NEF Foundation Research Grant Programme for Asia-Pacific Region

Programmes Offered:

Fellowships are available for Environmental Studies.

Course Level:

Fellowships are available for Research.

Eligibility:

• 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 organization 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; and
• Not have another on-going research or publication project funded by the NEF at the time of application submission.

Benefit:

• The maximum grant size in this programme is 500,000 Japanese yen per project
• expendables necessary for field survey and analysis (e.g., sampling gear, regent, etc.);
• local travel expenses for field trip (e.g., accommodation, food, transportation, etc.);
• reference materials (e.g., article, book, etc.);
• limited wages and labour costs necessary for proposed research; and
• other expenses only when the NEF Secretariat approved.

Number of awards:

There are several awards available.

Tenure:

Two years

Application Procedure:

Application should be submitted to the NEF Secretariat by e-mail in MS Word or PDF or by fax

 Application Deadline: 19 Oct 2015

Further Details:

Applicant meeting the above criteria should visit the Official webpage of Foundation