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Is there any template to apply for NRPU? The general HEC eportal does not have a tab for this particular grant?
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Full details of the NRPU with template are available on the Higher Education Commission website available at downloads at
https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/Related-Downloads.aspx
What criteria/basis should we fill in the column of salaries/stipend of PI, Co PI and students involved in the proposal form? What is the amount to be consider according to the time spent per year?
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All desired details of the NRPU with all templates and budget guidelines are available on the Higher Education Commission website available at downloads section in:
https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/Related-Downloads.aspx
https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/policies/Documents/Financial%20Rules%20Research%20Grants_Policy.pdfn a faculty member working in Pakistani university with foreign citizenship are eligible to apply under this grant?
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All of our grant programs are open to faculty members as PI or Co-PI who are currently employed at Pakistani universities irrespective of their citizenship. In case they are not employed at Pakistani universities, they can still join the project as Co-PI but we will not be funding their participation.
Is ERC certificate mandatory for all disciplines? Or certain disciplines (e.g. Management Sciences, Engineering & IT etc.) are exempted from ERC certificate submission?
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It is not mandatory for all disciplines. Research Projects which involve research on living organisms/personal data require ethical certificate.
Kindly clarify, can a faculty member serve as an academic collaborator for NRPU project submitted from University of Karachi or any other institution?
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Yes
Can faculty members who are serving in public sector universities on Adhoc or on IPFP, apply for NRPU?
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No, they are not eligible.
What are the defined themes under which NRPU can be submitted?
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Program is open for all disciplines, there is no specific themes.
Can research associate only include M-phil or Ph.D students, can bachelor students be included into the project as research associate?
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Yes as per new policy there is provision of bachelor students to engage in research project @ Rs. 5000/- p.m.
Is the Full Project Proposal required to be uploaded on prescribed template as other documents?
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Yes.
Are quotations required to be uploaded??
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Not Mandatory.
Can a faculty, working on an on-going NRPU project as PI, become a PI for another NRPU (2020) project?
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No. he is not eligible to work on another NRPU project as a PI. A PI can't have two grants at the same time.
Can a faculty, working on an on-going NRPU project as Co-PI, become a PI for another NRPU (2020) project?
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Yes
Can a Postdoctoral fellow of NRPU project works part time if he or she is engaged somewhere else and want to do postdoctoral research?
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Yes, Post Doc fellow can be part time
Can a faculty member on contract apply for NRPU grant?
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Yes if contract is at least equal to length of project.
How many co-PIs can be added in one project? In how many projects a person e can acts
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For ongoing call for proposals of TTSF, no hardcopies are required, only softcopies are accepted which can be submitted on
https://eportal.hec.gov.pk/
Co-PI?
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It depends upon the scope of project, a project can have more than one Co-PIs as per project requirements. Furthermore there is no restriction for a person to be Co-PI in one project only.
Can a PI apply for NRPU grant, if he/she is already executing NRPU project?
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Yes PI can apply for NRPU grant, PI has to provide the proof of project completion and submit project completion certificate with new NRPU application.
Do PIs need to submit hard copies for NRPU 2020 grants, or only online proposal submission at HEC eportal is acceptable?
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For ongoing call for proposals of NRPU, no hardcopies are required, only softcopies are accepted which can be submitted on
https://eportal.hec.gov.pk/
In the page no. 1 of the "Full Proposal Template" file at the HEC-NRPU website, there is some information required against the "Details of Faculty 1". Is this about the Co-PI or does it mean something else?
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Yes it is related to Co-PI
Can PI and Co-PI be from different universities?
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Yes they can be from different universities.
If Co-PI is from different University, do we need to add his/her details against the "Academic Collaborators" too?
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Yes all desired details are required and must be incorporated.
If a PI is working on any research grant i.e. TDF research grant, is he eligible to apply for ongoing NRPU call for proposals as PI?
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Yes he can, subject to provision of project completion certificate.
In previous calls funding limit was linked to the cumulative impact factor of the PI. Is this policy still valid? (Because I do not see any such limit in the new policy documents.)
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Not previous policy is not applicable for ongoing call for proposals, any position in paper is acceptable
Personnel Cost" for "Principal Investigator/Faculty Member" in the "Guidelines for Budget", (attached) "Personnel cost of Principal Investigator (PI) & Co-PI is linked with the proportionate time spent on the given project i.e. Gross pay of PI x % time spent. How personnel cost for each year should actually be calculated?
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Personnel cost should be calculated as % of time multiplied with gross monthly pay of the PI/faculty member, multiple by 12 for the whole year.
Faculty members having Major Clinical degrees such as FCPS or FRCS are eligible to apply or not?
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Faculty members having PhDs (or MPhil with two years research experience) are only eligible for being PIs and FCPS or FRCS cannot be considered equivalent to a PhD.
I want to ask that is bachelors studentship is possible?
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Bachelors studentship @ Rs=5000/- PM is possible.
Is it allowed to engage Co-PI from any other educational institution in Pakistan?
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yes, it is allowed.
A faculty does not have prior experience of NRPU/TDF etc.. Can he apply for NRPU grant as a principal investigator?
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Yes if he fulfills the eligibility criteria as mentioned on the NRPU website.
Who is eligible to be a principal investigator?
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Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out relevant research may work with his or her institution to develop a grant application.
Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out relevant research may work with his or her institution to develop a grant application.
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Criteria for applicant eligibility or requirements concerning the qualifications of the PI is as follows:
PI must a regular faculty member of the Higher Education Institutions (public and private) or hold a contract equivalent to the length of project duration
PI have an advanced academic degree (PhD or MPhil/MS with Two (02) years of research experience) and have relevant experience of working as a researcher.
In the funding opportunity announcements, this information is listed under a section: Call for Proposals Guidance.
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Individuals who are NOT eligible to be principal investigators include:
P
ersons pursuing training
Undergraduates students, but funded investigators may support undergraduates as research assistants on their grants.
Persons pursuing master's level degrees only.
Persons who lack an institutional affiliation, but who wish to do research. An eligible institution is necessary to administer any grant. Eligible institutions may include public or private Pakistani institutions of higher education.
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