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06 Nov 2025 15:17:25
Deadline: Wed,7 Jan 2026, Call for Proposals 2026: ASEAN IVO
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ 
 
May this email reach you while you are in the best of health and Iman by the grace of Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala.
 
Dear Dato’/Prof./Assoc. Prof./Dr.,
 
We are pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals 2026 is now open. As Japan’s sole National Research and Development Agency specializing in the field of information and communications technology, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is in charge of promoting the ICT sector as well as research and development in ICT, which drives economic growth and creates an affluent, safe and secure society.
 
Topics
  1. ICT for food
  2. ICT for Environment Protection and Disaster Prevention
  3. ICT for a Secure and Smart Community
  4. ICT for Health and Welfare
  5. ICT for Inclusive Digital Services and Governance
  6. ICT related Technologies and Applications
 
Important Dates
Period for proposal submission:    November 1, 2025 - January 7, 2026
Evaluation period:                          March 2026
Notice of results:                            April 2026

 
Application
  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.
  3. 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.
  4. Institutions that are not members of ASEAN IVO can also be members of the project team.
  5. Leaders of ongoing projects cannot make new applications.
  6. Researchers can join a maximum of 2 projects as a project member, including ongoing projects..
  7. All institutions of project members should provide a “Certificate Letter” to certify the researchers of the institution have been authorized as project members to join the project team and the institution is ready to sign a “Collaborative Research and Development Agreement” for the ASEAN IVO project..
  8. The website for proposal submission is: https://naivo.org/2026proposal/papers/instruction. The deadline for submissions is January 7, 2026
Budget
Max. 40,000 US$/project/year. The budget allocation is subject to change based on NICT’s fiscal year budget situation.
 
Projects
Around 5 projects will be selected in total. The duration of the project can be from 6 to 24 months.
If the duration is more than 12 months, the project will be reviewed by the Steering Committee.
 
Inquiries
 
For further information, please refer to the website https://www.nict.go.jp/en/asean_ivo/2026_Call_for_Proposals.html
 
Thank you.
 
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTRE