Deadline: 7-Mar-21
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is currently accepting applications for the Travel Grants Program.
Objectives
- To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ATTAIN-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally.
- 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
- SEARCA will provide travel grants of up to a maximum of US$1,200 to each qualified agriculture and agriculture-related professional, social scientist, or graduate student in Southeast Asia.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants who will present scientific papers in international or local scientific conferences and fora are qualified for the Travel Grants. 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 of 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.
- Conference Venue
- Priority will be given to travel within the Southeast Asian region. Grants for travel outside the region may be considered on a case to case basis depending on how well the paper satisfies the selection criteria and the objectives of the Travel Grants.
- Concrete Returns to SEARCA
- Other than simply acknowledging SEARCA in the paper presentation (a PowerPoint template will be provided to the grantee), the grantee should be able to provide a version of the paper that can be published as a journal article, policy brief, research notes, or other format deemed appropriate by SEARCA. When possible, the grantee should be able to present in a seminar or a related forum sponsored/organized by SEARCA such as the SEARCA’s Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS).
- 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 https://www.searca.org/travel-grants