Past calls
The following calls for requests, experts in requests, experts in knowledge synthesis methods, KCB, knowledge, tenders, capacity building and methodological protocols are now closed. To find out more about the calls, please click the appropriate links in the tables below. Eligible requests often lead to calls for experts and/or calls for knowledge, and many calls develop into requests and other activities and outputs.
Also see our Open Calls.
| Read the Call | Requests selected from the call | Start | End | Status |
| Call for Requests (CfR.1/2016) | CAP (CfR.1/2016/1) Health (CfR.1/2016/2) Business (CfR.1/2016/3) EMR (CfR.1/2016/4) Values (CfR.1/2016/5) | 29 July 2016 | 30 September 2016 | Closed Call |
| Energy (CfR.2/2017/1) Restoration (CfR.2/2017/2) Global tu EU (CfR.2/2017/3) CBD (CfR.2/2017/4) Feedback loops (CfR.2/2017/5) | August 2017 | 2nd October 2017 | Closed Call | |
| Pollinators (CfR.3/2018/1) IPBES (CfR.3/2018/2) COP-14(CfR.3/2019/3) | April 2018 | 12 August 2018 | Closed Call | |
| Post2020 (CfR.4/2018/1) | March 2019 | 30 April 2019 | Closed Call |
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| Call for Experts (CfE.1/2016) | Nature-based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience in Urban Areas - developing an impact evaluation framework | 30 May 2016 | 17 June 2016 | Closed call |
| Call for Experts (CfE.2/2017) | Understanding Farmer Uptake: What measures are most promising to deliver on supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services in the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)? | May 2017 | 25 June 2017 | Closed Call |
| Call for Experts (CfE.2/2017/2) | What is hampering the effectiveness of existing approaches that aim to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function and services? | 6 June 2018 | 31 August 2018 | Closed Call |
| Call for Experts (CfE.3/2017) | Which types and components of urban and peri-urban blue / green spaces have a significant impact on human mental health and mental well-being? | 14th August 2017 | 17th September 2017 | Closed Call |
| Call for Experts (CfE.4/2017) | How can environmental regulators support businesses to improve the outcomes of their operations for biodiversity, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises in the food and beverage sector in Europe? | 14th Sept 2017 | 22nd October 2017 | Closed Call |
| How could the scientific community support the negotiators from the EU and its Member States to comment on the IPBES Global assessment Summary for Policy-Makers (SPM)? | 6 December 2018 | 10th February 2019 | Closed Call | |
| Call for Experts (CfE.6/2019) | What do we currently know about the impacts of pesticide and fertiliser use in farmland on the effectiveness of adjacent pollinator conservation measures such as flower strips and hedgerows and what additional research would be needed? | 17th of October 2019 | 3rd of November 2019 | Closed Call |
Past Calls for Experts on Knowledge Synthesis Methodologies
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| Call for Experts on Knowledge Synthesis Methodologies | First call for nominations for members of the expert group on Knowledge Synthesis Methods | 1 August 2016 | 10 September 2016 | Closed Call |
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| First call for nominations for members of the Knowledge Coordination Body | 29 July 2016 | 7 October 2016 | Closed Call | |
| Second call for nominations for members of the Knowledge Coordination Body | 3rd May 2018 | 15th June 2018 | Closed Call |
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| Call for Knowledge - Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) | What are the effects of CAP greening measures on biodiversity and related ecosystem services? | March 2017 | 18 April 2017 | Closed Call |
| Call for Knowledge - Health | Call for Knowledge: Which types of urban and peri-urban natural spaces (blue and green) and which characteristics (components) of such spaces have a significant impact on human mental health and well-being? | March 2017 | 18 April 2017 | Closed Call |
| Call for Knowledge - Business | Call for Knowledge: What are the advantages and disadvantages of existing approaches that environmental regulators can use to enhance environmental sustainability and improve outcomes for biodiversity of small and medium-sized enterprises in the food and drink sector of Europe? | March 2017 | 18 April 2017 | Closed Call |
| Call for Knowledge - Electromagnetic radiation | Call for Knowledge: What are the impacts of artificial electromagnetic radiation on wildlife? What are the evidence gaps that are the highest priority to address? What policy solutions should be considered? | March 2017 | 18 April 2017 | Closed Call |
| Is missing knowledge hampering the effectiveness of approaches that aim to restore biodiversity and ecosystem service function and services? | 12th January 2018 | 23rd February 2018 | Closed Call | |
| How can we better integrate research and knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services from the global to the European level, and vice versa? | 11th January 2018 | 31st March 2018 | Closed Call | |
| How are European energy policies affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services in countries globally? | 23rd January 2018 | 20th February 2018 | Closed Call | |
| What are the impacts of pesticide and fertiliser use in farmland on the effectiveness of adjacent pollinator conservation measures such as flower strips and hedgerows? | 21st May 2019 | 20th June 2019 | Closed Call |
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| Call for Tender/Public Procurement on "Workshop Design Facilitation and Communication" Services | Call for tender to design, facilitate and undertake all communication for the December workshop co-organised by EKLIPSE, EPBRS and BiodivERsA | 6th September 2016 | 25th September 2016 | Closed Call |
| Call for Tender | Organisation of 2 half-day training events to build the capacity of all stakeholders to better understand policy processes and how emerging issues can be better integrated into policy agendas. | 1st of November 2019 | Closed Call | |
| Call for Support on Marketing (CfS.1/2019) | Invitation to support the mechanism developed by EKLIPSE; developing image, reputation, raising awareness and engagement | 28th of November 2019 | 13th of December 2019 | Closed Call |
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| EKLIPSE will support the organisation of capacity building events relevant to the Science-Policy-Society interface, regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, in the European Union. | 4th October 2017 | 23rd October 2017 | Closed Call | |
| EKLIPSE invites proposals for a capacity building course on science communication and outreach on biodiversity and ecosystem services at the EU scale. | 8th January 2018 | 31st January 2018 | Closed call | |
| Call for the organisation of capacity building events | May 2018 | 31 August 2018 | Closed Call |
| Read the Call | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| Methodological Protocol Peer Review and Open Consultation | Extended peer-review and open consultation on the methodological protocol of the EKLIPSE business request | 15th May 2018 | 15th June 2018 | Closed Call |
| Read the draft for review | Topic/Description of Call | Start | End | Status |
| Draft for Review. | Review of the Methodological Protocol to assess types and characteristics of urban green & blue spaces having an impact on human mental health and wellbeing- | 27th August 2018 | 9th December 2018 | Closed Call |
| Draft for Review. | Review of the Methodological Protocol to identify and understand “What is hampering the effectiveness of existing approaches that aim to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function and services”. | 7th November 2018 | 9th December 2018 | Closed Call |
| Draft for Review. | Review of the draft synthesis report of EKLIPSE expert working group on “Understanding Farmer Uptake: What measures are most promising to deliver on supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services in the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)?”. | 7th November 2018 | 12th March 2019 | Closed CallDr |
| Review of the draft synthesis report of EKLIPSE expert working group on "How can environmental regulators support businesses to improve the outcomes of their operations for biodiversity, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises in the food and beverage sector in Europe?". | 15th April 2019 | 28th May 2019 | Closed Call | |
| Draft for Review. | Methodological Protocol to assess the impacts of pesticide and fertiliser use on adjacent pollinator conservation measures. | 12th August 2019 | 6th September 2019 | Closed Call |