APN is pleased to announce that it will be holding two virtual seminars to provide introductory overviews, guidance, and tutorials on submitting successful proposals to its annual Call for Proposals. We open our invitation widely to interested project proponents based institutionally in our network of 22 Asia-Pacific countries, and especially welcoming persons who fulfil our criteria for early-career professionals.

Seminar Information

Dates and registration

• Session 1: 9 November 2023, 16:30 JST — Register here via Zoom
• Session 2: 10 November 2023, 11:00 JST — Register here via Zoom

Seminar agenda (90 minutes)

• Introduction to the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
• The CRRP and CAPaBLE programmes, and past rates of proposal submission success
• Eligibility requirements and special considerations
• High priority sub-regional topics for the 2023 Call for Proposals
• Timeline of submissions and stages for the 2023 Call for Proposals
• Technical Component: Navigating the APNIS interface for proposals submission
• Open Q&A

Background on the APN Call for Proposals

To fulfill its mission, APN promotes understanding of global environmental change through collaborative regional research and scientific capacity building, with a specific focus on the Asia-Pacific region. This has been achieved since 1996 by selecting competitive activities within research, capacity building, and science-policy interactions, in areas of  air, land, coasts and oceans; biodiversity and ecosystems;  climate; food, water and energy; human dimensions; and risk reduction and resilience.

This year, APN is inviting proposals in it’s two core programmes, for funding from October 2024: the Collaborative Regional Research Programme (CRRP) and the Scientific Capacity Development Programme (CAPaBLE). A limited amount of financial support is available for proposal activities that fall within its area of interest.

With a growing interest in APN proposal submissions, evidenced by our record total of 145 proposal submissions in the 2022 Call for Proposals, the APN Scientific Affairs team is looking forward to sharing detailed insight into our annual Call for Proposals launch procedure and guidance for successful proposal submissions.

Key Information

The 2023 APN Call for Proposals will be launched on the 10th November 2023 (midnight JST), and will be closed for submissions on the 10th December 2023 (midnight JST). 

For more information on the launch, please refer to APN’s dedicated Call for Proposals webpage.