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Call for research projects on adaptation in the Mediterranean region (water, agriculture and food security, coastal areas, conflict zones, health)

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Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan

The AdaptAction program, co-financed by the European Union and AFD, is launching a call for research projects on adaptation in the Mediterranean region. This call for expressions of interest constitutes the first phase of the selection process.

Objective: to fund up to three research projects, with activities starting during the fourth quarter of 2026 and ending by 30 April 2028.

Projects should focus on one or more of the eight countries of intervention of the program in the region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan and Syria. The selection process will give priority to projects involving at least two countries.

Projects will need to build on climate and impact data already available. This call will not fund new exercises in climate modeling, downscaling, producing climate scenarios or generating new biophysical impact data.

The humanities and social sciences should be at the heart of the proposals. Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged, but proposals that are exclusively technical, climate or biophysical will not meet the objectives of this call.

Proposals for research projects should be submitted in either French or English. Any research papers may be written in French, English or Arabic.

 

This call is the first phase of the selection process. At the end of this first phase, shortlisted expressions of interest will be invited to submit a full proposal.

The expected research should in particular contribute to all or part of the following issues:

  • strengthen the dissemination and translation of climate knowledge and impact data into public policies, territorial strategies, and adaptation projects;
  • to analyze the social, political and institutional conditions of adaptation in Mediterranean territories in order to promote the inclusion of the most vulnerable;
  • better integrate the experience and knowledge of local decision-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders into knowledge production;
  • co-build and implement decision-making tools and processes in the face of climate uncertainties;
  • to promote the production of operational knowledge, appropriable by public actors, donors, project owners and local organizations, and usable in the design of public policies or adaptation projects;
  • contribute to strengthening research and expertise capacities in the countries of intervention.

Eligible structures as consortium lead:

Projects must be implemented by a research institute or consortium that meets the following two criteria:

  • A university or national research center from at least one of the eight AdaptAction countries in the region ;
  • A university, a research center or a researcher with proven international credentials (publication of rang1, reference in one of the IPCC groups, etc.)

Eligible structures as team members: local or international NGOs, think tanks, consultancy firms with research and development activities, or individual consultants, are eligible, provided that the scientific and operational governance of the project is clearly defined.

Water, agriculture and food security, coastal areas, conflict zones, health.

The total budget available for this call is €310,000 excluding taxes and will enable the financing of a maximum of three action research projects. The maximum amount per project is €160,000 excluding taxes.

The maximum duration of funded projects is 16 months.

The work should begin during the fourth quarter of 2026 and must be completed by 30 April 2028, with the funds financing these activities ending on that date. Compliance with this deadline will be a decisive selection criterion. 

  1. Launch of the Call for Expressions of Interest (EoI): May 29, 2026
  2. Closure of the call for EoI:  July 3, 2026
  3. Analysis of expressions of interest: July 6-24, 2026
  4. Invitation of shortlisted candidates to submit a full proposal:July 27, 2026 
  5. Drafting the complete proposals:25 September 2026
  6. Final Selection: October 9, 2026 
  7. Contracting with the project leaders of the selected projects: November 15, 2026
  8. Starting work: November 15, 2026
     
  1. Download the Call for Research including the general framework.

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  1. Fill in the online application form, making sure to provide all the information requested.

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