Scientific seminars, conferences, symposiums and workshops act as a welcome source of motivation and information for the academic and scientific communities. These events provide tremendous opportunity to exchange the scientific outcomes of knowledge creation and problem solving. Scientific conferences are ideal places to find out what's advanced in specific field, observe the various debates and controversies under way, meet interesting people, make contacts for the future, and, in general, interact with professionals in their fields. Beyond knowing inspiring stories, the participants see how others solved problems similar, which may help move them past the roadblock in their own research. The contacts developed in these events may result in a new collaboration.  It’s always amusing to put the names one has read on papers for years with actual faces at scientific conferences – who knew the giant in their field is actually only five feet tall…

Higher Education Commission’s Travel Grant Programme aims at providing the opportunity to the academic and scientific communities to boost their research activities in the public & private sector universities and degree awarding institutes of Pakistan. Under this programme, faculty and Ph.D. scholars are extended financial assistance for presentation of their research papers at national or international forums, which facilitates the interaction with skilled academia and researchers in the relevant field.

This grant also facilitates the scholars proceeding abroad for the purpose of pursuance of Ph.D. studies in foreign universities, post-doctoral studies, and for the visits performed under cultural exchange programme.

For application forms, detailed eligibility criteria and other requirements, please click the proper link. Applicants may send their applications along with required documents 6 weeks prior to the event date. Late and incomplete applications will not be processed.

For further details, please contact Director General (R&D) at dgrnd@hec.gov.pk