{"id":606,"date":"2021-06-11T11:02:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T11:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afribary.com\/opportunities\/?p=606"},"modified":"2021-06-11T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T11:02:14","slug":"isdb-twas-joint-research-technology-transfer-grant-2021-quick-response-research-on-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afribary.com\/opportunities\/606\/isdb-twas-joint-research-technology-transfer-grant-2021-quick-response-research-on-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"IsDB-TWAS Joint Research & Technology Transfer Grant 2021: Quick-Response Research on COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opportunity<\/strong>: IsDB-TWAS Joint Research & Technology Transfer Grant 2021: Quick-Response Research on COVID-19<\/p>\n

Type<\/strong>: Research Grant<\/p>\n

Value<\/strong>: $50,000 per research group<\/p>\n

Who Can Apply<\/strong>: PhD holders from IsDB member countries<\/a><\/p>\n

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, affecting human health as well as economies and societies worldwide. TWAS and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are offering a competitive grant for research collaboration. Technologists and researchers from IsDB Member Countries are invited to submit research and innovation proposals that can help address challenges directly and indirectly related to COVID-19<\/p>\n

About the Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and TWAS have partnered to promote and support quick-response\u00a0research on key challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the possible consequences. The IsDB-TWAS Joint Research\u00a0& Technology\u00a0Transfer\u00a0Grant programme is fully funded by the IsDB and established to develop collaboration between researchers of IsDB member countries. Under this programme, qualified researchers from 57 IsDB countries* are invited to form a joint research collaboration consisting of two groups from different countries working on areas related to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The programme will choose one joint- project per year. The grant amounts to a maximum of USD 50,000 per research group \u00ad\u00ad\u2013 USD 100,000 total for the joint-project.<\/p>\n

Grants will enable the collaborating groups to purchase the research equipment and strengthen the facilities they need to enhance their partnership and productivity and to support the mobility of scientists between the participating institutions for training purposes. Partners should ensure, through the grant, that enough consumable supplies are available during such visits.<\/p>\n

One of the two groups must be based in an\u00a0IsDB Least Developed Member Country<\/a>.** The application must be filled in and submitted via the TWAS Online Forms system by Principal Investigator 1 (PI 1); where one PI is not from an IsDB Least Developed Member Country, he or she will fill out the form. In cases where both PIs are from\u00a0IsDB Least Developed Member Countries<\/a>\u00a0either one may submit the form. The PI submitting the form will be responsible for inserting correct information for both parties.<\/p>\n

The IsDB-TWAS Joint Research\u00a0& Technology\u00a0Transfer\u00a0Grant\u00a0will be awarded to the\u00a0project\u00a0which demonstrates the best potential to advance knowledge and help address the challenges created by the coronavirus and future pandemics.<\/p>\n

A grant may be used to purchase scientific equipment and consumables and support the travel and remote working of scientists between the two participating institutions. The grant may also cover, where justified, expenses related to field work. The grant does not cover salaries of researchers and\/or students. In addition, the purchase of laptop computers and laboratory animals are not supported.<\/p>\n

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Research Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examples of specific themes include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n