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Call for Proposals from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

We are pleased to inform you of the two available call for proposals from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA): (i) ERIA Research on COVI D-19 and its Implications for the Regional Economy and (ii) ERIA Microdata Research Fiscal Year 2020. These are the following:

1.) The ERIA Research on COVID-19 and its Implications for Regional Economy will provide financial support up to a maximum of US$ 9,000 per study on the selected proposals depending on the type or nature of research proposal (e.g. policy discussion paper or empirical study based on a quantitative approach, etc.) All studies are expected to be fully completed by December 2020, with vary dates of submission depending on the type of nature of the study. Interested applicants must submit their proposals directly to Taizo Hara (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Dionisius Narjoko (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or Rahmasari lstiandari (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The deadline for the submission of proposals will be on or before 17 August 2020. The authors will be notified of the decision about the proposal selection process in several weeks.

2.) The ERIA Microdata Research Project for Fiscal Year 2020 is within the scope of ERIA's Research Project pillars --- Deepening Economic Integration. The theme for this year's research is Global Market Entry, Survival, and Exit of Firms: Understanding the Process and the Effects. ERIA will provide financial support amounting to US$ 8,000 per paper for the selected proposals and will also cover the travel costs of one author per paper to attend the workshops of the project. The project comprises country studies by authors mainly from ERIA member countries. Interested applicants must submit their research proposals to David Christian at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 15 September 2020 and authors will be notified on the decision on or before 2 October 2020

Further, should you have any queries you may directly contact ERIA at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We highly encourage interested applicants to copy furnish the following addresses for any communication: Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Cooperation (oasec This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and the International Technology Cooperation Unit (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Call for Nomination: 9th edition of the Global Young Scientists Summit

The 9th edition of the Global Young Scientists Summit is now open for nomination. The summit will be held on January 12 - 15, 2021 in Singapore and the Department will nominate 5 participants for this year's summit.

The Global Young Scientists Summit is an annual multi-disciplinary summit that brings together eminent scientific minds and young scientists to foster the exchange among scientists of different generations, cultures, and disciplines. The speakers for this summit were recipients from Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Millennium Technology Prize, and Turing Award and other distinguished scientists.

The eligibility criteria and requirements are the following: Participants for GYSS 2021 will be recruited worldwide mostly among (1) undergraduate students, (2) master and doctoral students, and (3) young postdoctoral scientists.

The following standards and criteria have been defined for their selection. All nominated participants shall:

Not be older than 35 years of age at the time of the Summit,
Show a genuine interest in science and research,
Show a strong commitment to their principal filed of studies and to interdisciplinary work,
Received the endorsement of an organization that was invited to provided nominees OR receive strong support of their application by their head of department and/or by internationally renowned scientists through a letter of recommendation,
Be fluent in English and capable of active participation in discussions,
Not have participated in previous Global Young Scientists Summits, and
Not yet have a permanent position (scientists with permanent positions, in particular on the professor level will in general not be admitted to the summit).

The organizers will provide accommodation for the participants, please take note that interested applicants will need to shoulder the travel arrangement and costs.

The Deadline for the submission of application is on 23 August 2020.

Should you wish to participate in this event, you may send name, email address and curriculum vitae to Mr. Paolo Samoza at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For further details, you may visit the past GYSS summit through this link https://www.nrf.gov.sg/home