Call for Proposals 2020

Food is a common need of every people in every country. The focus of this topic is for ICT applications providing specific solutions to food production issues in the ASEAN region, specifically the development of applications and integrated systems for R&D in the fields of agriculture, aquaculture, and livestock.

Keywords: Agriculture, Aquaculture, Livestock raising, Farming, IoT

After the establishment of the AEC (ASEAN Economic Community), traveling has become easy for people living in this region. This topic addresses ICT applications providing specific solutions to ASEAN regional needs arising from the growing tourism economy. In particular, projects would focus on the development of applications and integrated systems for R&D in the field of tourism.

Keywords: Travel booking and logistics, Tourist travel assistance, Safety and surveillance, Medical tourism, ‎Cultural tourism, Travel database and data analytics

Remote sensing is one of the strongest technologies applicable in the effort to understand and protect against the effects of climate change and the destruction of the environment, especially tropical rainforests in the ASEAN region. By analyzing data from environmental monitoring, valuable information can be returned to society and applied to help preserve and restore the environment and mitigate the effects of disasters. This topic does not only focus on technologies, but also applications and integrated systems for R&D.

Keywords: Lidar sensors, Doppler radars, UAV and Airborne platforms, Spatial technologies, Landscape, Climate change, Rainforest protection, Environment protection

In today’s highly connected society, people are increasingly sending sensitive data over networks such as for online shopping and online applications, as well as freely communicating content online and in social media. With this, solutions for issues such as information reliability and online security are more important than ever. This topic does not only focus on technologies, but also applications and integrated systems for R&D.

Keywords: Data validation, Accessibility, Cryptographic verification, Transparency, e-Voting, e-Commerce, Information system reliability

1. Deadline for proposal submission:     January 6, 2020
2. Evaluation period:                                  March 2020
3. Notice of results:                                    April 2020

1. The institution of the applicant should be an ASEAN IVO member, and the applicant should be the project leader. Non-members can submit proposals for new projects as project leaders, but they must apply for membership and obtain approval before the deadline for proposal submission.
2. The members of the proposed project must be at a minimum 2 institutions total, and from at least 2 different countries in the ASEAN region.
   • Multiple institutions from one country as well as NICT and other Japanese institutions are also welcome to be members of a project team but will not count towards this minimum requirement.
3. Institutions that are not members of ASEAN IVO can also be members of the project team.
4. The leaders of ongoing projects cannot make new applications.

1. The budget allocation is subject to change based on NICT’s fiscal year budget situation.
2. Because of NICT’s budget situation, the annual budget you planned for this year should be spent within this fiscal year, from April 2020 to March 2021, without any consideration for the starting date.

1. The ASEAN IVO Steering Committee will evaluate each submission from the following viewpoints. In some cases, modifications may be recommended.
   • Scientific and/or technological excellence (relevant to the topics addressed by the call)
     • Soundness of concept, and quality of objectives
     • Progress beyond the state-of-the-art
     • Quality and effectiveness of the S/T methodology and associated work plan
   • Quality and efficiency of the implementation and the management
     • Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures
     • Quality and relevant experience of the individual participants
     • Quality of the consortium as a whole (including complementarity, balance)
     • Appropriateness of the allocation and justification of the resources to be committed (budget, staff, equipment…)
   • Potential impact through the development, dissemination and use of the project results
     • Contribution, at the ASEAN and/or international level, to the expected impacts listed in the work program under the relevant topic/activity.
     • Relevance of potential impact to national or ASEAN official guidelines, such as the ASEAN ICT Master Plan.
     • Appropriateness of measures for the dissemination and/or exploitation of project results, and management of intellectual property.
     • Potential to generate sustainable community practices, business models or industry-relevant products with future development.
   • Benefits to the development of collaboration in the applicant country and the ASEAN region
     • Balance, equality and complementarity between organizations and between countries within the project team
     • Contribution to the technical proficiency of research in developing ASEAN countries
     • realization of new collaborations as well as reinforcing continuing partnerships
2. The following points will be evaluated highly, and additional points will be added:
   1. There is more than one expert in your project team who is the expert in the application filed.
   2. There is more than one support fund, e.g. a matching fund you are getting from your institution, or government, or private company, etc.
   3. There are descriptions of advantages of your proposal if your proposal is similar to the ongoing or finished projects.
3. Selected proposals will be published on the ASEAN IVO website.
4. Members of the selected projects, especially project leaders, are requested to cooperate with NICT for administrative procedures.

• Progress reports once a year.
• A final report at the end of the project.

1. Institutions in non-ASEAN regions can be a member of your project, but the budget provided by NICT can only support the institutions of project members which are located in the ASEAN region.
2. Personnel expenses should not be included in your proposal, because the budget provided by NICT cannot support personnel expenses for your project.

1. Please carefully read the guidelines for submission; the check list should be the first page before your proposal and you should fill out all items of the check list.
2. Procedure: Submit applications by filling in all necessary items on the proposal form and e-mailing as an attachment in both MS Word and PDF formats.
3. Submit to: ASEAN IVO Secretariat
   Dr. Hiroshi EMOTO
   International Research Advancement Office
   Global Alliance Department
   National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
   4-2-1, Nukui-Kita, Koganei
   Tokyo 184-8795
   Japan
   Tel: +81-42-327-7319
   Fax: +81-42-327-5321
   Email: asean_ivo_sc_nict@ml.nict.go.jp