Funding

This section provides an overview of national and international funding sources and programmes for joint research projects. It builds on a Working paper on the environment funding agency framework that was prepared for the SUSTAIN EU ASEAN project. Recent and issue specific funding opportunities can be found under ‘funding opportunities’.

EU Institutions and programmes

• European Reserach Council (ERC) 

ERC funding schemes are open to top researchers of any nationality or age who wish to carry out their frontier research in the 28 EU Member States or associated countries.

• European Commission DG International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)

• European Commission DG Research & Innovation

• Community Research and Development Information Service CORDIS

CORDIS is the European Commission's primary public repository and portal to disseminate information on all EU-funded research projects and their results in the broadest sense.

• COST 

European Cooperation in Science and Technology is a European framework supporting trans-national cooperation among researchers, engineers and scholars across Europe.

• SWITCH-Asia

SWITCH-Asia aims to promote sustainable products, processes, services and consumption patterns in Asia by improving cooperation with European retailers, producer and consumer organizations and the public sector.

• European Investment Bank

The EIB provides finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects which contribute to furthering EU policy objectives. More than 90% of its activity is focused on Europe but we also support the EU's external and development policies.

• The Global Climate Change Alliance

The GCCA was established by the European Union to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with developing countries, in particular least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS).

• European Science Foundation ESF

The World Bank

• Climate Finance Overview

National agencies in Europe

Belgium

• Fund for Scientific Research 

• Reserach Foundation Flanders

• Belgian Science Policy Office

• Royal Acacemy for Overseas Sciences

Czech Republic

• Czech Science Foundation

• Czech Development Agency

France

• French National Research Agency 

• National Centre for Scientific Research 

• National Institute for Development

Germany

• German Research Foundation 

• Federal Ministry of Education and Research - International Bureau 

• International Climate Initiative 

• German Academic Exchange Service

• International Climate Initiative

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• Volkswagen Stiftung: Europe and Global Challenges

• Robert Bosch Stiftung: Sustainability

• Fritz Thyssen Stiftung

Hungary

• National, Research, Development and Innovation Office

Ireland

• Irish Research Council

• Science Foundation Ireland

Italy

• National Research Council

Lativa

• Latvian Council of Science

Lithuania

• Research Council of Lithuania

Luxemboug

• National Research Fund

The Netherlands 

• The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Norway

• Research Council of Norway

Poland

• National Science Centre

Portugal

• Foundation for Science and Technology

Slovakia

• Slovak Research and Development Agency

Slovenia

• Slovenian Research Agency

Spain

• Spanish National Research Council

Sweden

• Swedish Research Council

• Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences 

Switzerland

• Swiss National Science Foundation

UK

• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Multilateral funding

Asian Development Bank

• Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility (CEFPF)

• Climate Change Fund (CCF)

• Urban Financing Partnership Facility (UFPF)

South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)

•  South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics

Climate Investment Funds

• Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and Strategic Climate Fund (SCF)

The Gloal Environment Facility (GEF) 

• GEF projects and funding

• GEF Small Grants Programme

UNEP

• Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA)

PROVIA is a global initiative, hosted by UNEP, which aims to provide direction and coherence at the international level for research on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation (VIA). Launched with the support of leading scientists and decision-makers, PROVIA responds to the urgent call by the scientific community for a more cohesive and coordinated approach, and the critical need to harmonize, mobilize, and communicate the growing knowledge-base on VIA.