Young People and Development Rapid Research Grants
The Australia-Indonesia Centre has established a grant scheme within the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR) program.
The scheme will fund Young People and Development Rapid Research (YPD-RR) projects up to AUD 30,000 each. Total funding available is maximum AUD 300,000. YPD-RR projects will have a four-month duration.
Application closing date and time: extended until Wednesday, 14 July 2021 at 5.00 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
Publication date: 19 May 2021
Selection process: Closed competitive call. Open to researchers from the University of Melbourne, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universitas Indonesia and Universitas Hasanuddin.
The Young People and Development Rapid Research (YPD-RR) grant scheme is part of the PAIR initiative. The scheme focuses on the theme: Young People and Development in South Sulawesi – young people aged between 16 and 30, Indonesia’s largest demographic group.
Young people are a driving force for development. Investing in their health, skills and enterprise development is essential for their wellbeing and national economic stability. This scheme focuses on the human capital development agenda, a priority of the Government of Indonesia. The Government’s human capital agenda aims to capitalise on Indonesia’s large youth population to develop a skilled and competitive workforce.
The YPD-RR scheme responds to the agenda, with a specific focus on the province of South Sulawesi. Grants supported by the scheme are to help identify the skills gaps and development needs of young people in the province and across a number of sectors. It will provide analysis on jobs, education opportunities and skills gaps and requirements that will help determine how the South Sulawesi workforce (including women, people with disabilities and marginalised groups) can be better supported to meet industry needs.
Each YPD-RR project proposal will focus on an analysis of education opportunities (vocational education and training and higher education) or skills gaps, including industry needs in one sector chosen from below:
- Health and wellbeing – e.g. skills needs of frontline health workers, health systems
- Commodities – e.g. seaweed farming
- Transport – airport, seaport and public transport
- Logistics and supply chain
- Tourism
- Digital economy
Important: The YPD-RR grants are limited to projects with a focus on South Sulawesi. Projects can address sectoral challenges at provincial, district – the three districts (Barru, Pangkep and Maros), Makassar and Parepare – and/or at village level (within district/s of focus).
Eligibility: The YPD-RR projects are open to researchers from all disciplines based at the University of Melbourne, Universitas Indonesia, Institut Teknologi Bandung and Universitas Hasanuddin.
Instructions for application submission: Project applications must be submitted by the University of Melbourne Research Office to the AIC by the closing date via pair@australiaindonesiacentre.org. Applications must satisfy all the requirements set out in the YPD-RR Grant Funding Guidelines.
YPD-RR Funding Guidelines
Project application template (.docx format)
Enquiries: For enquiries please contact the Program Management Team by emailing pair@australiaindonesiacentre.org.
Note: A previous version of the guidelines stated that expected outputs included a 15,000 word report and an article for The Conversation. This has been revised to a 10,000 word report, and an article for The Conversation is optional but not expected.