HEC Funding

No.	Name	Eligibility	Themes	Funding	Duration	Deadline	Details
1.0	Research Awards					December 17, 2024 (11:59 pm)	Link
2.0	Sindh Research Support Program		1. Natural and Physical Sciences 2. Medical and Allied Sciences 3. Engineering and Technology 4. IT and Computer Science 5. Social Sceinces 6. Agriculture, Agriculture Engineering 7. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences	PKR 5 million	2 years	31st July 2023	Link
3.0	CPEC- Collaborative Research Grant		1. Sustainable Agriculture 2. Health and Wellbeing 3. Clean Water and Sanitation 4. Poverty Alleviation 5. Science & Technology for Sustainable Development 6. Sustainable Cities and Communities 7. Cultural Harmony between Pakistan and China 8. Sustainable Energy 9. Sustainable Infrastructure	PKR 50 - 100 million	3 years (max)	31st March 2021 (11:59 PM, PST)	Link
4.0	Grant to organise Seminar / Conference / Symposium or Training Workshop	1. HEI must have well-established seminar series 2. HEI must have well-established MPhil and PhD programs 3. Hosting HEI should have at least 5-8 PhD faculty members 4. Call for papers should be announced at least 4 months prior to conduct a conference 5. Conference should have a peer review process (documentary record should be provided to HEC) 6. The event organizer/ focal person must be a faculty member of the University in the relevant discipline of the event theme.		Details		Call for applications open throughout the year.	Link
5.0	Travel Grant Program for Pakistani Researchers	1. The Principal Author (could be either first or the corresponding author) of the paper to be presented will be eligible to apply. 2. The Paper Author must be a Faculty Members (except visiting faculty) or MS/ MPhil or PhD Scholar of public sector HEIs and eligible private-sector universities. 3. Each person can avail at most one travel grant per financial year. 4. Non-faculty staff travel expenses should be borne by the university from their own resources. 5. Criteria for qualifying National/International conferences include Conferences/ workshops organized by national/ international Universities, Institutes or leading international professional bodies of relevant disciplines (such as IEEE, ACM, AAAS, AEA, etc.) whose papers are peer reviewed and archived.		Details		Call for applications open throughout the year.	Link
6.0	Local Challenge Fund (GCF)		1. Food Security 2. Crop Production 3. Water Management and Sustainability 4. Sustainable Energy 5. Sociology and Philosophy 6. Development Economics 7. Urban Planning 8. Climate Change and Environment 9. Information Technology and Telecom 10. Innovative Governance and Reforms 11. Health and wellbeing	PKR 65 - 113 million	2 years (max)		Link
7.0	Technology Transfer Support Fund (TTSF)			PKR 7.5 - 15 million	2 years		Link
8.0	National Research Program for Universities			PKR 20 million	3 years (max)	To be decided	Link
9.0	Innovative Seed Fund (ISF) 2024-2025		1. Agriculture, Food Resources and Agri Tech 2. Banking, Microfinance and FinTech 3. Creative, Digital Media, Arts and Culture 4. Education and EdTech 5. E-commerce and Smart Retail 6. Emerging Technologies 7. Health Care and Health Tech 8. Housing, Construction and Manufacturing 9. Sustainable Development, Climate and Energy 10. Transportation and Logistics 11. Other sectors that have potential for growth and impact	USD 35,000	6 months	To be decided	Link
10.0	Innovative & Collaborative Research Grant		1. Medical and allied health sciences 2. Energy (generation, distribution and conservation) 3. Climate Change 4. Artificial Intelligence 5. Robotics 6. Nanosciences 7. Big Data – Cloud Computing 8. Social Sciences	PKR 50 million	3 years (max)	To be decided	Link