APPENDIX I. HEC STANDARD FINANCIAL GUIDELINES (PAKISTAN).
SR. #
| Items | Total Allocation |
1. | Equipment | As per requirements of the project |
2. | Chemical/Glassware (with full justification and details of quantity required for the project) | As per requirements of the project |
3. | Accessories | As per requirements of the project (with full justification) |
4. | Journal Publication fee/on line material | As per requirement of the project up to Rs. 50,000/- |
5. | Honorarium for PI | Rs. 100000/- each year |
6. | Honorarium for Co-PI (if justified) One month initial basic pay of scale once in entire project life on mentioned rates either Co-PI is working on BPS or TTS | Rs. 100000/- Final year (once in project’s life) |
7. | Studentships · MS/M.Phil. students · Ph.D. students | @ Rs. 20,000/- per month @ Rs. 25,000/- per month |
8. | Local Travel ( if required and full justified) (Tentative schedule of visits for all the years of project life along with full justification and rates/calculations as per actual expenditure) | Maximum 0.2 million (02 lac) per year or as per actual expenditure if field work/survey is involved; Moreover, students would be allowed only to reimburse actual expenditures incurred during their field visit if any. |
9. | Secretariat Staff (if required) | Rs. 18,000 per year |
10. | Stationary/Contingencies | Rs. 10,000 per year |
11. | Any type of entertainment | Not Allowed |
12. | Audit/Accounts | Rs. 20,000 (maximum) |
13. | Other specific requirements | Depending upon the nature of the project if fully justified |
14. | University overhead | |
| If ORIC is fully functional as per HEC criteria | 15% of total direct cost to meet office support and utilities etc. of ORIC |
| If ORIC is not established | 02% of total direct cost to meet research office support and utilities, etc. |
