Continuing its drive to encourage visionary research and thought leadership in the built environment, CIB has announced its call for the CIB Vistas Programme 2024. In addition to this fund, CIB has also launched a special fund for CIB Vistas Visiting Global Scholar Programme this year.
Information on the CIB Vistas Visiting Global Scholar Programme is available here.
CIB Vistas Fund Programme
Continuing its drive to encourage visionary research and thought leadership in the built environment, CIB has allocated a total amount of €10,000 to the CIB Vistas Fund in 2024, and details of how to submit applications can be found on this page. The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2023.
Details of the Vision and Mission of the Vistas Programme are available here to download.
The fund can be used to support the following, but not limited to, activities below:
- A PhD student / ECR visiting a CIB Associate or Full member as a short-term visiting research fellow around Vistas theme topics
- Holding project meetings, workshops, seminars around Vistas theme topics
- Collecting pilot data for a larger grant around Vistas theme topics
- Having graduate students conduct an extensive literature review for a conference paper and a grant submission around Vistas theme topics
- Research cost sharing for a larger grant project
How to apply
The proposal shall be a maximum of 3 pages and must include the following:
- project title
- project background and justification
- project/research team
- project duration and activity timeline
- project cost breakdown
Please make your application by sending the required application document(s) to the CIB programme manager Dr Sina Moradi by the deadline.
The proposal shall indicate how it supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and meets the three Vistas pillars of global collaboration, people and planet, and futures.
Eligibility
The application for funding is open to all levels of CIB members, namely individual, associate or full members. Non-CIB members are not eligible to apply for funding under the Vistas programme, however they may participate in the funding call as a team member, but are not eligible to receive funding.
CIB Board members are allowed to be part of a project team. However, no funds may be allocated to project team members who are Board members, in order to avoid any conflict of interest.
Deadline
The deadline for submission of proposals is 31 December 2023. The result will be announced in January/February 2024.
Vistas Funding briefing and Q&A sessions will be held on 29th November 2023
Vistas 2023 funding examples
Vistas funding can be used in many ways, and here are examples of how the Vistas 2023 funding was used:
The CIB Vistas Programme 2023 awarded funds to two projects and you can read about the projects here – Smart flexible façade project undertaken by the University of Pretoria and Gender diversity in construction: a global cross sectorial collaboration led by RMIT University Melbourne.
The CIB Vistas Programme 2023 awarded funds to two projects and you can read about the projects here – Smart flexible façade project undertaken by the University of Pretoria and Gender diversity in construction: a global cross sectorial collaboration led by RMIT University Melbourne.
CIB’s Global Research Huddle
Get started with finding collaborators with a CIB Huddle. CIB is the global built environment research platform. Consider a HUDDLE !! A Huddle is a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose…in this case to collaborate and innovate a research idea in the global built environment platform. We can’t fund everything even though we would want to. Many ideas don’t need money, maybe they just need a kickstart! Huddles are a great way to move ideas forward and find collaborators for future projects.
Do you have a built environment research idea that connects to UN Sustainable Development Goals and you would like global collaborators? A research collaboration, joint paper with global perspectives, or do you just want to meet like-minded thinkers on a particular built environment research topic, discuss the issues, and see what emerges?
Propose a Global Research Huddle!
Send CIB’s Programme Manager Sina Moradi (sina.moradi@cibworld.org) your idea, general topic, and what you hope to get out the huddle.
- Write it in the form of a news story to generate interest amongst the global research network.
- Pick a date, but preferably 2 to reach more participants, this will accommodate global network time zones.
- We will promote your event on Eventbrite, market it via newsletters, email blasts and social media
- CIB will provide a Zoom platform for you, and help you communicate the findings / results in the short and long terms
Please contact us anytime – Programme Manager Sina Moradi (sina.moradi@cibworld.org).
Questions about the Funding
1. How many proposals are you funding?
The fund is to the value of 10,000 euros which may be allocated to a single or multiple proposals. Many small organisations propose seed and pilot funding in this manner. We want to remain flexible. So, give us your best proposal. We envision a scenario where multiple proposals are really exciting. CIB might come back to you and say we want to fund your proposal but can you do it for 6,000 euros instead of the 8,000 you requested so let’s have a chat about how to make it work.
2. Help me understand the connection to Vistas?
Global Collaboration: We seek evidence of new collaborations over extending long-standing ones. We seek global collaborations over regional collaborations (i.e., All over things being equal, a Sweden/Hong Kong collaboration would be favored over a Sweden/Norway collaboration)
People and the Planet: Link your project to one or more UN Sustainable Goals.
Futures: What is the future world view from this proposal? How does it affect and/or include students and early career researchers?
3. How will you rate the proposals?
We will rate the proposals on impact on the 3 pillars of the Vistas programme. In addition, overall clarity of the project, its writing, and the overall impact will be considered.
4. When will you let us know the results?
If we receive many excellent proposals, the timeline will have to be extended for us to sort through and select the best proposals given the budget. We have a tentative goal of informing researchers of the status of their submission by the end of January/February 2024.