Horizon Europe Dream-Plan Project: Driving climate-positive futures

Type Project
Status Signed
Execution 2025 -2030
Assigned Budget 4.300.800,00 €
Scope Europeo
Autonomous community Madrid, Comunidad de
Main source of financing Horizon Europe 2021-2027
Project website https://doi.org/10.3030/101179842

Description

Supported by the Marie Skododowska-Curie Actions programme, the DREAM-PLAN project addresses the pressing need for interdisciplinary research aimed at delivering practical solutions to climate-related challenges, as well as the imperative demand for a climate-conscious workforce. It will equip doctoral researchers with specialized skills to address the complex challenges of a changing world, positioning them to advance Europe's resilience, restoration, and regeneration goals. With tailored secondments, industry mentorship, and multicultural exposure, participants will enhance their values, mindsets, and employability across all sectors, including academia, industry, policy, and entrepreneurship. By delivering a visionary curriculum on climate-positive futures and fostering collaboration among global experts, the project will shape the next generation of climate-conscious researchers, leaders, and supervisors.

Objectives

RMIT EU leads Driving Positive Climate Futures (DREAM+PLAN), a truly interdisciplinary, international, and cross-sector PhD program that unites European and Australian research through 32 doctoral places for a dual degree. DREAM+PLAN brings together a community of visionaries, leaders, and changemakers who dream big and develop tangible pathways to solve local and global climate challenges, all united by a mission to generate positive impact toward a more sustainable, fair, inclusive, and prosperous planet for future generations. The research need in:

Resilience (ability to resist and recover from disturbances).
Restoration (ability to repair or rehabilitate degraded ecosystems).
Regeneration (fostering the renewal, revitalization, and replenishment of ecosystems and communities) is more pressing than ever. The overall objective of the DREAM+PLAN research training program is to create and deliver innovative, cutting-edge, and legacy-promoting training focused on the 3Is, through multifaceted, multimodal, best-practice group and individual training options for developing countries.

Ultimately, it is about training the next generation of high-performing researchers, equipped with a unique set of skills and capabilities to fully understand and address the multifaceted nature and scale of climate change across all sectors. The DREAM+PLAN training program is aligned to contribute to EU missions, the European Green Deal, and RIS3 supporting strategies, and includes three annual PhD Schools, adopting a novel scaffolding approach. DREAM+PLAN will fully integrate diversity and, through its ecosystem approach, develop pathways for high-performing researchers to adopt new mindsets, behaviors, technologies, and policies that support the transition to a more sustainable, fair, and productive future.

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