Grants & Scholarships

Research Grants 2013 – 2014

Call for Proposals

To stimulate research cooperation between Indonesian and Australian research institutes, the Indonesia Project at the Australian National University and the SMERU Research Institute invite research proposals for funding collaborative research projects in any of the main research themes of the Indonesia Project: (i) Trade and Industry, (ii) Politics and Governance, (iii) Agriculture, Resources and the Environment, (iv) Social Policy and Human Capital.

Funding
The research grants provide funding of up to A$15,000 per grant, intended to cover the cost of initiating new research activities, such as travel costs, field work, data collection or research assistance. The grants are not meant to cover salary costs of applicants or overhead costs by the applicant institutes. A maximum of 4 research grants are available for the 2013/2014 application round.

Who can apply?
Partnerships of Indonesian and Australian research institutes are eligible to submit proposals. The main applicant should be a senior researcher based at the Indonesian partner institute; the co-applicant should be a researcher based at the Australian partner institute.

Evaluation criteria
Proposals will be assessed on the basis of academic quality and research potential. We will give priority to proposals that show prospect for long term cooperation between Indonesian and Australian institutes and obtaining additional funding.

Proposals should specify research objectives, background, significance and innovative aspects, policy relevance, expected outcomes and deliverables, and budget.

Dates and time line
Applications close on 14 June 2013. Applicants will be notified in July 2013.

Proposals can be submitted to the Indonesia Project at indonesia.project@anu.edu.au.

For more information please contact Robert Sparrow (robert.sparrow@anu.edu.au).

Application form