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Research Grant Scheme

How to Apply

Small-scale Research Grant Programme

The Small-scale Research Grant Programme aims to support field researches and studies conducted by researchers from young generations, graduate students, and other concerned individuals, within the scope of nature conservation in developing countries. Applicants must be local residents in developing countries.

ATTENTION: This programme has been combined with the Research Grant Programme since 5 January 2012. For more detailed information and application procedure, please check: Research Grant Programme.

Projects eligible for grant	Researches and studies regarding nature conservation in developing countries.
Applicants eligible for grant	An applicant must be a national of a developing country, preferably in the Asia Pacific region; be conducting research at a local research institution or relevant organisation; have less than five years of professional experience in academic research or be a postgraduate student majoring in conservation-related study; propose a study related to nature conservation in the fields of natural science or social science; propose a study that involves fieldwork for collecting data in his/her own country; and have sufficient knowledge and ability to conduct the proposed study.
Funding period	1 - 3 years
Grant	Maximum of 600,000 Japanese yen as a total grant per project. An annual grant can not exceed 300,000 Japanese yen.
Obligations as a grantee	To submit an English progress report of 500 to 700 words with several photographs once every six months after its commencement. To submit a full English report of approximately 3,000 words with several photographs and a detailed financial report once every year.

If the project is to run for more than one year, applicants are required to submit a work plan with a detailed budget for the following year at the end of each budget year. The NEF will review the work plan together with the reports stated in obligation 2 above.
Adjustments will be made to the amount of the grant for the following year if the performance is deemed unsatisfactory.

Project Examples

The Population Densities and Distribution of Bornean Sambar Deer in Gunung Lumut Protection Forest, Paser District, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia