Up to $1,200 available under Travel Grants Program

Objectives

Objectives of the grants are:

• 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.
• Note: Priority will be given to paper presentations, but poster presentations may be considered depending on the volume of applications.

Funding Information

• 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

Eligibility of Applicants

• Applicants who will present scientific papers in international or local scientific conferences and fora, either via face-to face or online mode, are qualified for the grant. On a case-to-case basis, paper presentations may not be required if attendance to a conference/forum 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 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.

For more information, visit SEARCA.