Research Funding & Opportunities

Grant Opportunities

The given external links are huge platform of  research funds.

National Funding Opportunities

National Funding Table
S. No. Name of Funding Program Date of Closing Web Address
1 Call for Nominations-NPO (Intl Conference on Open Innovation) 08-05-2024 Link
2 GRANT-IN-AID (HEC): International Conferences 15-10-2024 Link
3 Peridot Research Grant 01-10-2024 Link

National Funding Opportunities

National Funding Table
S. No. Name of Funding Program Date of Closing Web Address
1LCRF Research Grant04-03-2024Link
2Ignite Research Grant22-01-2024Link
3ICGEB Research Grant30-04-2024Link
4Sleep Research Grant30-11-2024Link
5DAAD PhD Scholarship30-08-2024Link
6Leaky Foundation Research Grant10-01-2025Link
7Angelman Syndrome Research Grant01-10-2024Link
8IPOPI Discovery Research Grants01-09-2024Link
9March of Dimes Discovery Grants06-09-2024Link
10National Glaucoma Research Program31-10-2024Link
11EMRO-TDR Impact Grants15-09-2024PDF
12Human-gut Microbiota Research30-11-2024Link
13STEG Small Research Grants30-09-2024Link
14Ignacio H. de Larramendi Grants11-10-2024Link
15SPRI Grant Program (Genomics)OpenLink
16World Cancer Research Fund10-02-2025Link
17Pfizer Health Services Grant30-01-2025Link
18Grand Challenges – Low-Cost mAb31-05-2025Link
19Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Research28-02-2025Link
20STEG Larger Research Grants20-01-2025Link
21Horizon Europe Digital Solutions04-02-2025Link

Open Calls for Research Grant

PERIDOT Research Program Call for Research Proposals Phase-11

The deadline to apply is October 1,2024

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).

Priority Thematic Areas:

  • Sustainable Energy, Environment and Climate change
  • Agriculture, Food Security and Health
  • Entrepreneurship, Humanities & Social Sciences

Note: Projects on social challenges of environmental issues shall be strongly encouraged

Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicant (PI) must be a regular faculty member (PhD or FCPS/MCPS/FRCS) of the Higher Education Institutions (public and private) or hold a contract equivalent to the length of project duration
  • The major cost of the main research project will be borne by the participating universities from Pakistan and France.
  • The program will support only mobility of the researchers to and from Pakistan.
  • Mobility of young researchers, especially doctoral students (enrolled under supervision by the PI) is one of the key objectives.
  • The host institution must guarantee having the needed capacities (e.g. working space) to accommodate the visiting fellows
  • Project life can be maximum for 03 years.

Note: Maximum one research project can be submitted by one principal investigator for funding

How to Apply

For application procedure and funding details, please visit the official website at the link below:​

https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/peridot/Pages/default.aspx

New Call for Research Proposals: National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) 2024-2025 
 

Introduction

The NRPU grant awards will be made to the host higher education institution of the lead academic – faculty – associated with the project and administered through the appropriate ORIC on campus. Principal Investigator should be a faculty member at higher education institution in Pakistan and encouraged to submit proposals that are collaborative in scope, with teams including junior and senior academic staff, both male and female researchers and appropriate sectoral/ industrial collaborators.

1.Eligibility Criteria

Principal Investigator (PI) must:
  • Be a faculty member (PhD or FCPS/MCPS/FRCS) working on regular/ contract basis (contract duration must not be less than project duration) in the Higher Education Institutions (public or private) of Pakistan
  • Can hold only one NRPU grant at a time
  • Project Team& Research Collaboration:

2. How to Apply

Applications can be submitted in response to a call for proposal. Submission must be made to the HEC online portal (research.hec.gov.pk) according to the guidelines provided in the call for proposals.

3. For any further information visit the given link:

https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx

PERIDOT Research Program Call for Research Proposals Phase-XII- 2025:

The deadline to apply is September 23, 2025​
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). 
PERIDOT awardees will be selected competitively using a merit-based, independent, transparent evaluation and selection process based upon international standards. The process is described in the Sections below:

Priority Thematic Areas:

This mobility grant is focused on supporting research in any of the identified priority areas/disciplines, including:
  • Health Sciences
  • Sustainable Energy, Agriculture & Food Security
  • Economics of Climate Change

Please note that a joint application (in collaboration with a French faculty member) that has been submitted to Campus France is a mandatory pre-requisite for applying to this grant.

Visit the given link for further details:

https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/peridot/pages/default.aspx

Winnings Projects

  • “Activation of spermine Nlacetyiltransferasl (SSATl) as a Biomarker in breast and lung cancer”. NRPU, Rubina Ghani (2022).
  • Sohail University received the highest ever research funding amounting toRs. 7078050/- (Seven Million Seventy-Eight Thousand Fifty) coveringone projection 2022
  • With an enhance focus on creating an environment of innovation and research at Sohail University, the blooming NRPU, has greatly helped Sohail University researchers in winning a research grants for “Activation of spermidine/spermine Nl-acetyiltransferas-l (SSAT-l) as a Biomarker in breast and lung cancer” from NRPU (HEC Funded).
  • In year 2022 Sohail University received the highest ever research funding amounting to Rs. 7078050/- (Seven Million Seventy-Eight Thousand Fifty) covering 01 Projects, this research projects will be completed in the allocated time frame of 36 to 60 months under the supervision of Dr. Rubina Ghani, Dr. Shaista Emad, and Dr Ghulam Haider from Sohail University. It is envisaged that these research projects will help in achieving the solution of control clinical trials of breast cancer.

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