SEARCA’s Travel Grants Program

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is seeking applications for its Travel Grants Program.

Objectives

• To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ATTAIN-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally.
• Note: Priority will be given to paper presentations, but poster presentations may be considered depending on the volume of applications.
• 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.

Funding Information

• Amount: up to a maximum of USD 1,200

Eligibility Criteria

• 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 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.
• 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.

Selection Criteria

The focus of the paper should be aligned with SEARCA’s priority thrusts under its 11th Five-Year plan (FY 2020/2021 – 2024/2025), as follows:

• Agri-Business Models for Increased Productivity and Income
• Sustainable Farming Systems and Natural Resource Management
• Food and Nutrition Security
• Transformational Leadership for Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD)
• Gender and Youth Engagement in ARD
• Enhanced ARD towards Climate Resilience
• EcoHealth/One Health Applications to ARD

Source:https://www.searca.org/travel-grants