Call for
Research Proposals Concerned with
the Global Water System
The Global Water System Project (GWSP) of the Earth
System Science Partnership (ESSP) is in its formative stage and
has cast its work around several fast-track activities that address
the central research question
How are humans changing the global water
cycle, the associated biogeochemical cycles, and the biological
components of the global water system and what are the social
feedbacks arising from these changes?
The GWSP seeks to expand its portfolio of activities
and to develop partnerships with colleagues around the world by
endorsing pioneering projects concerned with critical questions
about the global water system. We are therefore calling
for partnership proposals to bring high quality and well-established
research projects into the GWSP family of activities.
  
Themes of proposed projects should fit well to those
of the GWSP described in its Scientific
Framework Document. Preference will be given to projects that
are science-driven, address questions of global importance, and
cover at least medium-to-large watersheds. Especially encouraged
are proposals involving multiple research teams, international
collaboration, a multi- or interdisciplinary approach, and the
human dimension aspects of the global water system. One example
is the recently consolidated Northern Eurasian Environmental Partnership
Initiative (NEESPI) (further information here)
While the GWSP cannot offer funding to these projects, its endorsement
provides the following benefits:
• listing as an endorsed project of the GWSP
and partnership in a world-wide network of GWSP-endorsed projects;
• open invitation to participate in GWSP workshops
and other activities, to help develop mutually beneficial activities;
and
• recognition by the international scientific
and donor communities that the endorsed project plays a key role
in global water research.
Since this call for partnerships will only be issued
once a year, researchers are urged to submit project proposals
as soon as possible. For details about how to apply for endorsement
please look at the GWSP Endorsement
Guidelines or contact:
GWSP International Project Office
Walter-Flex-Str. 3
53113 Bonn, Germany
Phone: +49 228 73 6188
Fax: +49 228 73 60834
Email: gwsp.ipo@uni-bonn.de |
