Objectives
Refer to Research Themes page.
Eligibility
Collaborative research with established research institutions
PhD qualified academics and researchers
Other academics and researchers with a proven track record in research
Seed funding for PhD research (only at the research stage)
No overdue research reports from other research grants
Evaluation
Funding is provided in two Tiers.
Tier 1: Small grants not exceeding Rs… Evaluation is done by an expert panel.
Tier 2. Large grants not exceeding Rs… Evaluations is done by expert panels both internal and external.
The evaluation criteria include: Significance of the research, Potential breakthroughs, Technical competencies of the team, Potential impact and relevance to development topics, and the execution plan (cost effectiveness and value for money) of the research.
Acknowledgement
All research reports and publications emanating from the Grant must duly acknowledge the funding by the Foundation.
Application
The application for research funding must contain the following information in the given order:
- Title of the project
- Key words (maximum of 6 to highlight cross disciplines)
- Abstract of the proposal (maximum of 350 words
- Project duration
- Research team
Principal Researcher or Coordinator (key contact person)
Name
Institutional affiliation
Contact information
Educational qualifications
Research background in brief relevant to proposed research
Most noteworthy publications (max 5)
Co-researchers with the same information
- Project implementation schedule (execution plan)
- Project deliverables (this includes manpower training and publications)
- Other funding support for research, current and past for each researcher
- Research outcomes (in brief) from previous grants for each researcher
- Proposed budget with a detailed breakdown
- Declaration and signatures
- Attach
Detailed Research Proposal
CV of each researcher
Note: Where applicable, it is the full responsibility of the research team to obtain the required ethics approval and other research related approvals from the relevant authorities before the research grant account is activated.