Funding Opportunities
Here we provide a list of funding opportunities, categorized to help our faculty in finding the best opportunity given their skill sets. As a first approximation consider national funding opportunities the most easiest to acquire, followed by funding opportunities specific to Pakistan (or our region/condition), while the International funding opportunities being open to anyone in the world are generally the most competitive.
*F - funding opportunity for Faculty
*S - funding opportunity for Graduate Students
National
| Name | Type | Deadline | Funding Organization | Web Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPEC- COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANT | *F | Details Here | Higher Education Commission | Apply |
| NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITIES | *F | Details Here | Higher Education Commission | Apply |
| GRAND CHALLENGE FUND (GCF) | *F | Details Here | Higher Education Commission | Apply |
| HEC RESEARCH AWARDS | *F | Details Here | Higher Education Commission | Apply |
| UNIVERSITY - INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS | *F | Details Here | Higher Education Commission | Apply |
| Igniting University Innovation | *F | Details Here | Ignite National Technology Fund | Apply |
| Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) Research Support Programme | *F | Details Here | Pakistan Science Foundation | Apply |
| 3RD CALL FOR CONCEPT PROPOSALS FORM | *F | Details Here | Pakistan Science Foundation | Apply |
| Small Grants Programme | *F | Details Here | WWF-Pakistan | Apply |
| Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) | *F | Details Here | Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) | Apply |
| NCGSA Research Fund | *F | Details Here | NCGSA | Apply |
| Call for Applications: #SCWomenInTech Cohort 3 | *S | Details Here | Standard Chartered Bank | Apply |
| Research for Social Transformation and Advancement’ (RASTA) | *F | Details Here | PIDE | Apply |
International
| Name | Type | Deadline | Funding Organization | Web Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase | *F | Details Here | NSF (National Science Foundation) | Apply |
| Microsoft | *F | Details Here | Microsoft | Apply |
| SGB Evidence Fund / Call for proposals | *F | Details Here | International Growth Centre (IGC) | Apply |
| HFSP Research Grant Program | *F | Details Here | Human Frontier Science Program | Apply |
| DAAD Research Grants for Phd-students and postdocs | *S | Details Here | DAAD Pakistan | Apply |
| TWAS Research Grants | *F | Details Here | The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) | Apply |
| COMSTECH Research Grants Program | *F | Details Here | COMSTECH | Apply |