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NEF Research Grant Programme for Asia-Pacific Region 2016

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Overview

With the aim of gathering the information necessary for conservation work and strengthening the research capacity of young researchers, the NEF Research Grant Scheme has offered financial support to research and publication projects to be implemented in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.


 


The Research Grant Programme financially supports 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/teams, to enhance their skills, knowledge, and experience through their own research work.

Criteria

Applicant must meet all the below requirements

An applicant must:



  • Be a national of developing country in the Asia-Pacific region (see 3. Target countries and regions below);

  • 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 3. 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; AND

  • 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 scientific research contributing to the nature conservation of the country where the applicant currently works or studies;

  • 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 one to two years as scheduled; AND

  • Be exclusively funded by the NEF Research Grant Programme, or co-funded with the applicant's institution.

Preferred Discipline

Nature conservation

Amount Info

The maximum grant size in this programme is 500,000 Japanese yen per project for a maximum duration of two year.

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