The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) is seeking applications for its Research Grant Programme that 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/organisations, to enhance their skills,
knowledge, and experience through their own research work.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant size in this
programme is 500,000 Japanese yen per project for a maximum duration of
two years (minimum one year).
Eligible Projects
A proposed research project must:
- be a scientific research
contributing to the Nature Conservation of the country where the applicant
currently works or studies;
- put its main focus on Living
Organisms;
- 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 a scheduled project period of not less than one year
and not more than two years;
- be exclusively funded by the
NEF Research Grant Programme, or co-funded with the applicant's
institution.
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 one of the target
countries;
- 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.
Post
Date - 22-Feb-2021