Deadline: 7-Sep-23
To reinforce the Center’s efforts and resources in accelerating transformation through agricultural innovation (ATTAIN) and become a leading enabler and champion of excellence in agricultural and rural development, SEARCA will provide travel grants to each qualified agriculture and agriculture-related professional, social scientist, or graduate student in Southeast Asia.
Objectives of the Grant
- To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ATTAIN-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally.
- Note: Priority will be given to paper presentations, but poster presentations may be considered depending on the volume of applications.
- To promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge/information vital to agricultural innovation.
- To provide the Grantee a venue to discuss with other scientists, researchers, university faculty, and scholars about recent developments in their respective disciplines.
- To facilitate linkages, partnerships, and active collaboration between SEARCA, or the applicant’s home institution, with other development organizations and donors.
- To produce articles or any publication out of the Grantee’s presented paper, whenever appropriate and feasible.
Funding Information
- Up to a maximum of USD 1,200.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants who will present scientific papers in international or local scientific conferences and fora, either via face-to-face or online mode, are qualified for the grant. On a case-to-case basis, paper presentations may not be required if attendance to a conference/forum is expected to result in establishing formal linkages, partnerships, collaborations, and strong development impacts to the Center.
- Priority 1. Priority shall be given to the following:
- SEARCA fellows (senior, adjunct, and visiting fellows);
- SEARCA Graduate scholarship alumni;
- Researchers of SEARCA-implemented/coordinated projects;
- SFRT grantees;
- Proponents from the University Consortium (faculty, staff, and graduate students);
- SEARCA ongoing scholars; and
- Faculty and staff of universities under the SEARCA’s Institutional Development Assistance Program.
- Priority 2. Applicants who are citizens of Southeast Asian countries who are regular staff members of non-profit development-oriented institutions or graduate students at other agricultural universities in the Region may be considered if not enough qualified applications under Priority 1 have been received.
- At present, only citizens from the following countries are qualified to apply: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
Selection Criteria
- Subject Matter
- The focus of the paper should be aligned with SEARCA’s priority thrusts under its 11th Five-Year plan (FY 2020/2021 – 2024/2025), as follows:
- Agri-Business Models for Increased Productivity and Income
- Sustainable Farming Systems and Natural Resource Management
- Food and Nutrition Security
- Transformational Leadership for Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD)
- Gender and Youth Engagement in ARD
- Enhanced ARD towards Climate Resilience
- EcoHealth/One Health Applications to ARD
- The focus of the paper should be aligned with SEARCA’s priority thrusts under its 11th Five-Year plan (FY 2020/2021 – 2024/2025), as follows:
- Conference Venue
- Priority will be given to travel within the Southeast Asian region.
- Re-applying Grantees
- Previous applicants can re-apply, but must not have been awarded with a SEARCA Travel Grant in the last three (3) years.
For more information, visit SEARCA.