Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) Announcements of Opportunity

Two separate calls for proposals are announced under this major new research programme, Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) funded by DFID and NERC. Details are as follows: 1) Announcement of Opportunity : FCFA - Regional Consortium Grants 2014 Outline proposals are invited for FCFA Regional Consortium Grants 2014. This interdisciplinary call aims to advance scientific understanding and prediction of African climate variability and change to inform medium-term adaptation decisions (5-40 years), and develop knowledge, tools and methods to better integrate this science into decision making today. Closing date (Outline Proposals): 16:00 UK local time (GMT+1), Tuesday 15 July 2014 2) Announcement of Opportunity: FCFA – Global Climate Model Development for Africa Project 2014 Full proposals are invited for FCFA – Global Climate Model Development for Africa Project 2014. This call, one component of FCFA, aims to deliver a step-change in the performance of Global Circulation Models for Africa and to make a long-term contribution to model development with an African lens. Closing date (Notification of Intent): 16:00 UK local time (GMT+1), Monday 2 June 2014 Closing date (full Proposals): 16:00 UK local time (GMT+1), Tuesday 5 August 2014