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The e-ASIA Joint Research Program (e-ASIA JRP) 12th Call in the field of Environment on the topics of ‘Low Carbon Society’

The e-ASIA JRP aims to support international joint research in the East Asian region on a multilateral basis and promote researcher community exchange through workshops and other activities. As part of the program, the Member Organizations of the e-ASIA JRP listed below have agreed to implement a joint call for proposals of multilateral cooperative research activities.

The e-ASIA JRP 12nd Call in the field of Environment is aimed to invite research application addressing environmental issues in East Asia and contribute on enhancing regional capacity through multilateral collaboration. Through regional collaborative research, innovative technologies and methodologies will be developed to foster the region toward low carbon society, carbon neutrality and net-zero carbon emissions goals.

Participating Member Organizations (listed in alphabetical order):

  1. Indonesia: Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (DIKBUDRISTEK)
  2. Japan: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  3. Lao PDR: Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES)
  4. Thailand: National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
  5. Thailand: Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (PMU-B)

Deadline:

28 April 2023

Fund:

In principle, each Member Organization will support its own country’s researchers in research projects selected for funding through this joint call.

The support from NRCT for Thai researchers:  

  • For “Systematic Understanding the Status of Environment, and People’s Action Change”: 3,000,000 THB per project
  • For “Recycling of batteries and development of alternative materials for batteries”: 9,000,000 THB per project

The support from PMU-B for Thai researchers:  5,000,000 THB per project

Duration:

  • NRCT: 3 years
  • PMU-B: 5 years

Research Areas:

NRCT is supporting the following topics:

  • Systematic Understanding the Status of Environment, and People’s Action Change
  • Recycling of batteries and development of alternative materials for batteries

PMU–B is supporting the following topic:

  • Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

Eligibility:

  • Common requirements:
    • A project consortium must consist of at least three eligible research teams from at least three different participating countries listed above.
    • Each research team shall be led by a Principal Investigator (PI), and a consortium shall be led by a Lead Principal Investigator (Lead PI) specified among the PIs. 
  • Specific requirement for Thai Researcher:
    • The applicants must be researchers and/or university professors/instructors who work in public/non-profit organization research institute or university in Thailand and are competent in conducting research with international partners.

How to Apply?

  • Lead PI must submit proposal to the e-ASIA JRP Secretariat’s e-mail (easia_secretariat@jst.go.jp) no later than 17:00 (Thai Standard Time, UTC+7) 28 April 2023.

Note:

  • Thai applicants who are interested to be granted by NRCT must submit a national proposal to NRCT through NRCT system (NRIIS: https://nriis.go.th) no later than 16:30 (Thai time) 26 April 2023.

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