In June 2015 the United States and Pakistan established an Education, Science and Technology Working Group (ESTWG) under the Bilateral Strategic Dialogue discussed the proposal during the meeting of Prime Minister of Pakistan and President of USA to establish US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor. Both the dignitaries directed their respective governments to intensify their cooperation in this important framework to achieve the ambitious priority targets of developing high-level human capital envisioned in Pakistan's policy document Vision 2025.
According to the Plan, ten thousand (10,000) Pakistani scholars will join US universities in the next ten years as an effort of the Government of Pakistan to train its faculty resources in identified subject areas.
Phase – 1 of the plan approved by ECNEC on Jan 25, 2017, and revised later in August 2020 envisions to award 1000 Ph.D. scholarships to outstanding Pakistani students in US Universities under the project titled "PhD Scholarships under US – Pak Knowledge Corridor-Phase -1 (Revised)"
The main objectives of the project are:
To significantly increase the number and quality of faculty in Higher Education Institutions (HEI's).
To enhance the research and academic capacity of the Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan by providing trained manpower who will improve the quality of instruction and innovative research.
To train approximately 1,000 potential applicants annually for university entrance exams such as GRE and TOEFL/IELTS under the "Talent Farming component" of the project.
The program will develop a collaboration between Pakistani and renowned US institutions to transfer new research techniques focused on Pakistani needs.
Scholarship categories:
Category I – Scholarship (Top 50 QS World Ranked US Universities):
For this category of scholarship, prospective applicants must have:
Secured admission in top 50 QS World Ranked US University.
Valid GRE – General Score (Minimum 300 in total) OR HAT Score (Minimum 60% Score)
Category II -Scholarship (Top 300 QS World Ranked US Universities):
For this category of scholarship, prospective applicant must have:
Secured admission in top 300 QS World Ranked US University.
Valid GRE – General Score (Minimum 300 in total) OR HAT Score (Minimum 60% Score). However, GRE – General or HAT Score is not required where admission is secured with complete tuition waiver.
Last date for Full Project Proposal (FPP) submission is 7.02.2023 (11.59 PM Pakistan Standard Time)
The RAPID Technology Transfer Grant (RTTG) is the key element of the Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) Project supported by the World Bank and implemented by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
The RTTG is a fast-track funding mechanism dealing with themes, topics, and issues of severe urgency for quick-response research on Flood response, Climate Change and Environment. The grant is anticipated to support proposals in applied research, product innovation, and commercialization of developed technological research and solutions
KEY FEATURES
Project Duration:Six (6) months
Individual Grant Value: PKR 10 – 20 million
PRIORITY AREAS
The Priority Thematic Areas for support under this Call for Proposals include: Flood Response, Climate Change and the Environment, including but not limited to:
Climate mitigation, adaptation, policy dialogue interventions and disaster management (focusing on climate modelling and disaster surveillance, environment monitoring, geological monitoring)
Metro-scale pollution reduction technologies
Protection of available trees through artificial intelligence system controls
Use of membrane systems for gaseous and water industrial waste treatment
Design and development of hybrid membranes and classical systems per requirements of site and location
Process identification and development of hospital waste treatments
Removal of arsenic and other toxic metal elements from industrial effluents, water underground aquifers.
Climate smart agriculture: Adapting agriculture production to climate change by developing climate resilient crop varieties with regard to heat, drought and flooding (especially of wheat and cotton)
Any other area related to Flood Response, Climate Change and the Environment
FUNDING DETAILS
Honorarium for PI and co-PIs
Stipends for bachelors, masters, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars to support taking the prototype or proposed product to market
Limited prototype development costs
Patent filing
Costs associated with producing licensing agreements
Legal and financial investment advice
Marketing of the prototype or proposed product to appropriate investors or stakeholders.
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Academia-Industry Linkage Portal , Request for Registration with Manual
Reference to the attached letter (earlier circulated), it is apprised that HEC has been striving to promote the collaboration among university researchers, scientists and professionals with the industry, society, and government. In this regard, HEC through Higher Education Development Program (HEDP) has developed a holistic automated platform with specific dashboards for ORIC/BIC/Research centers and academia-industry-government Portal (https://rfi.hec.gov.pk). This portal is part of the overall Research, Innovation, and Commercialization Automation platform, which will have ORIC, BIC, National Centers features to enable them for showcasing of their research and startup achievements and with enhanced connectivity for academia-industry match making.
In addition to above the portal will also provide a unique platform to connect industrial, government and society professionals with the researchers, scientists, and academic fraternity of the universities across Pakistan to solve their problems. It will also provide an interactive environment for industries and government entities to offer projects, opportunities, and final year projects to students (graduates and postgraduate level). Furthermore, it will act as an active source to build liaison i.e., any registered member can initiate meeting requests and match the requirements to solve the problems of industry, society, academia, and government departments. The portal is currently live for users’ registration and feedback/ suggestions (if any). The portal has dedicated section for multiple funding and training opportunities which can be harnessed on competitive basis once your profile is registered.
Keeping in view above, you are strongly requested to sign up on the portal (on the link https://rfi.hec.gov.pk) and circulate this information within your ORIC/BIC/NC for speedy registrations. The user manual to help you in registration is enclosed.
It is apprised that the developed platform also has a dedicated module to automate the HR and meeting activities of centers and to showcase the research performance and impact, originating from ORICs/BICs/National Centers. We will be subsequently sharing further details in this regard. In case of any assistance, please feel free to write us back at oric@hec.gov.pk.
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