Deadline- May 18, 2012 24:00 (NPT) Nepal Time
Early-Career Researcher Program identifies researchers who are tackling livestock production problems with innovative approaches and from fresh perspectives. This small-grant program is open to early-career and Female researchers (five or fewer years into their research careers) in Nepal from any discipline, from student to professor, and from any organization that is engaged in applied research on livestock production in South Asia colleges and universities, government research centers or laboratories, non-profit organizations, and small businesses.
To accelerate the grant-making process, a short, five-page pre-proposal is required. Selected pre-proposals will guarantee a spot for the applicant in a three-day, TIRI research retreat in Kathmandu in June, 2012. LCC CRSP will select 15 pre-proposals; researchers with the winning pre-proposals will be invited to participate in a three-day TIRI research retreat. A seminar on the first day will include presentations of successful research applications that have increased the resilience of livestock systems to climate change in South Asia. Following the one-day seminar, TIRI researchers will participate in a one-day intensive workshop with research mentors and organizations to refine their research proposals. In the third day of the seminar, TIRI researchers will be provided with writing and statistical support to refine their pre-proposals and re-submit a full proposal for consideration. From the 15 researchers selected to participate in the research retreat, five of the fifteen full proposals will be recommended for further funding. The projects should propose innovative approaches to making livestock production systems more resilient to increasing climate variability and severity in Nepal, with applicability to other countries in South Asia. At the end of one year, the project should be able to demonstrate concrete outcomes and real potential for future impact. Examples of research problems to address include, but are not limited to the following under the LCCCRSP Research Themes: Disease Distribution and Resiliency to Disease Problem: increases in livestock-related disease epidemics. For example: Infectious abortion diseases of livestock Diseases transmitted between livestock and humans (e.g. tuberculosis) Vector-borne diseases such as blue-tongue.
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