Agribusiness Applied Research Initiatives Support Program

Agribusiness Applied Research Initiatives Support Program

The Project aims to support the establishment of linkages between academic research institutions and the private sector to jointly address the growth and development needs of Uzbekistan’s agricultural sector. The Project intends to select researchers and/or research teams to conduct applied research that will provide evidence-based solutions to problems and challenges currently faced by agribusinesses, farmers, and other agricultural sector actors in Uzbekistan. 

The Project seeks applications from qualified applicants to conduct research and produce research papers for publication in academic journals and also could be included in the curriculum at Uzbek education institutions and/or disseminated to private sector agribusinesses. The Project seeks applications that request funding of up to UZS 30,000,000. Upon selection and signing agreements with researchers/research teams, the Project will provide each researcher/research team with UZS 10,000,000 to commence the applied research as stipulated in the agreements. Once the research paper has been submitted to and approved by the Project, the researcher/research team will receive from the Project an additional UZS 20,000,000. 
Eligibility 

Applicants may submit their applications as individual researchers or as research teams. This call for applications is designed to support Uzbekistan’s research community and therefore, only citizens of Uzbekistan will be eligible for participation in this program. The Project will consider applicants from all academic disciplines, who express interest in conducting practical research to provide solutions to problems and challenges currently faced by agribusinesses, farmers, and/or agritourism sector stakeholders in Uzbekistan. The Project highly encourages female researchers and female research teams to submit applications in response to this call for applications.

Application

Applicants shall submit their documents electronically to [e-mail] with “Applied Research Initiatives Support Program” in the subject line. The application shall be signed by the researcher or by the principal investigator of the research team. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, as they are received. The concept paper application form will be evaluated against the following merit review criteria: