Nabila Nur Septiani, IPB University Student Shares Travel Stories to Becoming a 2023 Future Research Talent Awardee
As the only participant representing IPB University, Nabila Nur Septiani shared the story of the beginning of her journey to become the 2023 Future Research Talent (FRT) Awardee. She had the opportunity to do research at The Australian National University (ANU).
Nabila Nur Septiani, a student at IPB University from the Department of Resource and Environmental Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, was interested in the research topic offered by ANU, to be more precise about measuring the economic value of breastfeeding and breastmilk.
Nabila was declared passed after passing the ANU administrative requirements process and an online interview by IPB University’s International Collaboration Office (ICO). A number of administrations required include transcripts, motivation letters, letters of recommendation, and English proficiency Test Results.
“Thank God I was declared passed by the ANU. I also started preparing equipment such as visas, and tickets and started contacting supervisors. Supervisors were tasked for guiding my research on estimating greenhouse gas emissions produced by consumption of formula milk in Indonesia,” said Nabila.
He revealed that he gained many new things and knowledge at ANU, including the ability to speak English and write international standard scientific journals. “Based on the literature and research by supervisors in Australia and other countries, there is a relationship between formula milk consumption and exclusive breastfeeding (ASI) by mothers for their babies,” he said.
The campus atmosphere, friends from Indonesia and from various parts of the world, as well as lecturers at ANU really helped her to focus on research. “Canberra has a lot of green open space and a small human population, which makes ANU suitable for learning and looking for inspiration,” he added.
Shee hopes that the output that will be produced from this research can provide recommendations and input for the Indonesian Ministry of Health to formula milk producers in Indonesia.
“Hopefully the FRT program will be better known by students, lecturers, and staff at IPB University so that it will attract a lot of interest. Indeed, becoming an FRT Awardee requires other skills, in the form of research and writing skills, but this can be learned over time,” he said.
In the FRT 2023 program, participants receive an awardee worth AUD 8,500, equivalent to 85 million rupiahs for around three months of research. Information regarding the FRT 2024 program will be published by ANU on the scholarship website in August 2023. Not long after that date, ANU will conduct an administrative selection. (Ns/Rz) (IAAS/BLA)
