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 2020 are:
(a) Environmental Sciences (including but not limiting to, Water, Climate Change, Pollution,
(b) Health
(c) Energy (including but not limiting to, sustainable alternate energy)
(d) Human and Social Sciences
NOTICE: The CFP under Pak-France Peridot Research Program for 2020 are expected to be open from mid-September 2019. Please visit this page for necessary further details.