Cooperation Indonesia - Agriculture Beyond Food

The programme Agriculture beyond Food (AbF) aims to enhance and support long-term scientific cooperation between research groups from Indonesia and the Netherlands on innovative use of bio-based resources. The focus and the scientific goals of the programme are outlined in the Programme Document. Within NWO Agriculture Beyond Food resides under the umbrella of the theme Sustainable Earth, in the domain Energy and Resources. Within KNAW Agriculture Beyond Food resides under the umbrella of the Scientific Programme Indonesia – Netherlands (SPIN).

This call aims at proposals for multidisciplinary research executed by Indonesian and Netherlands scientists, presented as a cluster of well integrated research projects addressing issues of scientific, economic and/or societal relevance.

The programme is multidisciplinary and covers five domains:

• governance and legal environment
• socio-economic aspects
• production
• processing
• markets and logistics

The programme aims at research proposals for a coherent set of projects.

See the full text of the call for further details.

Who can apply

The main applicant of a Research Cluster should be a senior researcher employed by a research institution or University in the Netherlands. A senior researcher with a PhD degree from the partner organisation(s) in Indonesia should be the co-applicant (Indonesian PI).

What can be applied for

The grants will be maximally € 700,000 per cluster, providing funds for two Netherlands research positions and two Indonesian fellowships. The research budget of the research clusters should meet the Budget Guidelines.

When can be applied

Closing date for applications was 8 January 2009, 12:00 hrs MET.

Criteria

1. Scientific quality and originality
2. Added value of integration and multi-disciplinarity of projects in clusters 
3. Feasibility 
4. International co-operation
5. Relevance for development

Procedure

All applications will be evaluated according to a fixed set of criteria concerning the scientific quality and societal relevance of the proposal The assessment process includes an international peer review. The applications will be finally evaluated and ranked by the AbF Programme Committee. The Joint Working Committee may give advice on the ranking. The final decisions on funding are made by the Steering Committee of theme Sustainable Earth.

Committees

The programme will be supervised by a multidisciplinary AbF Programme Committee.

Budget

The budget is M€ 2.5 for the period 2009-2013. Grants for research clusters will be maximally € 700,000.

Financiers

NWO Division of Earth and Life Sciences (ALW), WOTRO Science for Global Development, and KNAW and the Steering Group DA.

Contacts

• Drs. B.J.H. Westerop (Bernard)
  phone: +31 (0)70 344 06 37, fax: +31 (0)70 381 90 33, e-mail: b.westerop@nwo.nl