We are pleased to inform you that the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) is inviting APT Members to submit proposals for

1) International Collaborative Research, and  

2) ICT Pilot Projects for Rural Areas for 2025 funded by the Extra-Budgetary Contribution from Japan (EBC-J).

APT has been providing programmes to facilitate ICT development activities in this region. The International Collaborative Research and the ICT Pilot Projects for Rural Areas are important and concrete activities to fulfil the APT’s objectives, which aim to:

- Promote the exchange of knowledge and technical know-how among ICT experts in the Asia-Pacific region through international collaborative research projects on ICT and ICT utilization; and

• Narrow digital divide in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting and establishing pilot projects to ensure the access to ICT in rural areas of APT Members and to facilitate development of ICT infrastructures/services in the region.

The financial support for these activities will be:

1) International Collaborative Research (Category I) - maximum USD 60,000

2) ICT Pilot Projects for Rural Areas (Category II) - maximum USD 200,000.

The project is to be completed within 11 months. Priority may be given to the project with financial support from the proposing APT Member. APT Members could propose multi-year proposals up to 2 years. The possible combinations are:
- Category I (first year) & Category II (second year)
- Category II (first year) & Category II (second year)

Application

No	Matter	Day/Date
1	Deadline for the applicant to submit a request to RMC to prepare a supporting letter	Tue/12 Aug 2025
2	Deadline for the applicant to apply through MyAPTG   (i) Account registration and application https://myaptg.komunikasi.gov.my/   (ii) Application form and the letter from RMC can be uploaded to the MyAPTG. The application and the letter are addressed to:   Setiausaha Bahagian Bahagian Teknologi Komunikasi Kementerian Komunikasi Aras 31, Kompleks Kementerian Komunikasi Lot 4G9, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 4 Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan 62100 Putrajaya (u.p.: Sekretariat EBC-J 2025)   *Only a set of completed application forms and accompanied by a cover letter from the Head of Department/Research Management Center (RMC) before or on  19 Aug 2025  (Tuesday), will be considered for evaluation.	Tue/19 Aug 2025
3	The EBC-J 2025 Secretariat of the Ministry reviews the applications and requests additional information through the MyAPTG system if necessary.	Tue/19 August – Thu/4 September 2025
4	Complete application(s) that has been revised will be submitted to APT for consideration.	Fri/5 Sep 2025
5	Subject to the development of the assessment by APT, results will be released in the fourth quarter of the year 2025. Results will be notified through the MyAPTG system.	Oct