The HUC Transboundary Rivers of Asia (TROSA) Water Research Grant, is a joint call for proposals issued by ICIMOD’s Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Initiative and Oxfam’s Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) project on transboundary water resources governance in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) and Salween basins. ICIMOD has partnered with Oxfam on the TROSA project under its Regional Programme on River Basins and Cryosphere and the Himalayan University Consortium Initiative.
The submission deadline for the SDC HUC Focus Grants has been extended to 21 May 2018.
Interested applicants must register as a user in the HUC online portal to submit an application. http://huc-hkh.org/user/register
Additional details regarding the calls are enlisted below and included in our website. We would very much appreciate if you could share the announcement with eligible candidates.
Please direct queries regarding the calls to huc.
| Call for Proposals: HUC Transboundary Rivers of Asia (TROSA) Water Research Grant | ||
| Thematic Areas | Transboundary water resource governance | |
| Geographical Focus | Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna, and Salween river basins | |
| Eligibility & Requirements | HUC full members in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal; involving at least two full members in two countries. HUC members from China are encouraged to take part on a resource-sharing basis. | |
| Size of Grant | USD 30,000 | |
| Duration | 18 months | |
| Deadline for applications | 31 May 2018 | |
| Full Call for Applications | ||
| Female candidates, members of under-represented communities, and past HUC fellows are strongly encouraged to apply. | ||
| Call for Proposals: SDC HUC Focus Grants | ||
| Thematic Areas | Climate Change and Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayas | |
| Eligibility & requirements | Led by a HUC full member, in partnership with another HUC full member in a different country; implementation must involve Swiss expertise. | |
| Size of grant | USD 25,000 – USD 35,000 per grant (for all partners in one grant) | |
| Duration | 12 to 15 months | |
| Start date | 15 June 2018 | |
| Deadline for proposals | 21 May 2018 | |
| Full Call for Proposals | ||
| Recipients of HUC institutional grants in previous cycles are strongly encouraged to apply. | ||
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