Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization

Funding Agencies

A Funding Agency is any external organization, public or private, which undertakes a contractual agreement with the University to sponsor research or an entrepreneurial activity.  The funding agency often dictates how their funds may be used, what deliverables are expected, and what reports are required. Funding agencies constitute essential pillar for the policy makers and researchers in today’s global world.  Such funding agencies are increasingly providing support for implementation of science in different organizations.

A) NATIONAL FUNDING AGENCIES

1) HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN (HEC)

1.1)ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION

1.2) GRANT FOR ORGANIZING SEMINARS / CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS

1.3) GRANT FOR SPARE PARTS / MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT

1.4) INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHING / UP-GRADATION OF LABORATORIES

1.5) INTERIM PLACEMENT OF FRESH PhDs PROGRAM

1.6) INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SUPPORT INITIATIVE PROGRAM (IRSIP)

1.7) KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY PARTNERSHIPS PAKISTAN – UK

1.8)Mobility Grant (with turkey)

1.9) NATIONAL RESEARCH GRANT FOR UNIVERSITIES (NRPU)

1.10) NATIONAL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCHERS

1.11) PAKISTAN PROGRAM FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

1.12) PAKISTAN – UNITED STATES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION PROGRAM

1.13) PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR PhD STUDIES ABROAD

1.14) PERIDOT RESEARCH PROGRAM

1.15) POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH

1.16) RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT FOR UNIVERSITY FACULTY & SCHOLARS

1.17) SPLIT PhD AND POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN FRANCE

1.18) STARTUP RESEARCH GRANT (SRGP)

1.19) TEXTBOOK & MONOGRAPH WRITING SCHEME

1.20) THEMATIC RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM

1.21) TRAVEL GRANT FOR PAKISTANI RESEARCHERS

1.22) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUND

1.23) UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PROGRAM (UITSP)

2) ACADEMIC LINKAGES & EDUCATION U.S. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD

3) BIO SAFETY RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN GRANTS PROGRAM (BRPGP)

4) COMSTECH-IFS RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM

5) COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH (COMSATS)

6) ECO SCIENCE FOUNDATION (ECOSF)

7) FUND FOR INNOVATIVE TRAINING (FIT)

8) ICT R&D FUND

9) IGC- PAKISTAN

10) INSPIRE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FUND (BRITISH COUNCIL)

11) ISESCO – COMSTECH RESEARCH GRANT

12) OIC STANDING COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION

13) PAKISTAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION

14) PAKISTAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (PMRC)

15) PAK-NORWAY INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION FRAMEWORK

16) PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (PARC)

17) PAKISTAN STRATEGY SUPPORT PROGRAM (PSSP)

18) PMRC RESEARCH GRANT FOR PROJECTS IN HIGH PRIORITY AREAS OF HEALTH

19) RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FUND (RAF)

20) STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM WWF PAKISTAN

21) U.S. AMBASSADOR'S FUND PROGRAM

B) INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AGENCIES

  1.  AGA KHAN FOUNDATION
  2. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY RESEARCH PROGRAM STRATEGY ACIAR
  3. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
  4. ASIA PACIFIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
  5. AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AUSAID)
  6. BRITISH ATMOSPHERIC DATA CENTRE (BADC)
  7. BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM (BCRP)
  8. CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CIDA)
  9. CULTURAL GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (JAPAN)
  10. EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL STARTING GRANT
  11. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
  12. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY (GEF)
  13. GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND (GIF)
  14. GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA
  15. GRAND CHALLENGES EXPLORATIONS
  16. GEORG FORSTER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (HERMES)
  17. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH PROGRAM STRATEGY
  18. HORIZON 2020
  19. INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION FELLOWSHIPS GERMANY
  20. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
  21. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS (ICARDA)
  22. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY (ICS)
  23. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)
  24. INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE (IFS)
  25. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD)
  26. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IISD)
  27. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA)
  28. ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)
  29. JAPAN WORLD EXPOSITION 1970 COMMEMORATIVE FUND GRANT
  30. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
  31. LAND AND WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH PROGRAM BY ACIAR
  32. NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE (NRI)
  33. NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARDS BY WELCOME TRUST
  34. ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
  35. PARTNERSHIPS FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH (PEER) SCIENCE
  36. SOUTH ASIA NETWORK OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES (SANEI)
  37. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (SATREPS)
  38. THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM (LEADHER)
  39. THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND'S (AF)
  40. TWAS-COMSTECH JOINT RESEARCH GRANTS
  41. THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)
  42. UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD)
  43. UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
  44. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)
  45. UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)
  46. UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO)
  47. UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (UNU)
  48. U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)
  49. THE WORLD BANK (WB)
  50. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)