Vietnamese scholars and their US partners have earned three awards in aUS Government programme to fund scientific research in developingcountries, according to a press release issued by the US Embassy inVietnam.
The result came after the US Agency forInternational Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation(NSF), under the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER)awards, announced its second round of research collaboration grants.
PEERis a USAID-funded competitive grants programme that is beingadministered by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in coordinationwith NSF.
Vietnam’s winning research programmes include ‘theconservation genetics for improved biodiversity and resource managementin a changing Mekong Delta’, ‘Technical development and field-testingof a self-contained inexpensive wave energy converter device’, and‘Evaluating the sustainability of groundwater resources: academic andscientific gaps’.
The first programme will examine geneticadaptation of populations to the changing conditions of the Mekong Deltacaused by increasing effects of damming, development, agriculture andclimate change. The research associates are Dang Thuy Binh from NhaTrang University and Kent E. Carpenter from Old DominionUniversity.
The second one will work to develop afield-deployable wave energy converter device to provide basicelectrical needs for people living in underdeveloped and remote coastalcommunities in Vietnam. The project will focus on further developingthe wave energy converter device to improve mechanical and electricalefficiency, reduce production costs and explore potential uses such asan ocean sensor platform. The research is jointly conducted by Tho H.Nguyen of Tan Tao University and Brian Bingham of the Universityof Hawaii.
The last one will sample groundwater aroundHanoi to assess the risks of arsenic contamination. Young scientistswill be trained and carry out the sampling and gather information neededto ensure the safety and sustainability of aquifers. The research isco-hosted by Pham T.K. Trang of Hanoi University of Science andBenjamin Carlos Bostick of Columbia University.
In2013, USAID and the NSF have awarded 54 new research projects in 32countries totaling nearly 7.5 million USD to collaborate on areas suchas agroforestry, groundwater purification, biodiversity, volcano riskreduction, and drought and climate change.
PEER Science awardeeswere selected from nearly 300 high-quality proposals and represent over76 million USD of leveraged NSF funding through collaborations withtheir US research partners.
The third call for PEER Science proposals is expected to be announced in early September 2013.-VNA
The result came after the US Agency forInternational Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation(NSF), under the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER)awards, announced its second round of research collaboration grants.
PEERis a USAID-funded competitive grants programme that is beingadministered by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in coordinationwith NSF.
Vietnam’s winning research programmes include ‘theconservation genetics for improved biodiversity and resource managementin a changing Mekong Delta’, ‘Technical development and field-testingof a self-contained inexpensive wave energy converter device’, and‘Evaluating the sustainability of groundwater resources: academic andscientific gaps’.
The first programme will examine geneticadaptation of populations to the changing conditions of the Mekong Deltacaused by increasing effects of damming, development, agriculture andclimate change. The research associates are Dang Thuy Binh from NhaTrang University and Kent E. Carpenter from Old DominionUniversity.
The second one will work to develop afield-deployable wave energy converter device to provide basicelectrical needs for people living in underdeveloped and remote coastalcommunities in Vietnam. The project will focus on further developingthe wave energy converter device to improve mechanical and electricalefficiency, reduce production costs and explore potential uses such asan ocean sensor platform. The research is jointly conducted by Tho H.Nguyen of Tan Tao University and Brian Bingham of the Universityof Hawaii.
The last one will sample groundwater aroundHanoi to assess the risks of arsenic contamination. Young scientistswill be trained and carry out the sampling and gather information neededto ensure the safety and sustainability of aquifers. The research isco-hosted by Pham T.K. Trang of Hanoi University of Science andBenjamin Carlos Bostick of Columbia University.
In2013, USAID and the NSF have awarded 54 new research projects in 32countries totaling nearly 7.5 million USD to collaborate on areas suchas agroforestry, groundwater purification, biodiversity, volcano riskreduction, and drought and climate change.
PEER Science awardeeswere selected from nearly 300 high-quality proposals and represent over76 million USD of leveraged NSF funding through collaborations withtheir US research partners.
The third call for PEER Science proposals is expected to be announced in early September 2013.-VNA
