Bandung, West Java, Aug. 8 -- The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Kemdiktisaintek) has allocated Rp1.8 trillion (US$107 million) to promote research in eight priority areas.

"This funding aims to facilitate researchers access direct cash when they win research grants. This will be supported by the Rp1.8 trillion funding scheme that will be announced soon," Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Stella Christie noted in a press conference at the 2025 Indonesian Science, Technology, and Industry Convention (KSTI) in Bandung on Friday.

She specified that the eight priority fields comprise food, energy, health, defense, maritime, downstreaming and industrialization, digitalization (including AI a...