28/10/2020
An opportunity to apply for a Regional Collaborations Programme COVID-19 Digital Grants from Australia
If you have an Australian research partner, you may wish to consider working with them to apply for a Regional Collaborations Programme COVID-19 Digital Grants. The grants support work on projects that utilise digital methods of collaboration to address a shared regional challenge related to the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery.
Eligible project applications must:
• be led by an Australian researcher
• include one or more partners from a regional economy on the Asia–Pacific region list, in addition to Australia as the lead project partner (Thailand is included)
• utilise digital resources and tools to work collaboratively to address a regional challenge of significance to Australia, that either directly, or indirectly, contributes to the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery
• commence activities after grant recipients are announced and conclude by 31 January 2022.
Applications are to be submitted online by 14 December 2020.
Further information is available on the Australian Academy of Science’s website: https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/regional-collaborations-programme-covid-19-digital-grants
Grants of up to A$10,000 each are available for early-career and mid-career researchers to increase connectivity and engagement between Australian and Asia–Pacific economies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.