Biodiversa Joint Research Call 2025-2026 on "Restoration of ecosystem functioning, integrity, and connectivity (BiodivConnect)"

The applicants of the full proposal have the possibility to include in their consortia, either on request of the funding partner organisations (FPOs) or on a voluntary base, a new partner established in one of the undersubscribed countries:

  • Faroe Islands
  • Israel
  • Bulgaria

Parties interested in joining one consortium invited in submitting a full proposal in Step 2 can declare their interest on the Biodiversa+ Partner Search Tool. To facilitate the contact with the coordinator of the full proposal, they are invited, when declaring their interest on the PST, to include the proposal number and the acronym of the proposal they want to join. Please find the list here: BiodivConnect_Selected-preproposals.pdf. Interested parties can also check if invited consortia submitted an offer on the partnering tool.

Interested parties wanting to join existing consortia shall verify in advance their national eligibility criteria available here. We strongly recommend contacting their appropriate Funding Organisation’s contact point to verify their eligibility. The inclusion of a new partner should be approved by the consortium and all FPOs involved in the consortium.

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project Dr Deter France HoloRestore is the project we would like to join synergies can be made with our work concerning Posidonia oceanica mapping, ecological status surveys (TEMPO network: https://medtrix.fr/tempo-le-reseau-de-suivi-des-herbiers-a-posidonie/), associated fauna study (with eDNA, PISCIS network: https://...
project Prof. Rosental Israel Among the projects, the most relevant are probably 4C REST and REEF BANK.
project Professor Rosental Israel I am interested mainly in joining: 4C REST REEF BANK
project Dr. Yanuka-Golub Israel PEATFUN: We are interested in joining this project because it closely matches our current work on restored wetland functioning, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas balances. The project’s focus on indicators of restored peatland functioning and integrity is highly relevant to our interest in dev...
project Ph.D. Shelef Israel REWIRE - I'm interested in rewilding as a tool to support agroecosystem sustainability; we've established relevant research projects in Mediterranean conditions that may be added to the project. My team can track plant performance and soil fauna.
project Dr Groner Israel SOILRECONNECT I am interested to enter my desert site/s to this project as im interested in soil food-webs. I currently work on a few sites along a climatic gradient from semi-arid to hyper-arid. Im most interested in having the hyper-arid site join this project.
project Dr Groner Israel MINESOILNET im interested in joinng this project as i already work on restoration of mines in a hyper-arid desert and Im interested in soil health. Im happy to offer either my lab in working on soil fauna, biodiversity and food-webs or our project of mine restoration.
project Prof. Winters Israel GENBIOCYM - unlike the rest of the Mediterranean Sea, where Cymadocoae nodosa is found in relatively shallow depths, we have recently found these plants growing along the Israeli Mediterranean coast but very deep - they only start at 12-15 m, and go down to at least 20m. Also the water temperatur...
project Professor Rinkevich Israel I would like to join to either one of the following consortia: 4C REST DEEPBLUE REEFPRED Restoready WILD2050 Each of above projects' key words directly linked with my work and interest. In addition to the list of publication above, see more citations: Rachmilovitz et al. (2024) Population genetic...
project professor Nasser Israel Restore water I am involved in intensive and extensive wastewater treatment which can be used for surface water and wetland restoration
project Professor Rinkevich Israel Project 4C REST (Connecting Corals for Conservation and Climate-Resilient Reef Restoration). The project's key words directly linked with my work and interest. In addition to the list of publication above, see more citations: Rachmilovitz et al. (2024) Population genetics assessment of two pocil...
project professor benhammou Israel Water quality is essential for public health, environmental protection, and industrial processes. Dissolved organic compounds, even at trace levels, can significantly affect ecosystems and human safety. Many organic molecules, including simple hydrocarbons like Ethene and carbonyl-containing comp...
project Prof. Guy-Haim Israel I wish to join the following projects: 1. Restore4Cave - My research focuses on the biology and ecology of stygofauna, primarily subterranean crustaceans, in Israeli groundwater ecosystems. I combine integrative taxonomy, eDNA approaches, microbiome analysis, ecophysiology, and environmental mon...