M2eNafosted-Project proposal-English

Annex 2e

Reference code
Date of submission

(tobe filled by NAFOSTED)

GRANT PROPOSAL
FOR BASIC RESEARCH PROJECT
I. General project information:
1

Project name in Vietnamese

Project name in English

Scientific field
Discipline/s
Discipline’s classification code
New proposal

Follow-on proposal

Interdiscipline
2

Project duration (months)

Number of project members

3

Total budget required (mil. vnd)

Requested funding (mil vnđ)

Name of other funding institution/s this proposal
has been submitted to (if any)

4

Project leader’s name (PI)

Birth date

Academic degree

Sex M

Administrative position
Research institution

Department/ Division/ Faculty

5

Office Tel.

Mobile phone No.

Fax. No

E-mail

Research hosting institution
Address:
Institution treasury account:
Open at:
Office Tel.

;F


Fax. No

6
N0

E-mail

Head of Institution’s Name
List of project’s members
(Maximum is 7 members, including PI)
Full name, tittle, position

Research
Institution

Tasks in project

Occupation

time(months)

6.1
6.2
...
6.7

II. Research objectives, scopes, methodology and working plan:
7

Project idea:

8

Project type:
New proposal
Follow - on proposal
Interdiscipline

9

Justification of the necessity for this research to be funded; the project’s focus match
NAFOSTED’s priority funding areas
9.1. Problem statement:
- Clearly define the problem or hypothesis to be addresses
- Originality, topicality and scientific significance of the question under investigation.
Literature review & references:
- Review and discuss the research works in the field by Vietnamese and foreign
scientists. Identify academic/ research institutions involved in the related research.
- PI’s past research works related to the question under investigation.

- Up-to-dateness of the indigenous research works in comparison with ones from
developed countries.
- Identify unsolved problems build on past works.
- Probability of success in finding the solution for the problem/ question under
investigation.
9.2. Project’s focus match NAFOSTED’s funding areas

10

Project’s newness and creativity:


11

Project objectives, scopes and methodology:
State the objectives and main activities of the project. Define approach and methods will
be used to carry out the project. Expect the output of the project.

12

Scientific activities within the project’s focus:
- Samples collections
- Seminars/workshops
- Local surveys/investigations.
- Others activities to carry out the project

13

Scientific significance and the relevance of the project in relation to socio-economic
conditions:

- Expected outputs and scientific significance
- Relevance of project to knowledge dissemination and training
- Relevance of project to collaboration and coordination between research teams

14

Timetable and milestones:

N0

Research scope

1

Scope 1:

2

Scope 2:

Time

Expected outputs

Implementers

III. Expected outputs of the project
15

Outputs

Publications in the national journals
Publications in the international jounals
Monographs
Full papers in peew-reviewed conference
proceedings
Training (PhD, MSc)

Quantity

Journal pulishing


IV. Recapitulation of requested budget to be funded by NAFOSTED.
Breakdown of
requested budget by
year

Total estimated budget
Budget items
Mil. VND
A

Direct expenses

1
2
3
4
5
6

Man-power
Materials & Supplies
Equipments, instrument
Travel, field expenses
Outsourcing, services
Other direct costs

B

Indirect expenses

7

Overheads and common
supporting expenses
Total:

(1)

Including
Selfmanaged
budget (1)

%

Project
year 1

Project year

2

100%

Refer to the Decree 93/2006/TTLT/BTC-BKHCN dated 04/10/2006.

Executive Director
National Foundation for Science
and Technology Development

(Place), Date
Principle Investigator

Research hosting institution


Annex 2e.1
BUDGET EXPLANATION AND JUSTIFICATION
BASIC RESEARCH PROJECT

1. Man-power expenses (to be self-managed by the applicants )
(2)

No

Name of project
members role

1

Principle investigator

2

Senior researchers and
key project members

3

Post-graduate and PhD
students.

4

Technicians
and
supporting personnel

Occupation
No. of
time in
persons
months
(FTE(3))

Wage rate
(vnđ/month)

Wages

01

Sub-Total 1:
(2)
(3)

List the names of all project members under the appropriate title/ position.
Full-time equivalent . Maximum FTE occupation is 70% for each project member

2. Materials and Supplies
No

Description (detailed
indication)

Unit

Quantity
required

Unit price

Amount in
vnđ

1
…
Sub-total 2:
Included self-managed budget (1)

3. Equipments/ instruments
No

Detailed description of
equipments/ instruments

Unit

Quantity

Unit price

1
…
Sub-total 3:

Amount in
vnđ


4. Field expenses
5. Outsourcing works and services
Describe in details the works/ services to be provided by external institutions/ agencies and
the costs associated with its.
6. Other direct expenses
Describe in detailed, if any.
7. Indirect expenses
A fixed ratio of the indirect expenses (overhead and common administrative costs to support
the project’s research activities) is stipulated by the Decision 14/2008/QĐ-BKHCN of the
Ministry of Science and Technology dated 22/12/2008.