Deadline: 19 October 2015
The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation is currently accepting applications from Asia- Pacific individuals for its Research Grant Programme that seeks to scientific research 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.
Target countries and regions: Asia-Pacific region including:
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.
Grant size and duration
The maximum grant size in this programme is 500,000 Japanese yen per project for a maximum duration of two year.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant must:
- 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 his/her home country (those who work and/or study abroad are ineligible.);
- 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 scientific research contributing to the nature conservation of the applicant’s country;
- be carried out in the applicant’s country;
- 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.
How to Apply
- Applicants are required to submit: a completed application form and a recommendation letter available on the website.
- All documents should be submitted to the NEF Secretariat by e-mail, fax or post.
- Evaluation result will be announced by two to three months after each deadline.
- If granted, the NEF Secretariat also informs the applicants the payment process.
For more information, please visit Nagao Foundation Grants.
