The Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate

Research Grants Competition 2

Project Concept Note Form

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 Section A: Information about your organisation
Requested organisation information Applicant entry field in the GCBC e-platform

The organisation that will hold / sign the grant

A1 Lead organisation name
funding agreement.

A2 Nature/type of organisation Tick boxes, e.g. INGO, University etc.

Description of the organisation’s Max 200 words

A3
mission and activities.

A4 Year established / registration dd/mm/yyyy

A5 Registration number

A6 Place / Country of registration

A7 Registered address Full address

A8 Telephone number Tel:

A9 Organisation website

A10 Number of employees Full time equivalent in most recent year

Contact person information for this Concept Note

A11 Contact person Name, surname

A12 Job title / position

A13 E-mail address E-mail address

A14 Telephone number Tel:

Section B: Summary information about the project

Requested information Applicant entry field in the GCBC e-platform

B1 Project name/ title (Max 50-words)

B2 Alignment to GCBC triple In one sentence please describe how the outputs of
themes: your project will support poverty reduction.
• poverty, In one sentence please describe how the outputs of
• climate, and, your project will support climate change adaptation
• biodiversity. or mitigation.

In one sentence please describe how the outputs of

your project will support biodiversity.

B3 Region and Country of project Select all regions that apply through tick boxes
implementation List all country / countries in the free text box

B4 Anticipated RGC2 sub-theme/s Tick boxes, select all that apply:

the project will address A- Land/ Water Use
B- Habitat / Species Conservation
C- Sustainable Production and Consumption
D- Biodiversity Potential

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 E- Incentives
F- Knowledge and Data
G- Ecosystem Resilience

B5 Duration- anticipated timeframe Tick box Tick box Tick box

of the project. <12 months 13-24 months 24-36 months

B6 Indicate the anticipated total Tick box Tick box Tick box Tick box
cost of the project £100-250k, £250-500k, £500-750k, £750k- £1M

Section C: Detailed information about the project

Score
Requested /
Applicant entry field in the GCBC e-platform
information mark
s

C1 Project A succinct summary of what the project will focus on and what it will deliver. For
approved project concept notes, the summary will be used in the GCBC project
summary
database and reports as appropriate. (Max 100 words). 5%/5
Brief summary of the
project aims and
deliverables.

C2 Alignment to Please provide a short explanation of how the project responds to and delivers
against the specific theme of this GCBC competition: “Unlocking Nature….”, taking 15%
the GCBC
account of climate resilience, sustainable management of biodiversity and /15
RGC2 theme improved livelihoods. (Max 250-words).
Please provide a succinct summary of the context for the project – for example:
C3 Context &
• socio-political barriers and opportunities,
problem • economic barriers and opportunities,
definition • existing knowledge and research base
Describe the • recognised knowledge gaps, etc. 10%
background and
context of your project Use this section to demonstrate the strategic importance of the project. Also /10
and describe the include a short problem definition, highlighting the barrier that the project will
problem or evidence
address. For example, “A lack of successful examples of [X practices] has
gap your project will
address. hampered the ability of [Y stakeholders] to achieve [Z outcomes].” (Max 500-
words).

C4 Research List the specific evidence gap / research questions with potential to provide
change that the project will investigate. Please ensure these questions link to
questions 15% /
existing knowledge gaps and the project’s problem definition. (Max 200-words)
Outline the main 15
research questions of
the project

C5 Indicative Describe the project methodology, with reference to the scientific methods that
will be used. A high-level description of how the project will be implemented with
methodology
early thoughts on the resourcing and partnerships that will be required to deliver
the project. There should be a group of activities associated with each output of 10%
the project, the activities defining the action needed to accomplish each output. /10
This section should also include any facilities or expertise already available to the
investigator and / or collaborator which will be utilized in the implementation of
the project.

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 C6 Partners & Please list your intended consortium partners and key stakeholder groups. For
each proposed partner, please:
key
a) describe what experience or expertise they will contribute to the project. 15%
stakeholders
b) select the organisation type (e.g. NGO, university etc.) /15
Describe your intended
partnerships for the c) list which country the organisation is from
project.

C7 Project Indicate expected outputs from the project (e.g. management practices, policy
briefs, toolkits, business models, case studies, scientific journal articles etc.) and
Outputs
what difference / impact the outcomes of the project will have. Please indicate 20%
Describe the expected
project outputs the intended audience for these products, and how you intend to engage with /20
relevant stakeholders to promote and disseminate your findings. (Max 250-
words).

C8 Risks & Describe the two main factors which may contribute to the project failing to
achieve its objectives and how these risks will be mitigated. Also, include two
Assumptions
important assumptions on external conditions or factors over which the project 5%/5
does not have control, but on which the accomplishment of objectives may
depend. (Max 200-words)

C9 Financial Year / Category 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 Total

summary Staff Costs
Indicative budget
detailed by key budget Travel &
costs (staff, overheads,
equipment, travel,
Subsistence Costs
subsistence,
miscellaneous) over
Other Costs
project term by
financial years. Equipment Costs 5%/5
Sub-contractors
Cost

Overhead Costs

Total Costs
Narrative - Costs should be maximum and indicative costs. Content of overheads should be
specified. Capital expenditure should be explained. (100 words maximum)

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