Research partnership building to enhance aquaculture systems in South East Asia

What the travel grant will achieve

This initiative aims to support a UKRI-led Sustainable and Resilient Aquaculture Systems in Southeast Asia Research Programme under the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) by facilitating multilateral high-quality interdisciplinary research proposals. Fund owner: Research and Innovation for Development in ASEAN (RIDA), under Research and Evidence Directorate (RED), FCDO.

Eligibility for the travel grant

• the applicant must hold a PhD degree or have equivalent research experience
• the applicant must be based at a UK University or eligible research organisation, which is eligible to receive funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
• the visit must take place in at least 2 countries among 5 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam
• the applicant has submitted Notification of Intent (NOI) to submit research proposal(s) to BBSRC

Priority sectors

• resilience to climate change and environmental variability whilst also protecting the natural environment
• reducing production losses due to disease and improving plant and animal health and welfare

Eligible expenses

• each travel grant will sponsor a one-week visit for a UK-based researcher. The visit must finish by 20 March 2024. The value of each grant is set at a maximum of £2,700

Deliverables

RIDA contact: Jeremie Credo, Jeremie.Credo@fcdo.gov.uk At the end of the visit and no later than 25 March 2024, the grant holder must submit a report outlining specific research objectives and opportunities within the individual countries visited, or wider ASEAN, that the UK government, researchers, and academics may work on in the future.

How to apply

The travel grants are funded by FCDO’s Research and Innovation for Development in ASEAN (RIDA) project. Published 15 January 2024
Travel Grant contacts: Huong Phan, British Embassy Hanoi, phan.huong@fcdo.gov.uk and Karen Hipol, British Embassy Manila, karen.hipol@fcdo.gov.uk The findings and recommendations must be supported by, at the minimum, information about the SEA country’s performance in the aquaculture sector and/or sub-sectors in aquaculture, its strengths and weaknesses and how the UK’s expertise can add value to that context.