Office of Assistant Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Sustainability (OAVCRIS)

External Research Grants

  1. ASEAN IVO Phase II (ASEAN IVO Phase II Call for Proposals 2025)
  • Deadline: July 14, 2025
  • Targeted fields: Any ICT solutions which focus specific regional needs or environmental or societal problems in every area such as Food, Environment Protection and Disaster Prevention, a Secure and Smart Community, Health and Welfare, etc.
  • Potential applicants: Open to researchers globally including academic/research institutions, universities, biotechnology companies, and other organizations engaged in life sciences research.
  • Grant amounts: Up to USD 80,000/project/year
  • Project duration: 12 months to 24 months
  • Applications: Send documents of proposal to ASEAN IVO Secretariat (asean_ivo_sc_nict@ml.nict.go.jp)
  • Proposal guidelines: Call for Proposals Guidelines

 

  1. Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships (Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships | Getty Projects)
  • Annual theme: Provenance
  • Deadline: October 1, 2025
  • Program objective: Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging researchers to complete work on projects related to the Scholars Program’s annual theme. While in residence, fellows may pursue research projects, complete dissertations, or expand dissertations for publication.
  • Eligibility for school program:
    • Predoctoral Fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy in their doctoral program by the application deadline and should expect to complete their dissertations during the fellowship period.
    • Applicants who received their doctoral degree within the past 5 years (after September 1, 2021) should apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.
    • Scholars from any nationality or place of residence.
  • Total amount of grants: Includes workstation at Getty Research Institute, travel stipend (Predoctoral Fellowship – stipend of U$ 30,000; Postdoctoral Fellowship – stipend of U$ 35,000), an apartment in Getty Scholar housing complex, and an available healthcare option
  • Applications: web-based application (Apply here)