ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants 2023 (up to £2,500)
Deadline: 16th of March, 2023
The ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants 2023 are now accepting applications. To assist efforts addressing climate resilience, member institutions are given grants through the ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge.
The funds, which are available to both academic and professional personnel, support group projects that are centered on one of the two major strategic areas of the Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network (CCRN):
- Enhancing the climate resilience of universities themselves, and/or
- Enhancing universities’ contribution to the resilience of communities, business and
government
The grants can be used for a diverse range of projects, workshops and events in areas such as:
- Improving learning, teaching, and training for climate change adaptation – e.g. virtual
exchange or collaboration, teaching or professional practice collaboration and sharing and
co-development of learning materials - Increasing the research capacity of CCRN members in climate change adaptation – e.g.
virtual fellowships or collaboration, comparative analyses, research management and
uptake capacity building, understanding and documenting indigenous knowledge and
resilience practices - Improving institutional resilience policies and practice adopted by Commonwealth
universities – e.g. developing tools, training and approaches to support contingency and
continuity of operations planning at higher education institutions
To date, the grants have funded a diverse range of climate action projects in universities across the
Commonwealth – from sea-temperature monitoring in the coral reefs of Fiji, to integrating indigenous
knowledge on climate change adaptation with academia in New Zealand.
Grant:
Four grants of up to GBP £2,500 each are available for staff at ACU member universities to
help meet the costs of organising projects that promote the aims and priorities of the CCRN.
Eligibility:
- Open to Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) members and they encourage
applicants to collaborate with other ACU member institutions to promote further
Commonwealth partnerships. - They will also accept applications that are led by ACU members but are in partnership with
institutions outside of the ACU network. - Grant applications that allow matching or additional funds from the applicant’s institution
will be looked upon favourably.
Application:
Grantees are required to submit a short interim report halfway through their project and a
comprehensive final report within one month after completing their project. Additionally, any outputs
(e.g. toolkits, papers etc.) developed through the grants are to be made available to the CCRN and wider
ACU network.
