Approved grants will be released to the relevant universities after fulfillment of all codal formalities.
ISLAMABAD:
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved 20 research projects worth Rs75.5 million from amongst 129 research proposals received under the Social Sciences Thematic Research Grant in its effort to promote and enhance a culture of research in the field.
It was last week that the HEC chairperson announced to double funding for the research grant from Rs30 million to Rs60 million at the International Social Sciences Conference.
According to a press release, the five themes for which the funding was extended include security challenges in Pakistan; Pakistani society: tradition and change; Balancing global and local needs: Geo-political economy; Education policy, leadership and management for the 21st century and Governance and development.
Approved grants will be released to the relevant universities after fulfillment of all codal formalities.
The thematic research programme aims to encourage research in social sciences and aims to boost significant discourse in order to forge an intellectual research agenda, said the press release.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 23rd, 2015.
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