1. HEC GUIDELINES, PROGRAMMES AND ITS PROFORMA MUHAMMAD AFZAAL 2006-ag-1029

2. Higher Education Commission Established in 2002 Founded by Presidential Ordinance No.LIII in September 2002 Supported through grants of large array of powers

3. Key Challenges Faced by Sector Access Quality Relevance Strategy To Overcome These Challenges Faculty Development Improving Access Excellence in Learning and Research Relevance to the National Priorities

4. Mission Statement of HEC The Higher Education Commission will facilitate Institutions of Higher Learning to serve as Engines for the Socio-Economic Development of Pakistan

5. HEC Recognized Institutions RegionUniversitesPublicPrivate AJK 422 Balochistan862 Islamabad17143 Northern Areas11 NWFP22139 Punjab382117 Sindh381325 Total1287058

6. Research Grants Provides Financial Support For  Basic and Applied Sciences  Engineering and Technology  Social Sciences and Humanities Duration of Research  2-3 Years Overhead of 2% of total cost of Research Grant is provided to the Host University

7. Offered Programmes Pak-US Joint Academic & Research Program National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) Research Awards Pakistan Program For Collaborative Research (PPCR) Research Grant Program for Social Sciences and Humanities

8. Pak-US Joint Academic & Research Program Objectives  Improving the quality, relevance, or capacity of education and research at Pakistani institutions of higher education in science and technical fields  Improving the capacity of Pakistani public and private science institutions to support industry competitiveness  Increasing the capacity of science and technology to improve the well-being of ordinary Pakistani people

9. Eligibility Criteria PI Eligibility Limit  Proposal should include 1 Pakistani Partner and 1 US partner  In developing proposals the partners should consider the wide range of advantage of Pakistan  Partners will tell how they will encourage other participants of the project

10. Topical Eligibility Limit Due to US Regulation, the project for the enhancement of the quality or quantity of any crop for the cause of export to other country will not be funded The Project will be funded on Merit

11. National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) Provides grants for Creative Researchers Objectives To encourage research in all disciplines. To strengthen the indigenous capacity and reduce exodus of talent from the country Eligibility All Faculty Members of Universities All Researchers holding full time position in Institutes

12. Research Awards Award CategoryAward Amount No. of award s / year 1. Best Research Paper Rs. 50,000 20 2. Best Young Research ScholarRs. 100,000 4 3. Best InnovatorRs. 150,000 1 4. Best Book PublicationRs. 300,000 4 5. Lifetime Academic Achievement Award Rs. 500,000 4

13. Pakistan Program For Collaborative Research (PPCR) To encourage the Researchers of Pakistani Universities To enhance the quality of Research and Teaching For collaborative research of Foreign scientists and Pakistani scientists To provide grant to the researchers for Foreign visit

14. Research Grant Program for Social Sciences and Humanities To promote Research Collaboration To strengthen Research Networks To encourage Research Findings The research grant program is exclusively designed to promote research culture

16. Joint Project Proposal

19. Research Grant Proposal