NWO announces new JPICH Conservation and Protection Call

The Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPICH) announces Conservation and Protection Call. The call will open May 1. Deadline of submissions is June 30, 2019. The total budget available is approximately € 6.96 million. NWO participates for The Netherlands. The call will support research into strategies, methodologies and tools to safeguard and use the physical components of our cultural heritage.

The Conservation and Protection Call invites research projects that take a global approach to preserving Europe's heritage and which result in a better understanding of our history, traditions and culture, of our individual and collective identities, and ultimately of our well-being. Participating countries besides the Netherlands in this call are Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The duration of projects is up to 36 months. Each project proposal must comprise of at least three research teams, each based in an eligible institution in a different country participating in call. The maximum number of research teams in a project proposal is five.

A JISC Mail list has been set up to help researchers or interested partners to find partners in other countries and organisations for this JPICH call. If you want to use this service, then you need to subscribe here.