Islamabad, October 18, 2021 (PPI-OT):Standing Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Ahmed Shuja Syed, Vice President (R and E), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), organized meetings to review / shape up / improve and finalize the proposals before submission to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC), under the Grand Challenge Fund (GCF) and Local Challenge Fund (LCF) in the year 2021. In this regard two meetings organized by Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), IIUI were held at New Campus of the University.
In meetings the committee thoroughly reviewed total (10) projects for Grand Challenge Fund (GCF) and Local Challenge Fund (LCF). As per deadlines for both projects in 1st week of October, 2021 ORIC has submitted (05) proposals, to Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad.
Proposal Outlines from IIUI, under this Mega-call from HEC-World-Bank’s Support Program, were received from Centre for Advanced Electronics and Photovoltaic Engineering (CAEPE), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Psychology, Institute of Islamic Research (IRI), and Iqbal Institute of Research and Dialogue (IRD). Vice President (R and E) stressed to continue with this exercise as part of the standing committee for all important funding calls in order to come up with competitive projects from IIUI banner likely to be funded after an intense competition.
It is pertinent to mention here that The Local Challenge Fund (LCF) and Grand Challenge Fund (GCF) are supported by the World Bank and implemented by the Higher Education Commission (HEC). The LCF is anticipated to support research projects that address locally relevant socio-economic issues and may also address topics associated with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while, GCF is anticipated to support research excellence in strategic sectors of the economy, and will provide funds to selected institutions based upon a competitive, peer-reviewed evaluation of proposals.
GCF will support large, multi-sectoral / multi-dimensional research projects. Successful GCF projects are anticipated to be collaborative in scope, with research teams working cooperatively to accelerate research progress for societal impact. Projects are expected to use a systems-type approach in developing the research agenda, where separate projects come together to achieve a broad-based thematic research advance. Projects should include: relevant and cutting-edge research activities and postgraduate student training.
The Meetings were also attended by the committee members including Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed, Director (ORIC), Prof. Dr. Abdul Rashid, DG (IIIE), Dr. Asma Gul, Associate Prof. Dept. of Biological Sciences, and Dr. Muhammad Sheeraz Dasti, Assistant Professor (Dept. of English).
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