Annual Regional Call for Proposals (ARCP)
The Annual Regional Call for Proposal (ARCP) is one of the scientific pillars of the APN to encourage and promote global change research in the Asia-Pacific region that has potential, in addition to improving the understanding of global change and its implications in the region, to contribute to the establishment of a sound scientific basis for policy-making with regard to issues for which global change is an important factor. The ARCP is a competitive process launched in April 1998 for the first time to select projects for funding under the Science Agenda of the APN. Types of activities eligible for funding include new research addressing knowledge gaps in key scientific areas; synthesis and analysis of existing research; planning and scoping workshops; and the development of integrated assessments, impact assessments and climate models to assist policy-making decisions.
Currently, the APN has five (5) main themes under its Science Agenda for the Second Strategic Phase (2005/06 – 2009/10) as indicated below:
- Climate
- Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Land Use
- Changes in the Atmospheric, Terrestrial and Marine Domains
- Use of Resources (such as food, water, energy, materials) and Pathways for Sustainable Development
- Cross-cutting Issues and Science-policy Linkages
The APN defines Global Change Research as “Research regarding global change (the set of natural and human-induced changes in the Earth's physical and biological systems that, when aggregated, are significant at a global scale) and its implications for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Click here to view 2008 Calls for Proposals First Announcement. More information will be available on June 6, including the guidelines for proposal appplication and templates among others.
- The APN is seeking for external reviewers to review global change research proposals under the ARCP. For more information, click here.
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