The University Consortium (UC) provides seed funding amounting to USD 5,000 for studies in line with the University Consortium's strategic priorities as follows:
- Sustainable management of natural resource systems
- Food and agriculture policy
- Biotechnology in agriculture
- Food and health
- Information and communication technology, bioinformatics, and data management in agriculture
Who may apply for the Seed Fund for Collaborative Research Grants
A team of interested faculty members from at least two of the following participating members of the Southeast Asian University Consortium may apply for the UC Seed Fund:
- Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia
- Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Kasetsart University, Thailand
- University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
- Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
- Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Visayas State University, Leyte, Philippines
- Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
- Central Mindanao University, Philippines
- Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
- National Taiwan University, Taiwan
- University of British Columbia, Canada
Conditions of the Grant
- To be eligible for the grant, the research study must be in line with the University Consortium's strategic priorities as follows:
- Sustainable management of natural resource systems
- Food and agriculture policy
- Biotechnology in agriculture
- Food and health
- Information and communication technology, bioinformatics, and data management in agriculture
- The maximum amount for the seed funding is USD 5,000
- The study must have collaborators/proponents from at least 2 UC member universities
- The awardee must acknowledge the support of the University Consortium in the research and any publications arising from it. He/She must submit to the UC Secretariat a copy of the terminal report of the study.
- Study preferably to be completed in a year
Application requirements
The following should be submitted to the UC Coordinator of his/her University:
- Letter of Application endorsed by the UC Coordinator of the UC member university where the faculty is connected.
- Duly accomplished UC Seed Fund for Collaborative Research Grant Form endorsed by the UC Coordinator.
- A copy of the concept paper with rationale, objective, expected output/outcome, line-item budget, schedule of activities.
- Certification of financial support for the study from other sources, if any.
Conditions and requirements for disbursement of grant
- Forty percent (40%) of the grant shall be released to the faculty upon approval of the research proposal, another 40% is released upon submission of progress report and liquidation report for the first release, while the remaining 20% shall be released upon submission of the final report.
- The UC Coordinator endorses the application to SEARCA as UC Secretariat subject to the approval of SEARCA’s Director. Once approval of the grant has been received, the funds will be disbursed by SEARCA.
