UNESCO Science Decade One Health Call

UNESCO, which leads the UN International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, is inviting proposals for initiatives that link science with policy and practice across human, animal, plant and environmental health, the approach known as One Health. Selected initiatives are officially endorsed under the Science Decade and promoted through its platform and networks. This is an endorsement call, not a funding call: UNESCO gives recognition and visibility, and applicants must already have the resources to run their initiative.

What you get:

• Official endorsement and recognition under the UN International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
• Visibility through the Science Decade platform and its scientific, policy and implementation networks
• The right to use the Science Decade logo under its rules
• No money: UNESCO states the call is not a funding call and endorsement carries no financial commitment

What you'll do:

• Submit a proposal for a One Health initiative, such as a conference, workshop, training course, publication, science communication project or research and policy effort
• Address one or more of seven priority areas, including antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic diseases and pandemic prevention, climate and ecosystem health, food systems and food safety, and science education and society
• If endorsed, report progress regularly to the Decade Secretariat and share data and results openly

• Open to initiatives from any country
• Applicant may be an organisation, a consortium, or an individual scientist acting as lead contact for an eligible initiative
• Initiative must address a challenge spanning more than one One Health domain and show collaboration across sectors and disciplines
• Must have a solid funding base, a clear implementation plan and a monitoring and evaluation strategy
• Partners must share data and results openly under the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and build in gender considerations
• Initiatives involving the tobacco or arms industries are not eligible