Call for Applications: Travel Grants Program 2025

Objectives

• To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ATTAIN-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally.
• To promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge/information vital to agricultural innovation.
• To provide the Grantee a venue to discuss with other scientists, researchers, university faculty, and scholars about recent developments in their respective disciplines.
• To facilitate linkages, 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.

Focus Areas

• The focus of the paper should be aligned with SEARCA’s priority thrusts under its 11th Five-Year plan (FY 2020/2021 – 2024/2025), as follows:
  • Agri-Business Models for Increased Productivity and Income
  • Sustainable Farming Systems and Natural Resource Management
  • Food and Nutrition Security
  • Transformational Leadership for Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD)
  • Gender and Youth Engagement in ARD
  • Enhanced ARD towards Climate Resilience
  • EcoHealth/One Health Applications to ARD

Funding Information

• The SEARCA will provide travel grants of up to a maximum of USD 1,200 to each qualified agriculture and agriculture-related professional, social scientist, or graduate student in Southeast Asia.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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.
• Applicants who are citizens of Southeast Asian countries who are regular staff members of non-profit development-oriented institutions or graduate students at other agricultural universities in the Region may be considered if not enough qualified applications under Priority 1 have been received.
• At present, only citizens from the following countries are qualified to apply: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

Application Requirements

• A letter expressing interest to avail of the grant;
• A recommendation letter from the immediate head/supervisor/major professor of the applicant, if applicable;
• A two-page summary (single-spaced; A4 sheet) of the paper for presentation to the conference;
• A copy of the conference organizer’s letter of acceptance of the paper for presentation;
• A copy of the conference program;
• The estimated budget for participation;
• A proof/copy of award of funding support from other organization(s) if travel is beyond Southeast Asia; and
• The applicant’s curriculum vitae.

For more information, visit SEARCA.