The Economics and Environmental Policy Research Network (EEPRN) was created through a partnership between Sustainable Prosperity and the Canadian Federal Department of the Environment and Climate Change to help administer a research and policy network. It focuses on funding new research into current Federal Government priority policy questions concerning climate change policy and carbon market design, environmental policy impacts on innovation and economic competitiveness, conservation policy and species at risk, and behavioural economics. The Economics and Environmental Policy Research Network (EEPRN) has just announced the call for academic research project proposals in the following research areas:
- Policies for a Low Carbon Economy;
- Innovation & Competitiveness;
- Conservation (including species at risk protection);
- Data Set Development & Linkages
A particular interest of the EEPRN lies in projects that feature the use and application of behavioural economics to study expected responses to environmental policy, including regulatory approaches and the use of market based instruments (MBIs). The review process will also be prioritized for the proposals that include specific case studies or empirical analysis of programs in Canada or internationally (that Canada may learn from), as well as proposals for surveys or innovative experimental approaches to evaluate the role of, or advantages to, alternative policy options for the design of environmental policy in any of the abovementioned research priority areas.
For detailed information, please refer to the Call for Proposal.
Application
- Research proposals may be submitted by faculty, graduate students, or post-doctoral fellows.
- Proposals should have a clear relevance to Canadian policy issues (see full Call for Proposals), and are ideally undertaken in collaboration with a Canadian researcher or make use of Canadian data.
- Proposals generally not exceeding $25,000 per year will be considered for funding. Research proposals are due no later than 11:59 pm on the 28th of February, 2016 to: [email protected]
Guidelines
- Research proposals should not exceed 4 pages and must include a detailed budget.
- Proposals by graduate students must include a signed letter from a permanent faculty member agreeing to supervise the proposed research by the student.
- Research proposals should not exceed one year. Proposed research plans and budgets must reflect that all requested funds would be disbursed and final project deliverables completed by 31st March 2017. All awarded funds not expended by 31st March 2017 will be required to be returned to funder.
- Successful applicants will be expected to present their research at the annual EEPRN Symposium, tentatively planned for March 2017. Travel costs to attend the symposium will be covered separately (do not include this travel in your proposed budget).
- The terms of the funding agreement with Environment Canada do not allow us to fund university overhead. Please do not include university overhead costs in budget proposals.
- For any questions? Contact Marena Winstanley, Research Network coordinator, [email protected]