Greetings from Sumitomo Foundation!

Sumitomo Foundation is now opening registration to apply for all research project funding on all japan related topic.

Purpose of the Program:

The program aims at enhancing mutual understanding between Asian countries and Japan through promoting research projects in the field of the social sciences or humanities that are related to Japan.

Eligible Projects for Application:

Any research project to be carried out by individual or a group in the field of the social sciences or humanities that is related to Japan.

Qualification of Applicant:

Researcher shall be of Asian (non Japanese) nationality, living outside Japan. Awarded researcher must conduct the proposed research by themselves.

Timeline:

Application Procedure:

Applications will be accepted on the internet. Please pursue ‘Application Guide’ and ‘Procedure & Instruction for Application’ and access to the following link for application page after September 1st, when the application window is open.

Link to the Application Page

Application Form, Application Guide and Procedure & Instruction for Application in Fiscal Year 2022 attached below, for your reference only.

Application Guide　(PDF)

Procedure & Instruction for Application (PDF)

Application Form (PDF)

Application Form (WORD)

FAQ (PDF)

The Application Form duly filled in shall be submitted through the website. A letter of recommendation, free-form from a person with an academic background, also shall be submitted through the website in PDF file.

Language for Application: 

English or Japanese

Selection:

The selection of applications will be made by the Foundation’s Selection Committee made up of certain persons of high academic standing. Based on such determination, the Foundation’s Board of Directors will approve the grant.

Click here to see Topics of the Research Projects awarded in 2021

EURAXESS ASEAN links researchers in ASEAN with Europe. Free information and events on research funding, research careers and collaboration opportunities. EURAXESS ASEAN has been serving researchers in all fields interested in a research career in Europe since 2007.

EU Research & Innovation ASEAN

EU Research & Innovation Days ASEAN is the annual flagship event of EURAXESS ASEAN and its partners.

It is designed as a platform for early-career researchers, innovators, practitioners, and activists from across the ASEAN region to explore opportunities for collaboration and career development with European partners. Over 10.000 researchers joined over 30 practical workshops, hands-on training sessions and expert panel discussions.

EU – EURAXESS ASEAN Collaboration Opportunities

ASEAN-EU Cooperation in Science & Technology

Scientific cooperation with SE Asia became a higher priority on the political agenda since 2007 on the occasion of the 16th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting in Nuremberg, Germany. The reasons for this were the mutual interest expressed by officials to strengthen further our co-operation and the reciprocal will to share experience on S&T issues of common concern such as health, food safety and energy supply. This was also based on an expansive participation of ASEAN entities in the consecutive Framework Programmes. Following from the Nuremberg meeting, a plan of action (PoA) was drawn up to serve as the master plan for enhancing ASEAN-EU relations and cooperation in the medium term (2007-2012). Actions for cooperation in S&T were laid down under the pillar of “socio-cultural” cooperation. Afterwards, the ASEAN-EU Informal Ministerial Meeting on S&T was held in Manila in July 2008 where it was agreed to launch a dialogue on S&T at the senior official level between the ASEAN Committee of Science and Technology (COST) and the EU.

Projects

The project focused its efforts in the following areas:

• Stakeholder dialogue.
• ASEAN EU-Year of Science Technology and Innovation 2012 (YoSTI2012).
• Creating scientific contacts.
• Establishment of FP7 contact points.
• Analysis and information gathering.

Stay tuned for the 2022 edition!

For more details please visit here.

What is Horizon Europe?

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion for 2021 – 2027

It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies.

It creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact within a strengthened European Research Area.

Legal entities from the EU and associated countries can participate.

• European Innovation Council: Support for innovations with potential breakthrough and disruptive nature with scale-up potential that may be too risky for private investors. This is 70% of the budget earmarked for SMEs.
• Missions: Sets of measures to achieve bold, inspirational and measurable goals within a set timeframe. There are 5 main mission areas as part of Horizon Europe.
• Open science policy: Mandatory open access to publications and open science principles are applied throughout the programme
  Factsheet: Open science in Horizon Europe
• New approach to partnerships: Objective-driven and more ambitious partnerships with industry in support of EU policy objectives

For more information please visit here

Greetings from Australian National University!

Australian National University (ANU) is a world-leading center for research, education and policy engagement. ANU was established in 1946 with a special charter – to give the nation a world-class capacity in research in subject areas that were going to be important for Australia’s future. The University is further distinguished by an outstanding record for student satisfaction and graduate employability. As the nation’s university, ANU delivers research and scholarship that contributes to advancing Australia and the region.

We are delighted to inform you that the Future Research Talent Awards 2023 of the Australian National University is now open for Universitas Gadjah Mada students and staff who are interested in research activities.

4 ANU Research Schools hosting over 100 research groups are open to hosting FRT scholars. You are encouraged to nominate students/staff from across the research and educational spectrum of your institution that aligns with the ANU Research Schools and research projects open to hosting candidates.

As it is a competitive program, we cannot guarantee that all nominated candidates will be successful.

For more information, please read the flyer  and application example.

Research areas

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Earth Sciences
• Epidemiology & Population Health
• Mathematics
• Medical Research
• Physics and Engineering
• Science Communication

Details of the research areas can be seen here

Eligibility

Awards are offered under two distinct categories:

• Students: Senior undergraduate and postgraduate students at partner institutions
• Staff: Academic faculty members at selected universities/institutions and research-focused staff employed at selected government departments.

Required Documents

1. Research proposal(s) (*minimum 3 pages)
2. English Language Proficiency (Min. Score of TOEFL – ITP=530, iBT 80 or IELTS 6.0)
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Motivation Letter
5. Certificate of Enrollment from faculty (*only for students)
6. Official academic transcript (*only for students)
7. Letter of Nomination from faculty (*addressed to Head of Office of International Affairs)

Application Procedure

1. Submit the aforementioned documents to http://ugm.id/IntExposureApplication no later than October 1, 2022 for internal review and nomination.
2. OIA UGM will evaluate your application. Once you are selected as Nominated Applicant, OIA UGM will confirm your official nomination to Australian National University and you may proceed with further application procedures.
3. The FINAL decision is from Australian National University.

Greetings from Mahidol University!

Mahidol University is now open for the position of Adjunct Professor (Part-time or full-time) who would like to work with our professor, lecturer, or researcher. The Adjunct Professor position is open to any academic discipline. Please find full details about the Adjunct Professor position and online registration form at https://op.mahidol.ac.th/ir/adjunct-professor.

Qualifications:

1. Not being affiliated with Mahidol University
2. Holding a doctoral degree or equivalent, or being a qualified person with knowledge, ability, experience, and expertise in research, academic service, or teaching in a specific field as determined by Mahidol or UGM.
3. Being affiliated with an educational institution, a national research institution, or a research institution in a foreign country that is internationally recognized, or in any international organization that is recognized both domestically and internationally.
4. Having research papers published in international academic journals continuously for the past five years.
5. Being involved with academic, research or academic services with Mahidol or UGM

ProSPER.Net aims to develop a new generation of leaders who can best tackle global sustainability challenges in the face of rapid environmental degradation. By changing the way higher education institutions teach students about sustainability, ProSPER.Net improves the ways in which future professionals manage sustainability issues across a wide variety of disciplines.

As COP26 brought world leaders to agree on a new 10-year Work Programme on Action for Climate Empowerment to promote climate education, youth engagement, and public participation, concrete mechanisms and their implementation must be accelerated to achieve the Paris Agreement goal.

Capitalizing on the synergies and successful partnerships in our network, the Joint Research Project in 2023-2024 is aimed at developing postgraduate-level courses that are aligned with the key competencies for the implementation and reinforcement of the Paris Agreement. Its objectives are the following: 

The Hitachi Global Foundation originates to five foundations established with a strong will of former executives of Hitachi, Ltd., including the Society for the Promotion of Technology in Japan established in 1967 by Chikara Kurata who was the second President of Hitachi, Ltd., and the other four were founded by Kenichiro Komai, the third President, and Kamejiro Takeuchi, former Vice President. Cherishing the original philosophy, each of the five foundations contributed to society for over 40 years with programs in the fields of home upbringing, youth development, promotion of science and technology, awareness-raising of environmental conservation, and support for human development in Asia.

In April 2015, the five foundations were merged in the aim of better responding to social needs and implementing the continued programs organically, and also committed to developing the programs for better public benefits to tackle social challenges.

After the merger, the Hitachi Global Foundation has since been conducting our programs to respond to social needs together with the experience and knowledge of the Hitachi Group in the Foundation’s three key areas, namely “Promotion of Academic Research, Science and Technology,” “Human Development” and “Realization of an Inclusive Society” while inheriting the passion and philosophy of the founders of the five organizations, where the devotion of Hitachi’s foundations all started.

Hitachi Global Foundation is pleased to announce the calling for applications for The Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award 2022 from today until 11:59 PM (Japan time) on June 30, 2022 for Universitas Gadjah Mada’s lecturers and researchers

The Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award was launched in fiscal year 2020 to promote science, technology and innovation that will solve social issues and achieve a sustainable society in the ASEAN region. This Award recognizes individuals and groups that served public interests through their outstanding achievements in research and development in the fields of science and technology, including their visions of an ideal future society and social implementation plans for R&D as a means of achieving the UN’s SDGs.

Application documents 

Applicants shall prepare the following documents in English, and English translation shall be attached if any submitted document is written in your local language. 

1) Application form 

• Please complete the application form, and any application missing required information will not be accepted. 
• Please create an R&D introduction video, up to five minutes, upload the video to Google Drive, and indicate a web link of the video in the application form. 
• Please update the browser to the latest version as old versions may cause an error.
• Please make sure that the video does not have any issues of copyrights or portrait rights. 
• The application form shall be submitted in the Word format. 
• Please make sure that the applicant reads the precautions for handling personal information at the end of the application form and check the box if the applicant agrees.
• Please refer to the “How to fill in the application form” document for further details. 

2) Recommendation letter 

• Please have the letter prepared and signed by the head (director or above position) of the department of the applicant. The letter shall include the reason for the recommendation, the selection process (whether it is an institutional or individual nomination), and expectation of the applicant’s R&D and social implementation plan.
• The letter shall be submitted in PDF. 

3) Attachments 

• Please submit up to three kinds of evidence of the applicant’s R&D achievement. 
• It is recommended that at least one research paper be submitted as evidence of the applicant’s R&D achievement. 
• The attachments shall be submitted in PDF

Who can apply

Applicants must satisfy all the following criteria:

– A faculty member, researcher, or student who belong to Universitas Gadjah Mada

– Having outstanding achievement in R&D in the field of Science and Technology, including

publication of a research paper, conference presentation, patent acquisition, etc. and its social

implementation plan.

– Recommended by the target universities where he / she belongs to.

More information

1. Application Guidelines
2. Appendix.1
3. Appendix.2
4. Application Form (How to fill in)
5. Application Form
6. Application Process
7. FAQs
8. Flyer

Application Procedures

1. Submit the aforementioned documents to http://ugm.id/IntExposureApplication and by email to head-oia@ugm.ac.id no later than June 17th, 2022 for internal review and nomination.
2. OIA UGM will evaluate your application. Once you are selected as Nominated Applicant, OIA UGM will confirm your official nomination to Hitachi Global Foundation and you may proceed with further application procedures.
3. The FINAL decision is from the Hitachi Global Foundation

Overview

All countries in the Indo-Pacific region are grappling with the complex challenges of how to grow more food and reduce poverty using less land, water, and energy.

Since 1982 ACIAR has made a significant contribution to meeting these challenges.

By leveraging international agricultural partnerships, ACIAR seeks to promote more productive and sustainable agricultural systems for the benefit of developing countries and Australia.

Building on its soundtrack record, ACIAR’s 10-Year Strategy 2018-2027 provides a clear direction for the organization into the future and remains closely aligned with the key objectives of the Australian Government’s aid policy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Our Work

As world leaders in agricultural research, Australian scientists are encouraged and supported to use their skills for the benefit of partner countries while at the same time contributing to solutions to meet Australia’s own agricultural challenges.

The diversity of our own agriculture sector, which extends from the tropics to the arid zone, continues to thrive while operating in highly variable and challenging climates with minimal external subsidies.  This suggests the Australian agricultural sector has valuable knowledge and expertise to share with other countries facing similar challenges, including farmers, rural poor, consumers, researchers and policymakers.

Since 1982, ACIAR has supported research projects in four regions—eastern and southern Africa, East Asia, South and West Asia and the Pacific. Our research projects focus on agribusiness, climate change, crops, fisheries, forestry, horticulture, livestock systems, social systems, soil and land management and water. They deliver specific development outcomes.

To date, ACIAR has commissioned and managed more than 1,500 research projects in 36 countries, partnering with 150 institutions along with more than 50 Australian research organizations.

How we work

We broker, facilitate, invest in and manage strategic partnerships with public and private research institutions to improve the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems and the resilience of food systems in partner countries.

ACIAR identifies opportunities and partnerships to undertake international agricultural research and capacity building but does not undertake research directly.

Our efforts contribute significantly to Australia’s aid program and the achievement of its goals.

The collaborative international programs and partnerships underpinning ACIAR-supported research also improve the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems in Australia.

ACIAR-supported projects are designed to produce specific research outputs that translate to development outcomes. Our six high-level objectives include:

For more information please visit here

Strategy Review 2022

The Commission for International Agricultural Research has initiated a mid-term review of the ‘ACIAR 10-​Year Strategy 2018 – 2027’.

ACIAR is now calling for written submissions from ACIAR partners and stakeholders for the Strategy Review 2022.

Greetings from Australian National University!

Australian National University (ANU) is a world-leading center for research, education and policy engagement. ANU was established in 1946 with a special charter – to give the nation a world-class capacity in research in subject areas that were going to be important for Australia’s future. The University is further distinguished by an outstanding record for student satisfaction and graduate employability. As the nation’s university, ANU delivers research and scholarship that contributes to advancing Australia and the region.

We are delighted to inform you that the Future Research Talent Awards 2022 of the Australian National University is now open for Universitas Gadjah Mada students and staff who are interested in research activities.

The program, as in the past, will be exclusive to students at our selected partner institutions with UGM being one of them. However, given uncertainties surrounding international travel, the 2022 round will provide scholars an opportunity to pursue collaborative research projects remotely with ANU supervisors in the fields of science, health & medicine. The FRT is a competitive and prestigious program attracting the best staff and students from Universitas Gadjah Mada. The program offers a valuable opportunity for Indonesia’s emerging research talent to form international connections and develop research skills at ANU.

4 ANU Research Schools hosting over 100 research groups are open to hosting FRT scholars. You are encouraged to nominate students/staff from across the research and educational spectrum of your institution that aligns with the ANU Research Schools and research projects open to hosting candidates.

As it is a competitive program, we cannot guarantee that all nominated candidates will be successful.

For more information, please read the FRT 2022_Flyer_Indonesia.

Details of the research areas can be seen here

Eligibility

Awards are offered under two distinct categories:

• Students: Senior undergraduate and postgraduate students at partner institutions
• Staff: Academic faculty members at selected universities/institutions and research-focused staff employed at selected government departments.

Required Documents

1. Research proposal(s) (*minimum 3 pages)
2. English Language Proficiency (Min. Score of TOEFL – ITP=530, iBT 80 or IELTS 6.0)
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Motivation Letter
5. Certificate of Enrollment from faculty (*only for students)
6. Official academic transcript (*only for students)
7. Letter of Nomination from faculty (*addressed to Head of Office of International Affairs)

Application Procedure

1. Submit the aforementioned documents to http://ugm.id/IntExposureApplication no later than March 15^th, 2022 for internal review and nomination.
2. OIA UGM will evaluate your application. Once you are selected as Nominated Applicant, OIA UGM will confirm your official nomination to Australian National University and you may proceed with further application procedures.
3. The FINAL decision is from Australian National University.

Indonesian Students at ANU

Greetings from The University of Queensland and IIT Delhi!

The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) established UQIDAR in 2018 to attract the best global talent including elite students, academics, researchers and scientists to work on goal-directed, cross-disciplinary grand challenges that are of interest to Australia, India and the global community.

UQIDAR joint-PhD Program currently accepting applications for exceptional students to enrol in a PhD that is jointly supervised by academics at The University of Queensland and IIT Delhi, with time spent in both Australia and India. Through participating in the program students will gain a generous scholarship, a travel grant and overseas student health cover for 12 months while abroad, access to world-class facilities and resources and gain exposure to a new research ecosystem, network and environment. Upon successful completion of the program, students will receive a jointly awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from both UQ and IITD.

UQIDAR will enable students to enroll as either i-students or as q-students. For international applicants (with citizenship other than Australia), will be considered for admission as i-students. i-students will spend their first year of study at IITD before completing one year (or more) at UQ. They would then complete the remainder of their studies at IITD.

Application Procedure

• Step 1: Find a Project

Find a project suitable for your academic and research interests via http://uqidar.org/our-projects/ 

• Step 2: Check your Eligibility

Check your eligibility via https://uqidar.org/apply/apply-to-uqidar-i-students/

• Step 3: Prepare your Documents

You must upload the following compulsory supporting documents when you submit your online application including your:

• Academic CV
• Award/degree certificates from graduation/convocation
• Academic transcript or consolidated mark sheets
• Evidence for meeting English language proficiency requirements
• Contact details for at least two referees
• Scanned copies of all competitive entrance tests
• Other documentation

• Step 4: Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI)

Once you have found a project, checked the eligibility requirements and prepared your supporting materials, you can submit your Expression of Interest (EOI) online.

Expressions of Interest are open from 13 September – 17 October, 2021.

• Step 5: Attend Interview & Exam

1. Step 6: Accept your Offer

Full information on how to apply as an i-student can be found here 

Scholarship

Eligible i-students will be awarded a scholarship which includes:

• Year 1 (at IITD): a monthly stipend of Rs 41,000*
• Year 2 (at UQ): an annual stipend of A$28,597*
• Years 3 and 4 (at IITD): a monthly stipend of Rs 45,000*
• Relocation grant of A$5200* to support return travel between Delhi and Brisbane
• Overseas Student Health Cover (single policy) for stay in Brisbane in Year 2

The UQ tuition fee is waived for i-students. However, they are required to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee of A$313* for the year spent at UQ. I-students will be required to pay the IITD tuition fee for the duration of their study.

During their stay at either institution, students will also be eligible for all other benefits offered to full-time PhD students at that institution. While at IITD, students will receive an additional amount as House Rent Allowance if they do not stay in campus accommodation (hostel), as per IIT Delhi’s existing policy for PhD students. 

Further Information 

An overview of projects commencing in January 2022 can be found on our website when applications open on Monday 13 September: https://uqidar.org/our-projects/ Applications can be made online until Sunday, 17 October, 2021.

IMPORTANT NOTES

• The implementation/execution of this program will be carefully reconsidered depends on the latest development of COVID-19 and the government’s regulation

• The final decision of acceptance is from The University of Queensland and IIT Delhi. Nomination from OIA is not needed