Call for basic research proposals in natural sciences and engineering in 2021
In the framework of basic research funding program in natural sciences and engineering, the National Foundation for Science and Technology (NAFOSTED) would like to announce the call for proposals 2021 as below: 1. Funding objectives: – To create favorable research environment in order to promote basic research activities of scientific and technological organizations in Vietnam. – To enhance research capabilities and develop robust research communities in order to enrich Vietnamese science and technology workforce. – To improve research quality towards international standards. – To promote international cooperation and integration in scientific researches. 2. Funding scopes Basic research projects in the fields of natural sciences and engineering, including: Natural sciences, Engineering , Biomedical – Pharmacy and Agricultural sciences. Research proposals should be applied under NAFOSTED’s scientific categories corresponding to the Scientific Committees, including Mathematics (101), Information and Computer sciences (102), Physics (103), Chemistry (104), Earth and Environmental sciences (105); Biology – Agriculture (106), Mechanics (107) and Biomedical – Pharmacy (108). 3. Subject of the funding program – Vietnamese scientific and technological organizations; foreign organizations that are capable of conducting scientific research and currently operating in Vietnam; foreign organizations that are collaborating with Vietnam’s scientific and technological organizations in a joint research. – Individual Vietnamese-citizen scientists; foreign scientists who are collaborating with Vietnamese scientific and technological organizations or with individual Vietnamese scientists. 4. Requirements for host organizations, participating researchers and research outcomes For host organizations: a) Must be registered as a scientific and technological organization whose expertise matches with the project(s) being proposed; b) Fulfill all responsibilities of a host organization for the project(s) which have been funded by NAFOSTED. For principal investigators (PI): a) Possess relevant research expertise to the project being proposed and are employed by a registered scientific and technology organization. If a PI is not currently employed by any scientific and technological organization, he/she must be supported by a reputable Vietnamese scientific and technological organization that agrees to be the host institution; b) Possess research abilities and skills that match the requirements of the project being proposed, including: holding a PhD degree or an associate professor/professor title, and having relevant research results published on prestigious international journals within the last 5 years just before the proposal submission date; c) Commit sufficient time to complete the proposed research as required by In case the PI goes overseas for business trip, his/her time abroad must not exceed 1/3 of the total project conduction time; d) Meet the conditions for PI registration and project participation as required by regulations. Project member/researchers must obtain proper and technical competencies and skills for their proposed research, including: a) Key researcher(s) and scientific secretary: holding a PhD degree or associate professor/professor title and have relevant research outcomes published on prestigious international or national journal within the last 5 years from the submission date. If the key members are master-degree holders, they must have relevant research outcome(s), including at least one publication on prestigious international journal(s) within the last 5 years from the submission date; b) PhD students participating in the proposed project must be working on relevant dissertations and acquire dissertation-approval decision within 24 months from the submission date; c) Technicians and other support staff. Requirements for the research outcomes Research outcomes include at least 02 articles published on prestigious international journals and one article published on prestigious national journal. PI must be the first author of at least one article published on prestigious international journals. Any publication(s) issued on journals belonging to the prestigious ISI list is considered equivalent to 02 publications issued on other prestigious international journals; NAFOSTED announces the list of prestigious ISI, international and national scientific journals to evaluate eligibilities of the PIs (compared to the most recent list of prestigious ISI and international journals announced by NAFOSTED) and approval of publication results of projects funded y NAFOSTED (compared to the most recent list of prestigious journals that is announced by NAFOSTED prior to the date of publication submission). 2019 List of prestigious journal has been issued under Decision No. 151/QD-HDQL-NAFOSTED dated on 09 August 2019 by NAFOSTED’s Board of Trustees (download here https://nafosted.gov.vn/van-ban-quy-ban-hanh/) 6. Timeline Proposal submission: from 08h30 May 17 to 17h00 June 30 2021 Proposal evaluation: July – October 2021 Project funding announcement: November 2021 Contract signing: January – February 2022 7. Application Electronic proposal must be summitted on OMS including: a. Basic Research Registration Form (in English and Vietnamese) b. Project Proposal (in English and Vietnamese) (Download the form here). Note: the files in project proposal must be named using the following rules: – Vietnamese version (proposal and budget): M2-name of PI – English version (proposal and budget): M2E-name of PI c. Scientific CVs of PI and all other research team members (in English and Vietnamese) d. Evidences of research achievements (including at least one article done by PI within the last 5 years that was published on a prestigious international journal which belongs to the list of NAFOSTED). After completing online submission on the OMS, the applicant must send the application to the NAFOSTED using one of the following methods: Method 1. Send 01 hard copy of project proposal in Vietnamese that has been signed and sealed (original copy) to NAFOSTED’s offfice, including: a. 01 Project proposal (printed from OMS) with approval from host or supporting organization of the project b. Research proposal with approval from host or supporting organization of the project. c. Scientific CVs of PI and all key research team members printed from OMS with approval from working or supporting organization (unless the member is working at the host organization). d. A copy of PhD degree certificate (if any). In addition, the PI must print 02 copies of Application Checklist form for reference and submission confirmation (Download here). Note: Evidences of research achievement of PI and research team members must be updated in the Scientific CVs on OMS, if necessary. PI must ensure the English and Vietnamese versions of research proposal are unified. Failure to update these evidences might lead to ineligibility of
