Hubs to Address Intractable Development Challenges and are seeking to build collaboration with the UK environmental science community in order to develop a GCRF Hub proposal.

The aims of the workshop are as follows:

  • Inform attendees about the Global Challenges Research Fund and the 2nd collective fund call Interdisciplinary Research Hubs to Address Intractable Development Challenges.
  • Share experience and best practice in Official Development Assistance research, forming equitable partnerships, developing interdisciplinary research programmes and delivering large scale hub investments.
  • Discuss and identify opportunities for the UK environmental science community to engage in the 2nd GCRF collective fund call and facilitate links between, academics, international development practitioners, beneficiaries and users across a range of disciplines.

The deadline for registration to present at the event is 16:00 on 7th August 2017.

The deadline for registration to attend the event is 16:00 on 14th August 2017.