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The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) has launched the NEF Commemorative Grant Fund for Capacity Building of Young Scientists (CGF) Programme, for a 10-year period up to 2025, aiming at capacity building of young scientists in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region; both of the CGF Programme and the ongoing Research Grant Programme (under the NEF Research Grant Scheme) will be simultaneously progressed.
The CGF Programme is directed towards helping young scientists in this region grow up as world-class scientists in the areas of, or related to, conservation of wildlife and ecosystem in their own country or in the Asia-Pacific region. In this programme, research projects with high priority include fieldwork-based studies which are scientifically outstanding and socioculturally sound. Each project should be implemented by a project scientist (PS) from Asia-Pacific developing countries, with adequate support of, and collaboration with, a project coordinator (PC), who has excellent scientific achievements and intends to take responsibilities for the research project.
CGF Projects awarded (PDF 111KB)
The target countries in the Asia-Pacific region include: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federal of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
The Project Scientist (PS) must:
The Project Coordinator (PC) is requested to have: (1) teach and/or work experience in a Japanese university or research institution as a scientist, as a general rule, (2) experience of education to, or work with, the PS, and (3) intention of supporting and collaborating with the PS throughout the project proposed, while keeping intimate contact with not only the PS but also the CGF Management Committee (MC) and the Secretariat of the NEF.
The research project must:
The research project is expected to contribute to nature conservation of the country where the PS lives, or currently works or studies, focusing on living organisms, especially wildlife and ecosystem, from such standpoints/foci as follows:
Notes: Examples of declined research proposals:
Basically, two years, although, for the cases that the PS is a doctor course student, the funded duration may be extended to the minimum years needed for conferment of doctor degree from the university/college where he/she is enrolled.
The maximum grant size is 1,500,000 Japanese yen per project, while additional budget for the PC is available for his/her expenses of travel to the study site of the PS.
The total annual budget for the CGF Programme amounts to 20,000,000 Japanese yen.
The PS is requested to fill in all items of the “CGF Application Form for Project Scientist”, consulting carefully with the instructions shown in the form with blue ink, in cooperation with the PC. The PC is requested to fill in the “CGF Form for Project Coordinator,” and to send it to the PS.
The PS is requested to submit a set of completed forms, i.e., “CGF Application Form for PS” and “CGF Form for PC,” after transformation into PDF format, to the NEF Secretariat (cgf@nagaofoundation.or.jp) by e-mail.
Application deadlines for this year are twice a year: 31 July 2022 and 31 January 2023.
The CGF Management Committee (MC), consisting of board members of the NEF and external experts, has all responsibilities about pass-or-fail decision of the applications, with support of the NEF Secretariat; there are possibilities that the MC inquires of the PC through the Secretariat about questionable points mentioned in the application form. The MC and the Secretariat also check budget plans; there are possibilities of reducing the amounts of budget requested, and, if so, the reasons for reduction will be informed.
The following factors are considered in the selection process:
The selection results will be announced by three months after the deadline of each occasion of application, by e-mail and/or a postal letter, to each PS and PC. Also, the title and the PS’s name of the selected projects will be announced in our website.
The NEF Secretariat informs each PS selected as the recipient and his/her PC of time schedule of communication with the Secretariat, remittance process and others for smooth procedure of the research project.
On the other hand, the Secretariat will reply to the PS or the PC if an inquiry about the reasons for fail judgement is sent to the Secretariat.
The recipient PS, with collaboration with the PC, is requested to send, at minimum, three reports to the Secretariat: a brief (about 1 page) report, within three months from the date of acceptance, describing the situation of fieldwork and other activities; a progress report (several pages), including financial report, by one month after the end of each one year; and a final report, including financial report, by six months after completion of the research project.
The PS and the PC are separately requested, as early as possible, to indicate the full name and details of the organisation to which remittance will be sent (including its address, telephone, fax, and e-mail), and to provide the number of bank account where the funds can be deposited. The first year’s budget of the approved fund will be transferred by the NEF Secretariat to PS and PC, while the remaining fund will be transferred after receipt and satisfactory review of the progress report.
NEF Secretariat for CGF: cgf@nagaofoundation.or.jp
Nagao Natural Environment Foundation
4-20-9 Midori, Sumida-ku
Tokyo 130-0021 Japan
Phone : +81-3-6659-2070
Fax : +81-3-6659-2272