Jury Team Announces Six Winners as Winner of Research Grant

Oleh PGSP

Jumat, 15 Februari 2013 08:54

JAKARTA, PGSP.- After a tough process, the jury team agreed to decide that six researchers are qualified as the winner of a research grant in the field of decentralization and regional autonomy. The research grant program was organized by the University of Atma Jaya and is fully supported by the Provincial Governance Strengthening Programme-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-PGSP). The six researchers are successfully selected from 129 research proposals were received by the committee. The six winners of the the research grant are; Dicky Andrika from Andalas (S1); Abdullah Sanusi from Hasanuddin University (S3); Diah Setyorini from University Jenderal Sudirman (young researcher); Riski Raisa Putra as a Junior Expert Staff, First Deputy Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (young researcher); Rumayya Batubara from Airlangga University, and Aryos Nivada  from Almuslim University, Bireuen (young researcher). "There are many interesting research topics, but in general the weakness of the proposal is mostly on its methodology that is going to be used by the researcher," said Chairman of the Jury Team, Siti Saadah, when met at the Atma Jaya University, Jakarta, Thursday (14/2). Among the winners, there is no one from S2 category who qualify to get the grant although the committee was originally set quotas for the 11 winners, consists of three S1, each two to S2 and S3, and four young researchers. Siti said it deeply regrets this happened. However, the jury must be consistent with the criteria and qualifications agreed. According to Aldi, the chairman of the organizing committee from Atma Jaya University, the committee received 143 proposals. However, they only processing 129 proposals since the other 14 proposals were received behind the schedule. Next, the six researchers will work doing research until the end of March under supervision by a team of juries and mentors at the university or institution where they work. Amount of grant is vary depend on its category; 1000 USD for undergraduate level; 2500 USD for postgraduate level; 3500 USD for S3; and 2500 USD for young researcher. The grant will be given in several termins during the research process. The Research Team Leader from PGSP-UNDP, Harry Seldadyo said that he was satisfied with the enthusiasm and interest of the research in the field of decentralization and local autonomy. "We are satisfied with the enthusiasm and this is far beyond our expectations. We initially estimated the number of proposals at most only 30, but it was more than that," he said. Research Title Below are the researcher’s name and their research proposal; Aryos Nivada from Almuslim University, Aceh (young researcher); “The Mapping of Political Marketing Between National and Local Political Parties during the general election 2014 in Aceh Province”. Abdullah Sanusi from Hasanuddin University (S3);  “Local Politics and Business; Analysis of Non-Market Strategies Implemented by Firms in South Sulawesi, Indonesia”. Dicky Andrika from Andalas University (undergraduate); “The Power of Unsure Political Association in ‘Nagari Governance’ Regent Tanah Datar (A Study in Nagari Koto Tengah, District Tanjung Emas).” Diah Setyorini G., SE,Msi from Jenderal Soedirman University (young researcher) ; “Economic Development Strategy to Increase Investment at Yogyakarta Province.” Riski Raisa Putra as junior expert staff at Economic Coordination Ministry (young researcher); “The Effect of Fiscal Decentralisation and Regional Specific Factor Toward The Inequality Between Cities/Regencies in Indonesia.” Rumayya Batubara from Airlangga University (young researcher); “Decentralization and Local Governance Quality in Indonesia”.