REACH: Micro-Grant Fund 2021 - 2022

REACH (Research Advancement Consortium in Health) is a project aimed at enhancing the research capacity of the Vietnamese medical community. REACH aims to share knowledge on conducting rigorous research within the Vietnamese context through free online courses, workshops, and consultations for research proposals.

The REACH project invites you to submit proposals for the Micro-Grant Fund, with a value of up to 20,000,000 VND per project, for those who have an idea or are currently implementing a project aimed at investigating causes or interventions to improve community health.

• Scope of application: Nationwide
• Implementation period: Projects must be completed before 30 June 2022.
• Application deadline: 17:00, 15 July 2021. Selected proposals will be shortlisted for the proposal defense round (conducted online). Each project will present its proposal for 15 minutes and answer questions from the review committee for 15-20 minutes.
• Successful grant recipients will be notified no later than 5 August 2021.
• Target applicants: REACH invites individuals including pupils, students, graduates, physicians, and graduate researchers—regardless of age, ethnicity, or region—who are interested in advancing public health to submit proposals.

We will prioritize projects with the following characteristics during proposal review:

• Applicants aged 18-25 at the time of application submission.
• Research conducted by students and postgraduate trainees at medical and pharmaceutical universities and colleges nationwide, which may be independent studies or supervised by internal and external faculty members.
• Proposals written in English.
• Projects, intervention programs, and public health assessment initiatives.

Benefits: Selected projects will receive up to 20,000,000 VND for implementation, along with guidance on research design, implementation methods, and data analysis from the fund's committee from the beginning to the end of the grant agreement. Projects retain ownership and use of project deliverables during the collaboration period (e.g., health education and communication materials, research toolkits, etc.). However, project deliverables will be published openly and become public property after a specified period (e.g., 3 years for research datasets) in accordance with the cooperation agreement.

Note:
The grant fund cannot cover:

• Excessive expenses for catering, travel, gifts, etc.
• Salary and management fees
• Support for for-profit entities
• International travel support
• Other unspecified expenses

Once you submit your application to the grant fund via this form, it cannot be further edited. Please carefully check your information before submission.

Applicants seeking funding are kindly requested to:

• Download the PDF version of this announcement: https://tinyurl.com/reach-microgrants-info-2021
• Fill out the application form: https://tinyurl.com/reach-microgrant-2021
• Download the proposal template: https://tinyurl.com/reach-proposal-2021
• Download the budget estimate template: https://tinyurl.com/reach-budget-2021

REACH will organize an online sharing session on the REACH 2021 micro-grant fund at 9:00 AM on 26 June 2021. Please register to attend at: https://tinyurl.com/reach-microgrant-2021-QnA

Please contact us if you have any questions: contact.reach.edu@gmail.com

Source: https://www.reach.edu.vn/micro-grants-announcement-2021-2022.html