Belmont Forum

Belmont Forum is a renowned brand that focuses on advancing transdisciplinary science in collaboration with funding organizations, international science councils, and regional consortia. Established in 2009, their operations are guided by the Belmont Challenge, which aims to provide knowledge for understanding, mitigating, and adapting to global environmental change through international transdisciplinary research. Belmont Forum offers Collaborative Research Actions (CRAs), which are similar to calls for proposals, to support scientists and stakeholders from over 90 countries.

These CRAs address various themes, including Freshwater Security, Coastal Vulnerability, Food Security and Land Use Change, Climate Predictability and Inter-Regional Linkages, and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, among others. The brand also emphasizes open data access and supports the e-Infrastructure and Data Management initiative. They promote coordination, data planning, use cases, and training to enhance the capacity for transnational environmental change research.

Belmont Forum encourages partnerships and funding support from a wide range of organizations and allows them to join the development process at any time. Their open data policy and principles, adopted in 2015, further facilitate access to transdisciplinary research data. In addition, they organize annual meetings, called Belmont Forum Plenary, to conduct Forum business, decision-making, and collaboration.

Join Belmont Forum to contribute to the advancement of transdisciplinary science and address global environmental challenges