Emerging Research Fund
The Asia Foundation will select a number of local organizations each round to receive Emerging Research Fund and Collaborative Research Fund to conduct discrete pieces of quality research with policy relevance either at local or national level.
The Ponlok Chomnes Emerging Research Fund competition aims to support any organizations doing action research or working on diverse development issues that impact policy, particularly, nascent, traditionally under-represented, and/or smaller organizations. This effort will give visibility and voice to a broad and diverse pool of potential recipients to propose innovative research and are ultimately able to produce quality research, particularly on issues that may not be areas of focus for larger, more established organizations.
During the Expression of Interest (EOI) for Emerging Research Fund (ROUND ONE), four institutions have been identified. They include:
- The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability – Cambodia
- Department of Tourism, Royal University of Phnom Penh
- Khmer Association for Development of Countryside
- New Generation Pedagogical Research Center, Kampuchea Action to Promote Education
During the Expression of Interest (EOI) for Emerging Research Fund (ROUND TWO), two institutions have been identified. They include:
During the Expression of Interest (EOI) for Emerging Research Fund (ROUND THREE), four institutions have been identified. They include:
- Analyzing Development Issues Centre
- Coalition for Integrity and Social Accountability Organization
- Vicheasthan Bamreu Neak Samrabsamroul Karngea Akphiwat
- Youth Council of Cambodia
Collaborative Research Fund
The Ponlok Chomnes Collaborative Research Fund is a competitive process for think tanks/research institutions to propose a joint rapid action-research in consultation and collaboration with various government ministries in Cambodia. The proposed research should focus on policy issues related to Cambodia’s post-COVID-19 recovery; Cambodia’s foreign policy and/or international relations; domestic issues and challenges that Cambodia could raise as being of regional importance during its chairpersonship of ASEAN; and social protection challenges; among other emerging issues.
During the Expression of Interest (EOI) for Collaborative Research Fund, four institutions have been identified. They include: