RIIM Competition (RIIM Kompetisi)
Funds competitive Indonesian research projects across frontier technology themes to strengthen real-world implementation.
RIIM Kompetisi — an acronym for Riset dan Inovasi untuk Indonesia Maju, the Research and Innovation for Advanced Indonesia program — is the flagship competitive external grant from Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Batch 2 of the 2026 cycle opens 1 July and closes 31 July 2026. Batch 1 closed 13 April 2026. Applications are submitted through BRIN's online funding portal at pendanaan-risnov.brin.go.id and must include a detailed Rencana Anggaran Biaya (budget plan). Grants below IDR 250 million are disbursed in a single installment; grants exceeding IDR 250 million are released in two equal tranches per BRIN's disbursement schedule. Project duration follows typical RIIM patterns of one to three years.
Primary research themes are food security, health, and energy. Secondary themes span aviation, space, environment, electronics, maritime, social sciences, and humanities. Explicitly excluded research types include palm oil research, clinical trials, quality assurance testing, action research, surveys, and policy research. Principal investigators must hold a doctoral (S3) degree and may lead only one proposal per year while participating in up to two additional proposals. Applicants currently under sanctions from BRIN or the LPDP education endowment fund are ineligible.
Open to universities, for-profit businesses, civil organisations, government bodies, and private research institutions registered and operating in Indonesia. There is no fixed per-proposal award cap published on the program page; budgets are set by applicants and reviewed competitively. Researchers aiming to strengthen their applications should align projects with BRIN's national research priorities and prepare detailed justifications for all budget line items. Monitoring and evaluation are conducted by BRIN throughout the project period, and non-compliance with reporting obligations can result in sanctions.
Food security, health, energy (primary); aviation, space, environment, electronics, maritime, social sciences, humanities (secondary). Excludes palm oil research, clinical trials, QA testing, action research, surveys, policy research.
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