Call for Proposal on NERC Program
Indonesia’s Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia (Ristekdikti) and the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) invite applications to the Understanding of the Impacts of Hydrometeorological Hazards in Indonesia programme. The programme has a budget of up to £1.5m for the UK component and a budget of up to IDR 2,400,000,000 for the Indonesian component.
The aim of the programme is to improve understanding of the impacts of hydrometeorological hazards, such as floods, droughts, landslides and storm surges, in Indonesia. The focus is on identifying, characterising and predicting the environmental and social variables that influence the occurrence, impact, severity and duration of hydrometeorological hazards in Indonesia to enable increased preparedness and resilience to future events.
Applications are sought from teams comprising researchers from Indonesia and the UK eligible to hold Ristekdikti and UK Research Council grants respectively. Ristekdikti will fund the Indonesian component of the successful projects and UK researchers will receive funding from NERC. Projects can be maximum 36 months duration. Applicants may request up to £ 375k (at 80% FEC) from NERC. Ristekdikti will provide the Indonesian applicants with awards ranging between IDR 200,000,000/ year/ project (IDR 600,000,000/ project of 36 month duration) and IDR 675,000,000/ year/ project (IDR 2,025,000,000/ project of 36 month duration) depending on the subject under which a proposal falls.
A Notification of Intent to Submit should be submitted on the online form no later than 16:00 GMT/23:00 JKT on 4 December 2017. The notifications will not be assessed and will be used to plan the assessment process, however the eligibility of applicants for NERC, ESRC and Ristekdikti funding will be checked and in ineligible applicants informed. Applicants should note that the submission of a Notification of Intent is a requirement of this call and full bids will only be accepted from those teams who submit a completed Notification of Intent to submit online form prior to the deadline. The lead UK and Indonesian PI should not change following approval to submit a full bid.
A joint application should be submitted to the UK’s Joint Electronic Submission System (Je-S). The closing date for applications is 16:00 GMT/23:00 JKT on 21 February 2018. Applications not submitted before the deadline will not be received or considered.
Timetable
| Date | Activity |
| 10-11 October 2017 | Networking workshop – launch the call |
| 4 December 2017 | Notification of intent to submit deadline |
| 21 February 2018 | Full bid closing date |
| February to July 2018 | Peer review assessment |
| Early July 2018 | Principal Investigator response to reviews* |
| Late July 2018 | Moderating panel meeting |
| August 2018 | Funding decisions confirmed |
| September 2018 | Awards announced |
| *Applicants should be prepared to respond to reviewers comments in this time frame. |
Contact :
The call is being administered by NERC in the UK on behalf of all funders. Initial enquiries should be made to:
- NERC – Daniel Knight
Tel: +44 (0) 7928 668 935
Email: newtonseasia@nerc.ac.uk - Ristekdikti
Gedung D Lantai 4, Pintu I Senayan Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Jakarta Selatan Jakarta 10270 Tel : (021) 57946100 Ext. 0447,0448 Fax : (021) 5731846 E-mail : simlitabmas@ristekdikti.go.id
For further details, please visit : http://simlitabmas.ristekdikti.go.id/
Download : Guidlines for Applicants