SEARCA accepting Applications for Travel Grants Program
Deadline: 07-Sep-2020
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is currently accepting applications for its Travel Grants Program to reinforce the Center’s efforts and resources in the promotion of inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) toward food security and poverty alleviation in the region.
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Grant Objectives
To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ISARD-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally;
To promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge/information vital to agriculture and rural development;
To provide the Grantee a venue to discuss with other scientists, researchers, university faculty and scholars, developments in their respective disciplines;
To facilitate linkaging, partnerships and active collaboration between SEARCA, or the applicant’s home institution, with other development organizations and donors;
To produce articles or any publication out of the Grantee’s presented paper, whenever appropriate and feasible.
Funding Information
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SEARCA will provide travel grants of up to a maximum of US$1,200 to each qualified agriculture and agriculture-related professional, social scientist, or graduate student in Southeast Asia.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants who will present scientific papers in international or local scientific fora are qualified for the Travel Grants. On a case to case basis, paper presentations may not be required if attendance to a conference is expected to result in establishing formal linkages, partnerships, collaborations and strong development impacts to the Center.
Priority 1 – Priority shall be given to the following:
SEARCA fellows (senior, adjunct and visiting fellows);
SEARCA Graduate scholarship alumni;
Researchers of SEARCA-implemented/coordinated projects;
SFRT grantees;
Proponents from the University Consortium (faculty, staff and graduate students);
SEARCA ongoing scholars; and
Faculty and staff of universities under the SEARCA’s Institutional Development Assistance Program.
Priority 2:
Applicants who are citizens of Southeast Asian countries who are regular staff members of non-profit development-oriented institutions or graduate students of other agricultural universities in the Region may be considered if not enough qualified applications under Priority 1 have been received.
Selection Criteria
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The focus of the paper should be aligned with SEARCA’s priority thrusts under the Tenth Five-Year plan (FY 2014/2015 – 2018/2019), as follows:
Social Inclusion in Agricultural and Rural Development
Participation of poor and vulnerable sectors of rural societies in food and agricultural value chains and agribusiness commodity systems;
Food and nutrition security for poor and vulnerable sectors of rural societies;
Productivity-enhancing innovations and modern technologies.
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
Natural resource management;
Climate change mitigation and adaptation in agricultural and rural development;
Resilience of agricultural systems to climate impacts.
Regional and Sub-regional Cooperation
Sub-regional cooperation in trade and investments;
Regional market, trade and economic integration.
Institutions and Governance
Government policies, institutions and governance mechanisms and reforms for ISARD.
Eligible Countries
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At present, only citizens from the following countries are qualified to apply: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.
For more information, visit https://www.searca.org/travel-grants