STIC Research and Publishing Seed Grant

The US-ASEAN Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation (STIC) Program will make available $50,000 USD to help kickstart up to four research and publishing projects while at the same time building grantsmanship capacity among its learners. The STIC Research and Publishing Seed Grant competition exposes participants to a formal grant application process and presentation of an idea in a poster session at the annual conference. If awarded, the program will also help develop skills to manage sponsored funds to conduct a research project and report results.

Details

• An evaluation committee will review proposals and select 35 projects to be presented at a poster session during the STIC Annual Conference in Vientiane, Laos in July 2024.
• If your project is selected, the principal investigator will be invited to present at the conference and the STIC program will cover all travel expenses.
• A committee of evaluators will score poster presentations using a standardized rubric and the top four projects will be selected to receive up to $12,500 USD, each.

Eligibility Requirements

• Funds are exclusively available to participants who demonstrate they have completed the S&T Track in the STIC Talent Mobility Portal.
• Research proposals can be individual projects or team projects, but one team member must be identified as the principal investigator.
• The research project must identify a real-world problem related to one of the nine S&T technical academies and seek to provide applicable and practical solutions.
• The proposal must include a detailed budget indicating how the team will spend the funds to meet project goals and objectives.
• The team must identify a list of potential funding sources/grants and clearly describe how this seed grant will position to project to seek additional funds.

For more information, visit ASEAN.