KARG 2020I N DONESI A – N AT IONAL S E L ECTI ON CO MMIT TEE

Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF)

Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF)

merupakan Yayasan di Jepang yang didirikan oleh

Kurita Water Industries Ltd pada tahun 1997.

Tujuan dari KWEF: The foundation's goal is to

contribute to the development of society in the 21st

century and help restore a clean environment.

Kurita Asia Grant Research (KARG)

Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF)

supports scientists of Asian nationality who are

conducting research in their own countries. The focal

research area is water-related Environmental Science and

Technology.

For Asia, they called Kurita Asia Grant Research (KARG)

Untuk KARG, negara yang didanai:

Thailand – Sejak 2014

Indonesia – Sejak 2015

Vietnam – Sejak 2015

Malaysia – Sejak 2019

Negara Asia Lainnya.

KARG 2020

National Selection Committee from Indonesia

Prof. Tjandra Setiadi Pusat Studi LingkunganHidup ITB, Email: tjandra@che.itb.ac.id

Prof. Yulinah Trihadiningrum, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November

Prof. Setijo Bismo, Universitas Indonesia

Assoc. Prof. Agus Jatnika Effendi, Institut Teknologi Bandung

KARG 2020

Research Subjects Supported

Research subjects related to water environment in the

applicant's country can be applied. Examples of

appropriate research subjects are; water/wastewater

treatment, water quality analysis, sustainability of water

environment sanitation, water ecosystem, agricultural

water use, industrial wastewater treatment.

Notes :

*KWEF is intended to support academic research.

*Research programs aimed primarily at generating

business profit will not be adopted.

KARG 2020

Research Period for 2020

From October 1st, 2020 to September 30th, 2021

Amount of grant

Maximum amount is 400,000 yen per an adopted research.

*KWEF does not provide the grant money directly to the grantee. KWEF will transfer the grant money

in US dollars to a bank account of the institution which the grantee belongs. The institution must

provide the bank account information that KWEF can transfer the grant money in US dollars from

Japan, manage the grant money and submit the expense report to KWEF.

*The grant money should be used for the direct expenses of the research program, such as the

purchase of equipment and reagent, outsourcing analysis costs, travel costs associated with fieldwork.

If necessary, an appropriate charge for the institute overhead expenses can be taken from the grant

money.

KARG -Indonesia

Sejak tahun 2015 telah ada 36

Awardees, dengan nama nama

sebagai berikut:

Untuk daftar semua proposal yang didanai oleh

KWEF, bisa dilihat di;

http://www.kwef.or.jp/daimoku/dai_kai01.html

Name of Awardee Batch Institution Title of Research

Arseto Yekti Bagastyo 2015Sepuluh Nopember Institute of

Technology (ITS)

Combination of electrochemical oxidation and

electrodialysis processes for simultaneous removal of

organic and salt compounds contained in landfill leachate

wastewater

Anggresia Manalu 2015 Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)Microplastic Pollution in water, sediments, and fish of

Jakarta Bay, Indonesia

Tota Pirdo Kasih 2015 Bina Nusantara University

Non Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Based Advanced

Oxidized Processes (AOPs) for Removal of Organic

Contaminants in Water Purification

Choerudin 2016 ITB

Development and Characterisation of Aerobic Granular

Sludge in Bioreactor with Intermittent Aeration for Textile

Wastewater Treatment

Megawati Zunita 2016 ITBComposite Nanoparticles Antibacterial Membrane for

Water Treatment

Sari Ayu Wulandari 2016 Universitas Dian NuswantoroMonitoring System of River Water Quality in Demak, Based

Wireless Sensor Electonic Nose (WS-Nose)

Yusuf Wibisono 2016 Universitas BrawijayaAnti-algal Surface Engineered by Using Charged Hydrophylic

Polymer for Multi Purposes in Aqueous Systems

Wulan Safrihatini 2016 Politeknik STTT BandungPerformance of Titanium Tetrachloride (TiCl4) as an

Alternative Coagulant in Textile Waste Water Treatment

Athaillah, Zatil Afrah 2017Research Center for Chemistry,

Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Analysis of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in drinking

water supplies in several cities in Indonesia

Isty Adhitya Purwasena 2017 Institut Teknologi Bandung

Antibiofilm Potential of Biosurfactant Produced by Bacteria

Isolated from Indonesian Oil Reservoir for MIC (Microbial

Induced Corrosion) Control in Industrial Water System

Merry Sianipar 2017 PT EINVOLVE REKAYASA TEKNOLOGIHydrophilic CNT Composite Membrane Preparation Using

Polydopamine Coating for Reverse Osmosis (RO) Application

Silvia Landa 2017 Alpha - I

Case Study of Integrated Water Resource Management

(IWRM) as an Answer to Water Conflict in Watumbakka

SubWatershed Area

Holle, Mukhlish Jamal Musa 2017 Universitas Gadjah Mada

Screening of native plant species for phytoremediation

potential at a contaminated land by silver industry

wastewater

Putri Nilam Sari 2017 Andalas University

Building community resilience as climate change adaptation

strategy for clean water and sanitation sustainability in

Bukittinggi City, West Sumatra

Mariana Marselina 2017 Institut Teknologi BandungAssessment of Water Pollution Load Capacity & Utlilization

Zoning of Saguling Reservoir, West Java, Indonesia

Setiawan, Anang-Bagus 2017Indonesian Institute for Sustainable

Mining (IISM)

Improvement and optimization of the anaerobic processes

of the 'SANIMAS' wastewater treatment plant in Gunung

Kidul Regency, Indonesia.

KARG -Indonesia

Sejak tahun 2015 telah ada 36

Awardees, dengan nama

nama sebagai berikut:

Chusnul Arif 2017 Bogor Agricultural University

Optimizing Irrigation Water for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas

Emissions from Tropical Paddy Fields using Genetic

Algorithm

Bayu Taruna Widjaja Putra.,

PhD2017 University of Jember

Development of rapid measurement system for In-situ

Water Chlorophyll and Turbidity estimation using low-cost

optical sensors.

Khomaini Hasan 2017 Jenderal Achmad Yani UniversityHigh-throughput screening of efficient dyes decolorization

analysis by fungal enzymes

WONOPUTRI, Vita 2018 Institut Teknologi BandungSynthesis of antibiofilm reverse osmosis membrane by

modification with graphene oxide-copper nanocomposites

Purwidyantri, Agnes 2018Research Unit of Clean Technology,

Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Simple Phenols Detection with Green Synthesized Sensor to

Raise Clean Water Awareness in Indonesia

YULIASNI 2018

CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY (CIPPT),

THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM HIGH ORGANIC AND

SALINITY WASTEWATER USING MICROBIAL SALINE

WASTEWATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL

LESTARI, Riani Ayu 2018 Lambung Mangkurat University

Performance and Fabrication of interlayer free inorganic

membranes using organo catalyst for peatland saline water

desalination

Andi Besse Rimba 2018 Udayana UniversityIdentification and mitigation of urban water problems in

some cities in Indonesia (Jakarta, Semarang and Surabaya

Kurniawan, Setyo Budi 2018 Institut Teknologi Sepuluh NopemberAnalysis of Macro and Microplastic Distribution in Wonorejo

River Estuary, Surabaya, Indonesia

Mase, Lindung Zalbuin Mase 2018 University of Bengkulu

A study of climate change and enviromental damage

impacts of Muara Bangkahulu River Watershed to evaluate

the policy in conserving the subwatershed of Bengkulu Hilir

for the local citizen in Bengkulu City

Marcelinus Christwardana 2019 Institute Technology IndonesiaPerformance of Yeast Microbial Fuel Cell as Submersible

Dissolved Oxygen Biosensor

TARYA, Ayi 2019 Bandung Institute of TechnologyModelling pollution footprint for mitigation on coral reef

ecosystem

PRIESKARINDA LESTARI 2019INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI SEPULUH

NOPEMBER

Distribution and characteristics of microplastic debris along

the Lower Brantas River, Indonesia

OSI ARUTANTI 2019 INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCESTiO2/grapheme Composite as A High-Performance

Photocatalyst for Water Treatment from Organic Pollutant

LUSI ERNAWATI 2019 Institut Teknologi KalimantanDevelopment of Biocomposite-Gel Adsorbent from Silk Fibroin

and Fruit-Seed Waste for Water Treatment Application

MARBELIA, Lisendra 2019 Universitas Gadjah MadaOptimization of Gravity-driven Mesh Filter Bioreactor for a

Low-Cost Small Scale Wastewater Treatment

RIANAWATI, Elisabeth 2019 Resilience Development Initiative

Stakeholder Acceptance Behaviour of Infiltration Well and

Rainwater Harvesting System as Runoff Water Management in

Bandung City

Rozana, Monna 2019 Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Removal of iron contaminant from residential water supply in

Lampung Selatan by anodic zirconia nanotubes under light

irradiation

Anjar Dimara Sakti 2019 Institut Technology BandungThe Influence of Climate Change on Long-term Water Balance

in South East Asia Mangrove Forest

Gustinasari, Kiki 2019 Institut Teknologi Sepuluh NopemberRemoval of Glyphosate Herbicides from Paddy Fields Runoff

using Constructed Wetlands - Microbial Fuel Cells (CW-MFC)

Best KARG Researchers (Indonesia)

KARG 2015: Dr. Arseto Yekti Bagastyo (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November)

KARG 2016: Dr. Yusuf Wibisono (Universitas Brawijaya)

KARG 2017: Dr. Bayu Taruna Widjaja (Universitas Jember)

Dr. Yusuf Wibisono dan Dr. Bayu Taruna Widjajadiundang ke Tokyo, masing masing, pada tahun 2018 dan 2019.

KARG 2020

Criteria for Applicants who can apply

Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF)

supports scientists of Asian nationality who are

conducting research in their own countries with following

criteria.

1) The applicant must reside in Indonesia.

2) The applicant must conduct research at university,

college, or associated institute in Indonesia (except

private sectors) and should be master’s degree candidate

or higher.

3) The applicant should be under 40 years of age or fresh

graduate not more than 3 years after the graduation of

PhD program or master program.

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KARG 2020

Selection Criteria for Research Grant

1) Relevance to water and environment field

2) Novelty of research

3) Importance and applicability of research to the country

4) Age and gender of applicants, i.e. priority given to young researchers and gender balance between awarded proposals

5) Distribution of research grant to different academic institutions/region in the country, i.e. the awarded proposals given to researchers from different academic institutions is preferred.

KARG 2020

APPLICATION PERIOD FOR INDONESIA

Deadline: May 22nd, 2020 (17.00, Japan

standard time)

There will be around 10 proposals will be

granted for Indonesia

Information, please visit:

http://www.kwef.or.jp/orgp/orgp_info.html

or

https://pslh.itb.ac.id/2020/04/kurita-asia-

research-grant-karg-2020/

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