PERIDOT is the Franco-Pakistani Hubert Curien Partnership (PHC) Program providing opportunities to Pakistani and French researchers to interact for joint research activities. The program is implemented in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and in France, jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Development (MAEDI) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESRI). The objective of this program is to develop new scientific and technological cooperation between French and Pakistani higher education institutions/research laboratories by supporting the mobility of researchers from both sides.
The priority areas in 2019 are :
- Energy
- Health
- Human and social sciences
- Climate Change / Environmental Sciences
- Water
NOTICE: Award letters to successful Principal Investigators of Pak-France Peridot Research Program Phase V - 2018/19 have been issued.