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.).