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