Deadline: 14-Oct-20
The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) has launched a call for proposals for the Research Grant Programme to support academic and scientific research that will deepen knowledge of the nature conservation in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
With the aim of strengthening research capacity of young researchers in that region, grants are available only for individual researchers, but not for groups/organisations, to enhance their skills, knowledge, and experience through their own research work.
Funding Information
The maximum grant size in this programme is 500,000 Japanese yen per project for a maximum duration of two years (minimum one year).
Eligibility Criteria
- An applicant must:
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- be a national of developing country in the Asia-Pacific region;
- be a researcher/scientist, who works full-time or is enrolled in a doctoral course, conducting research at a research institution or relevant organisation in one of the target countries listed in Target countries and regions below;
- have sufficient experience and skills in conducting and managing the proposed research;
- be able to communicate in English;
- not have another application to the NEF;
- not have another on-going research or publication project funded by the NEF at the time of application submission.
- A proposed research project must:
- be a scientific research contributing to the Nature Conservation of the country where the applicant currently works or studies;
- put its main focus on Living Organism;
- be carried out in the country where the applicant currently works or studies;
- involve fieldwork for collecting data;
- be applicant’s own research work (team projects are ineligible.);
- achieve its objective(s) and submit reports within a scheduled project period of not less than one year and not more than two years;
- be exclusively funded by the NEF Research Grant Programme, or co-funded with the applicant’s institution.
Target Countries
The target countries in the Asia-Pacific region include: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
Evaluation Criteria
The NEF Secretariat will check applications whether all the requirements mentioned above are fulfilled. Only those qualified applications will be examined by the NEF Selection Committee considering the criteria below:
- relevance and importance to nature conservation;
- clearness of objectives and research questions/hypotheses;
- originality and quality of the proposed research;
- appropriateness and concreteness of methodology to achieve objectives and answer research questions/hypotheses;
- feasibility of the research design and schedule;
- reasonableness of the budget;
- applicant’s past achievements/experience in related research;
- recommender’s statement on the applicant and application.
For more information, visit http://www.nagaofoundation.or.jp/e/research/research.html