Call for Proposals to form Scientific Groups
The Asian Population Association (APA) Council is seeking proposals from APA members to form Scientific Groups on key or emerging issues in the population field in the Asian region. The proposed Scientific Groups will be active for the period 2025-2027.
Scientific groups (SG) play a key role in developing and implementing the work programme of the APA, involving its members in advancing specific research themes. SGs are expected to organise scientific activities to encourage high-level scientific research and deliberations on critical or emerging issues in the population field. We encourage SG activities to explore innovative ways of scientific engagement, such as face-to-face workshops or seminars, online seminars, training workshops, developing training materials and other tools for population scientists, preparation of journal issues or books, or organising themed sessions at conference organised by other associations. Such activities are expected to stimulate interest and generate impact among a wide range of stakeholders, including governments, national and international organizations, industry and the scientific community.
A SG generally has four to five high level experts including the Chair who is responsible for developing a programme of activities for the Group in consultations with the SG Coordinator of the APA. The present call seeks proposals for Scientific Groups to be submitted by current active members of the APA. The proposal should identify a Chair, at least three additional members preferably drawn from different countries to lead the activity, and at least one Early-Career Researcher. The Scientific Group chair and members should be chosen for their expertise on a topic, ensuring geographic and gender diversity of group members, in order for the groups to benefit from a variety of cultural and regional perspectives. Given the limited funds of the APA, the Scientific Group chair and group members are responsible for raising funds to support the group’s activities.
If proposed members are not current APA members, their appointments will be conditional upon activation of their membership by paying the annual APA dues before June 2025.
A SG proposal should include a scientific theme that has a specific focus on population studies, clear objectives and methodology, and relevance for collaborative activities across Asia.
Interested members should send a proposal (maximum two pages) outlining the following details.
- Title of the scientific
- Rationale of the theme highlighting relevance and potential impact.
- Proposed chair for the scientific group and their institutional affiliation.
- List of three to five potential members including an Early Career Researcher and their institutional affiliations.
- Objectives and provisional programme of activities that the group would like to pursue over the period from June 2025 through December 2027.
- Planned outputs and outcomes anticipated from the group’s activities.
The proposal should specify the resources needed for their activities, and the potential sources of funding and support.
Deadline for submissions of proposals is 15 May 2025. Interested members should submit their proposal electronically to the APA Secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), with copy to the APA President Professor James KS (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Please note that the APA Council is responsible for the scientific programme of the APA and will select proposals from APA members on the basis of scientific relevance to key population issues of broad interest to the membership, including those which have relevance in terms of application of research to public policy.
The APA Council reserves the right to suggest modification of the topics and nominate other individuals to participate in each Scientific Group. The Council will formally announce the final decision on the approved proposals by the end of May 2025. The President may assign a Council Member to help the Group in scientific matters and in the preparation and execution of planned activities.
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Sincerely yours,
Asian Population Association
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