UNESCO Request for Proposal 2026: Research on Youth, Nature and Sustainable Futures in India’s Biosphere Reserves

UNESCO is inviting institutions or firms to submit proposals for an ethnographic research project on Indigenous and local youth living in and around two UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in India. The aim is to understand youths’ experiences, aspirations, knowledge systems, and opportunities to inform a regional MAB initiative and contribute to biosphere site dossiers. The assignment is a formal procurement for an organisation, not an individual scholarship or internship.

Contractual engagement to conduct ethnographic research and deliver findings for UNESCO’s MAB Programme

Institutions or firms capable of conducting ethnographic research and submitting separate technical and financial proposals according to UNESCO instructions.

Submit separate technical and financial proposals following UNESCO’s solicitation document and instructions; submit via designated UNESCO procurement email