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Call for Applications for ASEAN-ROK Award for Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation 2020

We are pleased to inform that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Government of Republic of Korea (ROK) through the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), are calling for applications for the ASEAN-ROK Award for Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation 2020, an annual award established to recognize the academic and professional achievements of promising, early career scientists and engineers of ASEAN nationality.

For this year, the Award features two distinctions and are open to professionals pursuing careers in any field of natural sciences and engineering who will meet the following qualifications:

Next ASEAN Innovator

A citizen of an ASEAN Member State;
Professional with less than 5 years of working experience after earning a Ph.D.;
No record in the past two years of receiving an award organized or supported by ASEAN in the field of science and engineering

ASEAN-ROK STI Pioneer
- A citizen of an ASEAN Member State;
- Currently Enrolled in a doctoral program in Korea; or
- Professional whose completion of a doctoral program is less than 5 years and has significant research collaboration experience (e.g. post-doctoral programme, etc.) with Korea;
- No record in the past two years of receiving an award organized or supported by ASEAN, in the field of science and engineering

The winner of each distinction will be awarded a cash prize of US $12,000 and will be invited to attend the by-nomination annual one-week ASEAN-ROK STI Training Programme held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, to present and share their work.

Interested applicants must submit their accomplished application form, personal statement, and recommendation letter form together with the supporting documents to STEPI at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and ASEAN Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. respectively provided that this Office is copied at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 31 July 2020.

Call for Proposals: UKRI GCRF/Newton Fund Agile Response Call to Address COVID-19

We are pleased to inform you that the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), one of the Newton UK Delivery Partners, is inviting proposals for the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)/ Newton Fund Agile Response to Address COVID-19 which aims to help address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak across developing countries.

The proposals should be for short-term (18 months) projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC), including the Philippines. The proposal should meet at least one of the following:

New research or innovation with a clear pathway to impact on policy or practice that has the potential (within the period of the award) to deliver a significant contribution to the understanding of, response to, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in a developing country context;
Supports the manufacture and/or wide-scale adoption of an intervention with significant potential for impact in developing countries; and
Gathers critical data and resources quickly for future research use.

Projects will be funded through the GCRF and the Newton Fund. Match contribution will not be required from Newton Fund partner countries unless they decide to provide matching funds at a later stage, if they would like to offer further support to the project (delayed match concept). There is no specific budget limit but UKRI is interested in research of any scale that can demonstrate that it will deliver impact during the lifetime of the project.

Interested applicants may submit their accomplished proposal application form (sample attached) and the required annexes to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., with copy furnished to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Proposals may be submitted at any time as long as there are still available funding for the Call. There will be a rolling process of assessment and award. The DOST-UK Newton Agham Programme alumni are encouraged to submit proposals.

For additional information, kindly visit https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/ukri-gcrf-newton-fund-agile-response-call-to-address-covid-19/ and https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c-7GK9u8NmAPCG4ppmRAFkgO3SlMqBKf?usp=sharing