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General Guideline on submitting an Application for CGP Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) is a not-for-profit, independent organization making grants to researchers working in public sector universities, government (GO), nongovernment (NGO), and private organizations (PO) engaged in agricultural research and development. Competitive Grant Program (CGP) of KGF is to encourage and promote research that has potential to contribute to generate, validate, upscaling and adoption of technologies in order for increasing production and enhancing food security. KGF in collaboration with Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council developed research agenda in thematic areas for its first round of Call for Proposals. KGF supports activities that generate and transfer knowledge addressing food security issues while sustaining environment. Purpose of grants: The essential purpose of the grant is to support a single project on a clear set of problems - a piece of work designed to answer a single question or a small group of related questions. The KGF supports short-term project relevant to any of its research themes seeking solution to the problem(s) with clearly defined methods and objective(s) achievable within the stipulated timeframe. Such support will be normally for 12-24 months. No grants will be made to an individual. It is expected that the grant applicant or the main proponent will be the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project, and, if the applicant is successful, will be the grant holder, responsible for directing and being actively engaged in the project. Procedure for proposal submission: KGF follows a two-stage process of proposal submission. All eligible proponents (see eligibility criteria below) interested to submit a proposal to the KGF must submit a Preproposal Concept Note following the guidelines and format specified in this guideline. Proposals received at the KGF secretariat will be screened at the Secretariat and those fulfilling the criteria will be forwarded to selected reviewers. A panel of experts will evaluate the proposal. General notes: The proponents of successful proposals will be called for making presentation before the panel. Based on the merit of the project, resources available to and capability of the proponent, and outcome of the presentation, short listing of proposals will be made. Successful proponents will proceed to second stage and will be invited to submit a Full Proposal for further consideration for KGF funding. The full proposal must follow the guideline and format specified; and must be received by the KGF secretariat within stipulated time given by the KGF. Full proposals from successful stage I proponents submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Funding: KGF will provide limited financial support for applied and adaptive research activities that fall within its areas of interest. Normally a short-term project accomplished in 12-24 months may be funded. The average grant for a project may not exceed Tk. 2,000,000. Under exceptional circumstances a limited number of multi-year project (maximum duration – 36 months) may be funded. All proposals must provide a clear budget estimate breakdown of the year-by-year funding requirements.
Criteria for Evaluation: • Technical soundness & capacity to produce the output as planned. • Consideration of funding support (Cost sharing by the proponent : Private Organization and International Centres); • Adequate administrative and salary support; • Cost effectiveness; • Meeting standard of experimental/study design, and data collection; • Extent and quality of inter-institutional linkage; • Clear delineation of technology transfer and uptake pathway. Eligibility for remuneration: Grants may be used for remuneration for either whole-time or part-time research workers. It is expected that the PI and the co-investigator(s) will be in fully salaried position(s); however, they will be entitled to receive a modest honorarium as provided hereunder: 1. Principal Investigator (PI): Tk. 15, 000-30,000 per month (consolidated remuneration) depending on relevant experience (to be decided by KGF) and qualification as follows: • A person having a PhD and research/R&D experience of 20 yrs Tk. - 30,000 (Max.) • A person having a PhD/MS and research/R&D experience of 15 yrs Tk.- 25,000 (Max.) • A person having an MS and relevant research/R&D experience of 10 yrs Tk.- 20,000 (Max.) 2. Co-Investigator: remuneration Tk. 10,000-15,000 per month depending on research experience & qualification: (to be decided by the KGF). 3. Research fellow/research assistant Tk. 10,000-15,000 (per month) including PhD/MS students having not a recipient of scholarship from other sources. Eligibility of Research Cost: KGF will fund research operating cost and consumable expenses and the purchase of modest essential equipment associated solely with the research grant application, as detailed in the project proposal format and approved by the KGF authority. Applications received within the deadline will be submitted to an external referee before being considered for short-listing of the proposals for presentation before a committee of experts. The final decisions will be made by the KGF Board of Directors based on the merit of the project proposal and presentation made before the committee of experts. KGF authority has the right to accept or reject any or all applications/proposals without assigning any reason thereof. The supplied format must be used by the proponent. KGF may improve/modify any items of the proposal format/guidelines/conditions in order to better achieve objectives of CGP research.
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