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Who should be the applicant for
doctorate research? |
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The doctorate candidate his/herself must be
the applicant |
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Who should be the applicant
for an institution? |
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The head of the institution, although the primary investigator
must not be the head of the institution. |
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Is there any age limit to
apply? |
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No |
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As a university staff who registered as doctorate
student in a different university, from which institution should I apply? |
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You should apply from the unversity where
you are registered as student |
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Is there a ways for S2 and S1 students
to get the grant? |
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Yes. They can be in a research team,
whereby the PI is a doctorate student or a lecturer |
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Does the topic has to be
directly related to nutritional status? And nutritional status have to be measured? |
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No, it doesn't have to be. When the
proposal is not directly related to nutritional status, the applicant have to show the
relationship and/or benefit for human nutrition |
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Can research on traditional food be
included? |
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Yes. What is evaluated is the research matter. The topic of
traditional food is in line with our theme. |
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Is it alright to sub-focus on one
topic ? |
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Yes |
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Do the proposals have to be related to
food or foodstuff |
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No. Nutrition can be related to other
aspects also, including anthropology and economy |
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What is the chance of winning
for proposal outside this year’s sub-theme? |
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The chance is still good. The selection
depends on quality of proposals submitted on that year. |
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Can we have information on the items
that will be evaluated ? |
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We will put general information on the
topics that will be evaluated in the website |
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Is ethical clearance for
non-human research necessary? |
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Yes |
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Will the topic not included
in the main topic or priorty be considered? |
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Yes, it will. Basically DII accepts all
topics as mentioned in our Scope of Research, however, we also create sub-themes and
priority topics to attract specific interest |
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Does the proposal have to always relate to
human nutrition - can a proposal related to animal nutrition be
considered? |
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Yes, a proposal researching about annimal
nutrition may be considered when it is clearly stated that the study will benefit human
beings |
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Is the selection mechanism
based on location/area or based on objective? |
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base on quality of the proposal |
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How is the selection process? |
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Proposals are reviewed for completion of
documents. Then they are substantially screened by DII Scientific members and forwarded to
expert reviewers. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to present their proposals as final
screening |
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What if ethical clearance is
not yet ready when the proposal is submitted? |
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In MoH and maybe in other instution, in
order to ask for ethical clearance, we have to have research protocol first and or
guarantee of funding. Ethical clearance can be submitted later, as
long as it is before grant disbursement. |
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Is ethical clearance needed
for laboratory experiment also? |
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Yes |
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Is there any specific institution
where we must get the ethical clearance? |
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No. Ethical clearance from your own
institution is acceptable. If there is no ethical committee in your institution, then you
may use other institution |
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What if the software used in
the institution is not legal? |
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The use of legal software is a must. One
alternative is to connect to the computer department to get access to legal software in
your institution |
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How do you guarantee confidentiality
of the proposal? |
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The reviewers have to sign statement letter
agreeing that they will keep the content of the proposals to themselves. DII secretariat
will keep the proposals in confidential matter |
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Will the identity of the applicant
be known to the reviewers? |
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No, the secretariat will hide the identity
of the applicant to guarantee objective review. Reviewers will only know the applicant
when he/she is called for presentation of the proposal |
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If called for presentation, will the
presentation have to be in English? |
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The presentation can be in Indonesian, but
the slides have to be in English |
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Who should sign the contract
for institutional research? - PI or Head of the institution? |
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The PI will sign the contract, acknowledged
by the Head of the institution |
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Do you have a sample of proposal?
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No, we do not provide sample of proposal.
We provide only the outline and guideline on how to write the proposal. The items are
similar to proposals in general |
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Where can we get further information?
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You can visit our website at www.danonenutrindo.org, whereby
you can download the application forms and read all the instructions for proposal writing |
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Can we send proposal via email?
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No. Proposal via email will be directly
rejected. DII requires 4 hard copies of the proposal, which will then evaluated by 3
reviewers. |
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