Announcement From: Research Management Centre, UMS

The MSD Oncology Policy Grant Program aims to establish a global community of health policy researchers driving evidence-based and forward-looking health policy recommendations that will improve health outcomes for cancer patients. The program seeks to provide eight one-time grants in 2022. Each grant will be valued at up to $50,000 (USD) and will provide funding for health policy projects and opportunities to encourage dialogue and dissemination of findings as they relate to access to cancer care. Prospective applicants should note that the focus of this independent grant program is on health policy – in other words: government legislation, regulation, programs and actions related to cancer. This program will not consider grants for research focused on specific clinical therapies or the outcomes associated with such therapies. Grant disbursal is subject to successful completion of an up to two-month due diligence process for each of the selected applicants.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Grant requests should be succinct and clearly written. Grant requests are limited to no more than 5 pages, not including abbreviated CVs. Full application packages should be single-spaced, 12-point, Calibri typescript with one-inch margins.

Each request must include the following elements:

a) Cover page including:

a. Name of organization

b. Address and contact information

c. Name of principal investigator and co-principal investigators

d. Not-for-profit status of organization

e. 2-3 sentence summary of the grant request

f. Project dates

g. Budget summary

h. Lead applicant signature

b) An abstract of up to 100 words

c) A proposal narrative not to exceed three-pages

a. Brief summary of the project

b. Research hypothesis and corresponding literature review used to develop the hypothesis

c. Research objectives, methods and anticipated outcomes

d. Significance of the proposed research including expected contributions to existing knowledge, added value to the field of health policy and adequacy with the local social, cultural and policy context.

e. Full dissemination plan including stated dissemination requirements.

d) Estimated project timeline including:

a. Planned timing for research findings draft and revisions.

b. Planned timing of 1-2 local, researcher-led seminars to disclose research plan, preliminary hypothesis and allow for stakeholder input no later than Q2 2023.

c. Planned timing for manuscript submission to relevant peer-reviewed journal no later than Q4 2023.

d. Planned timing for publication of 1 or more pieces in grey literature (e.g. opinion pieces), to disseminate key insights from the primary research by the end of Q3 2023.

e) A bio-sketch, not exceeding one page, that includes:

a. Track record in completing independent, high quality health policy research

b. Key related publications and grants for principal investigator and co-principal investigators.

c. Professional appointments and degrees awarded to principal investigator and co-principal investigators.

The application shall be sent via e-mail to MSD Global Oncology Policy at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

DEADLINES

May 18th, 2022 Proposals due

September 30th, 2022 Contract signed

November 1st, 2022 Grants Disbursed

Announcement From: Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, UMS

The FEE EcoCampus Programme, owned by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) based in Denmark and being operated in Malaysia by WWF-Malaysia (2017-2022) and Green Growth Asia Foundation (from 2022), is an international award-based ESD programme empowering campus communities, especially youth to nurture and preserve sustainable development via a well structured and achievable framework in tandem with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) 2030. The programme has benefitted a whopping 111,000 tertiary students from 7 public universities, 8 private varsities and 10 institutes for teacher education thus far. The National FEE EcoCampus Programme Committee (NFEC), which was first established in 2017 is currently chaired by KUEH BOON HEE from the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ITBC) UMS, besides Dr. ROBERT F. PETERS (ITBC~EcoCampus Management Centre, UMS) and Ir. Ts. Dr. MELVIN GAN JET HONG (Faculty of Engineering, UMS) as Committee Members. UN Decade of Action – Global Action; Local Action; People Action! #UMSbahini #BertekadCemerlang

[FEE EcoCampus Handbook 2.0 - https://www.wwfmy-esd.com/fecresources]

Announcement From: UMS Library

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Announcement From: Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, UMS

15th Seminar on Science and Technology 2022 (Virtual Conference)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

8th-9th September 2022

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

“Sustaining and Enhancing Environmental Quality”

Dear Prof./Assoc. Prof./Ir./Ts./Dr./Mr./Mrs.,

May this invitation find you at your peak health.

The Faculty of Science and Natural Resources (FSSA) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is organizing the 15th Seminar on Science and Technology 2022 (S&T2022), which will be conducted as a fully Virtual Conference from 8th to 9th September 2022.

S&T2022 aims to be an excellent platform for knowledge exchange among academic researchers, sharing experiences and research findings specifically in Science and Technology fields. Prospective authors are invited to submit an extended abstract describing original work on all aspects of related fields.

All extended abstracts will be published in e-Proceedings of the Seminar on Science and Technology with e-ISSN No: 2735-2226.

Selected full papers will be published for publication in SCOPUS indexed conference/journal proceedings. The charge of publication is subjected to the publisher after acceptance.

Scope of fields:

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished works on all aspects of Science and Technology. Topics include but are not limited to:

1. Environmental Sciences

2. Biodiversity and Natural Resources

3. Sustainable Forestry and Agriculture

4. Energy, Engineering, and Technology

5. Mathematics and Statistics

6. Health and Medical Sciences

7. Engineering and Technology

8. ICT and Computer Graphics

Important Dates: 

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline:           15th May 2022

Notice of Extended Abstract Acceptance:           1st  June 2022

Final Payment Deadline                          :           1st August 2022

Full Paper Submission                            :           8th October 2022

Conference Date                                     :           8th-9th September 2022

Kindly visit the S&T2022 website at www.ums.edu.my/fssa/snt2022/ for more details and updates on the conference. For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to send us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We are looking forward to meeting you virtually at S&T2022.

With our best regards,

S&T2022 Secretariat,

Faculty of Science and Natural Resources,

Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kota Kinabalu.