Australian National University announces Research Grants (Australia and Indonesia)

The grants are a joint initiative between ANU Indonesia Project and the SMERU Research Institute. These grants are an investment in emerging Indonesian researchers, providing valuable professional experience in their research careers.

Topic 

• Topics of the proposals should fall into one of the ANU Indonesia Project research themes including:
  • trade and industry
  • politics and governance
  • agriculture, resources and the environment
  • climate change
  • poverty and inequality
  • gender equality, disability and social inclusion.
• Gender equality and inclusion are considered key components of the Indonesia Project’s research and outreach activities. All applicants should consider research proposals that apply a gender and inclusivity lens or to consider problem statement with explicit identification of how the problem impacts men, women, or people with a disability and what the barriers are.

Funding Information 

• The research grants provide funding of up to AUD $10,000 for each project of up to 12 months in duration. Payments will be made in two tranches. Half the awarded value will be provided to the lead researcher at the commencement of the project. The other half will be provided to the lead researcher once a Research Report, a Financial Report and receipts have been presented.
• The grants are intended to cover the cost of initiating new research activities. Funds may be used for items that support activities in the proposal, including:
  • travel-related expenses (such as conducting fieldwork within Indonesia or travel by applicants to counterpart institutes in Australia/Indonesia)
  • survey costs
  • interviews
  • workshops
  • purchasing data or archival material
  • language translation and interpreting services
  • specialised software central to research activities
  • specialised laboratory equipment central to research activities
  • research assistance or technical support.
• The grants cannot cover:
  • salary costs of applicants
  • professional membership or development fees
  • institute’s overhead costs, capital works or infrastructure costs.

Eligibility Criteria 

• The lead applicant must be an emerging Indonesian researcher based at an Indonesian institution
• The co-applicant may be an established researcher based at an Indonesian or Australian institution
• Other researchers may be researchers based at any institution in Indonesia, Australia or around the world.
• The ANU Indonesia Project strongly encourages women, researchers with disability, and researchers from diverse backgrounds to apply for these grants.
• There is no requirement for your research team to include an Australian academic, Australian-based academic and or an Australian institution. However, submissions that include an Australian collaboration will be given priority.
• ANU Indonesia Project academic staff are not eligible to be included in a research proposal for the 2024-2025 grant round. This includes Professor Budy Resosudarmo, Associate Professor Firman Witoelar, Dr Xue Sarah Dong, Professor Blane Lewis and Dr Arianto Patunru.
• The ANU Indonesia Project considers an emerging researcher as a researcher with a maximum of 7 years academic or other research-related employment following completion of postgraduate research training.

For more information, visit ANU.