RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS (HEC, Islamabad)

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Competitive Research Grants:​

• ​Grand Challenge Fund (GCF)
• Local Challenge Fund (LCF)
• Technology Transfer Support Fund (TTSF)
• Innovative & Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG)
• National Research Programme for Universi​ties (NRPU)
• Technology Development Fund (TDF)
• Problem Based Applied Interdisciplinary Research Programme (PBAIRP)
• RAPID Research & Innovation Initiative (RRII)
• CPEC- Collaborative Research Grant​

Research Support Grants:

• Travel Grants for Presentation of Research Papers
• Grants for Organizing Seminars/Conferences
• Library Support Grant
• Textbook Writing Support Program

Mobility Grants:

• Pak-FRANCE Peridot Research Program
• PAK-TURK Researchers' Mobility Grant Programme
• Pakistan Program For Collaborative Research (PPCR)
• Pak-US Joint Research Program (with USA)

Research for Innovation Grants:

• Establishment of Offices of Research Innovation & Commercialization (ORICS)
• Establishment of Business Incubation Centers (BIC's)
• Patent Filing
• Innovator Seed Fund (ISF)​​

National Centers of Excellence:

• Centers of Excellence Grants

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FUNDING AGENCIES

• PSF (NSF China, Tubitak Turkey)
• MoS&T, Planning Commission (PSDP—Public Sector Development Program)
• PARB (Agri., Animal Sci.)
• ALP (Agri., Animal Sci.)
• NIH, Islamabad (human health), PAS (fellows/members)
• https://www.fic.nih.gov/Programs/Pages/infectious-disease.aspx
• NIH, Fogarty International Center
• CDC, USAID, USDA
• IFS (Sweden); http://www.ifs.se/
• UK AID; https://www.ukaiddirect.org/
• Fleming fund-- https://www.flemingfund.org/
• Australian Aid Direct Aid Program (DAP)
• https://pakistan.embassy.gov.au/islm/directaidprogram.html
• Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE); https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/about
• IsDB, Engage program; https://www.isdb-engage.org/en/page/call-for-innovation-via-transform-fund-en
• Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) research grants
• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation https://www.gatesfoundation.org/
• Horizon-2020 European Union Grants
• GCRF, UK; https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/international-funding/global-challenges-research-fund/
• Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) https://www.comstech.org/comstech-isesco-joint-research-grants-program/
• CAS China; https://english.cas.cn/
• ANSO China; http://www.anso.org.cn/
• CDC China; https://www.chinacdc.cn/en/
• Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany