Faculty Research Support Grant (FRSG) was started by FAST-NUCE ORIC department in year 2020.The purpose of this research grant was to create the research culture on all campuses and encourage faculty members to target international research grants.
FRSG Proposal Due Dates
1- 14th June,2023 Those who want to start projects in Summer
2- 10th September,2023 Those who want to start projects in Fall semester (2023)
Submit your proposal at online google form Click Here For any further information kindly feel free to coordinate with Rana Ayaz (Manager ORIC) rana.ayaz@nu.edu.pk

Faculty Research Support Grant (FRSG) was started by FAST-NUCE ORIC department in year 2020.The purpose of this research grant was to create the research culture on all campuses and encourage faculty members to target international research grants.
last date to submit the proposal will be 30th September, 2022
Submit your proposal at online google form Click Here

Pakistan 100 believes in nurturing and developing the best-fitted Entrepreneurs who are equipped with advanced expertise to not only run a Startup but take it to the global level for this welcomes all university incubators and accelerator programs to apply for an upcoming opportunity. Please send the names of selected entrepreneurs and their company names, if any, to me by April 30th,2021. Also ask them to fill the registration form by clicking at: https://ideagist.com/pakistan-100-cohort-2-bootcamp/

Pakistan 100 believes in nurturing and developing the best-fitted Entrepreneurs who are equipped with advanced expertise to not only run a Startup but take it to the global level for this welcomes all university incubators and accelerator programs to apply for an upcoming opportunity. Please send the names of selected entrepreneurs and their company names, if any, to me by April 30th,2021. Also ask them to fill the registration form by clicking at: https://ideagist.com/pakistan-100-cohort-2-bootcamp/

Call for proposal for Grand Challenge Fund (2021-2022) is now open. Applications can be submitted through online portal research.hec.gov.pk after 25.4.2021. Last date for submission of Project Outlines (PO) is 23.05.2021 (11.59 PM Pakistan Standard Time) https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/GCF/Pages/default.aspx

Alexa AI-Natural Understanding’s (NU) mission is to build and enable engaging, world-class conversational AI capabilities that are broadly accessible. Under this call for proposals, we are seeking to fund research projects on the following topics: Transparency, explainability, and accountability in AI systems Theories of computational/algorithm fairness and factors that affect algorithmic trustworthiness Detecting and ameliorating adverse biases in data and algorithms, and fairness-aware design of algorithms Metrics and methods for designing, piloting, and evaluating systems that mitigate against adverse biases and ensure fairness, including the use of human-machine collaboration and decision support Timeline Submission period: 3/22 - 4/23 Decision letters will be sent out August 2021 Award details Selected Principal Investigators (PIs) may receive the following: Unrestricted funds, no more than $80,000 USD on average AWS Promotional Credits, no more than $40,000 USD on average Training resources, including AWS tutorials and hands-on sessions with Amazon scientists and engineers Awards are structured as one-year unrestricted gifts. The budget should include a list of expected costs specified in USD, and should not include administrative overhead costs. The final award amount will be determined by the awards panel. Eligibility requirements Please refer to the ARA Program rules on the FAQ page. Proposal requirements PIs are encouraged to exemplify how their proposed techniques or research studies will apply to tasks in natural language understanding, natural language generation, speech and speaker recognition and/or computer vision. PIs should either include plans for open source contributions or state that they do not plan to make any open source contributions (data or code) under the proposed effort. Proposals for this CFP should be prepared according to the proposal template and are encouraged to be a maximum of 4 pages, not including Appendices. Selection criteria ARA will make the funding decisions based on the creativity and quality of the scientific content, and potential impact to the research community and society at large. Expectations from recipients To the extent deemed reasonable, Award recipients should acknowledge the support from ARA. Award recipients will inform ARA of publications, presentations, code and data releases, blogs/social media posts, and other speaking engagements referencing the results of the supported research or the Award. Award recipients are expected to provide updates and feedback to ARA via surveys or reports on the status of their research. Award recipients will have an opportunity to work with ARA on an informational statement about the awarded project that may be used to generate visibility for their institutions and ARA. https://www.amazon.science/research-awards/alexa-fairness-in-ai-call-for-proposals-spring-2021

AWS is committed to helping you achieve the highest levels of security in the cloud. Using automated reasoning technology, the application of mathematical logic to help answer critical questions about your infrastructure, AWS is able to detect previously missed misconfigurations, or show their absence. We call this provable security that provides higher assurance in security—both of the cloud and in the cloud. We are looking to fund research in these subcategories: Automated reasoning, including model checking Theorem proving Invariant discovery Improvements to SAT/SMT solvers Correct-by-construction software Abstract interpretation Static analysis Timeline Submission period: 3/22 - 4/23 Decision letters will be sent out August 2021 Award details Selected Principal Investigators (PIs) may receive the following: Unrestricted funds, no more than $80,000 USD on average AWS Promotional Credits, no more than $20,000 USD on average Training resources, including AWS tutorials and hands-on sessions with Amazon scientists and engineers Awards are structured as one-year unrestricted gifts. The budget should include a list of expected costs specified in USD, and should not include administrative overhead costs. The final award amount will be determined by the awards panel. Eligibility requirements Please refer to the ARA Program rules on the FAQ page. Proposal requirements Proposals should be prepared according to the proposal template. In addition, to submit a proposal for this CFP, please also include the following information: Does your work target specification/protocol-level or implementation/code-level testing or proofs? Describe current applications of your work (e.g, libraries, codebases and industry code). What are potential applications of your work to Amazon? What assumptions are made by your work? If the techniques proposed are sound: What are issues that may invalidate this result? If your work involves the development and maintenance of a tool: What license is your tool released under? What on-boarding/tutorial material is available? Is your tool actively maintained (commits within last 3 months)? How many active contributors does your project have? Selection criteria ARA will make the funding decisions based on the potential impact to the research community and quality of the scientific content. Expectations from recipients To the extent deemed reasonable, Award recipients should acknowledge the support from ARA. Award recipients will inform ARA of publications, presentations, code and data releases, blogs/social media posts, and other speaking engagements referencing the results of the supported research or the Award. Award recipients are expected to provide updates and feedback to ARA via surveys or reports on the status of their research. Award recipients will have an opportunity to work with ARA on an informational statement about the awarded project that may be used to generate visibility for their institutions and ARA. https://www.amazon.science/research-awards/aws-automated-reasoning-call-for-proposals-spring-2021

R&D Professionals, Researchers, Scientists/Technologists/Engineers from HEC recognized public & private sector universities, public sector R&D organizations and industry. Principal Investigator should be from HEC recognized University or public sector R&D organization/ private industry can be taken onboard for pilot scale/commercial trials, production and marketing activities URL: http://www.psf.gov.pk/call_for_concept_purposal.aspx

Call for proposal for National Research Program for Universities (2021-2022) is now open. Applications can be submitted through online portal research.hec.gov.pk after 1.4.2021. Last date for submission of Full Project Proposal (FPP) is 30.04.2021 (11.59 PM Pakistan Standard Time) https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Funding opportunity: SGB Evidence Fund: The current call for proposals opened on 15th Feb 2021 and will close on 30th Apr 2021. URL: https://www.theigc.org/sgb-evidence-fund/call-for-proposals-timeline/

Dr. Abdul Wahab, Head of Department, FAST School of Management Islamabad attended The IX International Congress on Psychological Counseling and Guidance in Higher Education with the theme “Psychological Counseling and Guidance Services in Higher Education” as a Presenter from 15-17 November 2019 at Sultanahmet Rectorate Building of Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. He presented his paper titled “Problems of Higher Education Students and Role of Campus Psychological Counseling Unit: A Case of FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan”.

MoU was signed between NAG CISCO Academy Support Center and Karachi campus on June 3, 2019. The opportunity will open doors for collaborative research training institutes.

An MOU was signed by Lahore Campus Dr. Hamid Hassan and Director FAST Cables Limited Mr. Kamal Mian on June 28, 2019. In addition to collaboration in many other arears i.e. (Internship, Job and research), FAST-Cables will give an award of Rupees. 100,000/- to the top CGPA holder of BS Electrical Engineering at the end of 6th semester.

The campus has signed a MoU with Dice Analytics on May 30, 2019. This opportunity may provide a comprehensive learning platform to students where they may enhance their skills

Director Lahore Campus, Dr. Hamid Hassan was the Chief Guest at the meeting of Standing Committee on Global Standards for Industries, at Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Lahore on July 30, 2019. He talked about profitable business management in the modern era of global challenges. The participants were comprised of LCCI Members from various Industries & businesses.

Islamabad campus under the joint umbrella of ORIC (Office of Research Innovation & Commercialization) and Islamabad campus organized a day long “University Industry Partnership” event on July 08, 2019. Diverse group of industry leaders from telecommunication, information technology and defence clusters projected their portfolios and shared areas of common interest for collaboration with the academia. They also showcased potential problems that may be turned in to marketable products through academia industry joint ventures. The Research Groups presented their research led initiatives in the emerging fields of IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Deep Learning, Radars, Microwave sensor design, Genomics, Cyber Security, Blockchain Technology, Software defined Network etc. The industry was represented by Dr. Zhu Xilu Head of Big Data Centre Zong CMPak, Imran Ashraf CEO Telenor GSS, Brigadier (R) Pervaiz Aslam GM IT & Cyber Security NRTC, Mr. Soban Jalil Quality Leader Baker Hughes – General Electric, Mr. Abdul Aziz CEO Aurora Solution, Mr. Ali Iqbal GM Ignite, Squander Leader Umair AvRID PAC Kamra, Mr. Wahid Khan President Zigron, Mr. Zia ur Rehman CEO CodesOrbit, Mr. Ather Imran CEO Sybrid, Mr. Ali Rizvi VP R&D and Mr. Haris Khan Director Engineering EMumba, Dr. Sami ud Din Director RAC NESCOM, Mr. Fahd Ahmed, CEO Synergy-IT, Mr. Fazal Rehman Khan VP xFlow Research, Mr. Muhammad Aqeel Khan Chief Manager Bank Alfalah Limited, Illum Khan COO Evamp Sanga, Mr. Muhammad Tayyab Director Ciklum, Mr. Zain ul Hassan Khan Product Owner Elixir and many more representatives from the industry. Rector Dr. Ayub Alvi in his closing address appreciated the industry members for spaning time to attend the event. He mentioned that increasing industry academia linkages is a national cause, which our University is ready to spearhead. He emphasized the importance of applied research in academia to solve local problems and extended support to industry. He also suggested to hold regular interactive sessions in near future.

Dr. Rana Asif Rehman, Assistant Professor Computer Science CFD campus has published a research article, titled “Forwarding Strategies in NDN based Wireless Networks: A Survey" in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (IEEE COMST). IEEE COMST consider as a Ranked No. 1 journal in wireless communication and networking arena. It has an impact factor of 22.973. Moreover, his another paper, titled "CSF: Controller based Selective Forwarding in Software Defined Named Data based MANETs" is accepted for publication in well reputed conference, named IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM) which is going to be held in Waikoloa, HI, USA. IEEE GLOBECOM is A* (A Star) Rank conference in his field.

CAFA (Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation) experiment is a worldwide effort designed by Automated Function Prediction Special Interest Group (AFP-SIG) which provides a large-scale assessment of computational methods dedicated to predicting protein function tested against a benchmark dataset. Assessment of top performing schemes and their results are made public. The algorithm (namely, PFPPipeline) developed by Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman, Assistant Professor Computer Science in a collaborative work with Italian researchers was used and the compiled results were presented in CAFA competition held in the USA. The researchers from top-notch universities of the world also submitted the results of their algorithms on an extensive data set provided by CAFA. PFPPipeline algorithm almost took 2 months on annotating more than 100,000 sequences provided by the CAFA. The results of the competition have been published now and the PFPPipeline algorithm stood out amongst the selected top schemes that produce high accuracy results for predicting molecular function of the gene ontology. The results are also selected to be published in a highly prestigious journal of the field with a high impact factor.

Dr. Salman Khan, Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering published a journal paper on Electrically Long Dipoles in a Crossed Pair for Closed-Form Estimation of an Incident Source’s Polarization. Published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation Journal Impact Factor: 4.13

Professor and Director Karachi Campus Dr. Jawwad Ahmed Shamsi along with his former PhD student Dr. Narmeen Zakaria Bawany has successfully published a research article titled ‘‘SDN based secure and agile framework for protecting smart city applications from DDoS attacks’’ in a reputable International Journal of Network and Computer Applications, which has an impact factor of 5.273.

Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Atif Tahir on winning HEC grant of Rs. 3.426 million Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Atif Tahir Professor Computer Science Department of NUCES (Karachi Campus) on Winning HEC grant of Rs. 3.426 million for the research project titled “Finding Abnormalities in the Gastro-Intestinal Tract Using Deep Learning and Capsule Endoscopy” The grant has been approved by HEC (NRPU - National Research Program for Universities).

MoU has been signed between NUCES and Byonks Pvt. Ltd

HONET-ICT Conference (International Conference on High-capacity Optical Networks and Enabling/Emerging Technologies (HONET-ICT http://honet-ict.org) conference is being held at NUST-SEECS from 8th October 2018 to 10th October 2018. Link : http://seecs.nust.edu.pk/Honet-2018/

NUCES Karachi campus has been awarded 39.1 million rupees to establish a “Smart Video Surveillance Lab” under "National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing (NCBC)”. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Atif Tahir, and Dr. Nouman Durrani are PI and Co-PI in this project. This center is the first of its kind in Pakistan. This centre is worth of 1.5 billion and will be hosted by LUMS and will comprise of 12 ‘Affiliated’ Labs at 11 Universities around the country including LUMS, EME College, PNEC, UETL, UETP, ITU, SZABIST, NUCES, CECOS, Ziauddin University, and UAF. Pakistan’s many leading Analytics and Cloud researchers will be working on various key problems related to data analysis in the country.

Dr. Sadia Nadeem presented the key findings of her recently completed research project, MAPS 2017: A Study of HR Practices in Pakistan, at the HR Forum Islamabad on 27th September 2018 at NIBAF. The full report of the MAPS 2017 study can be downloaded from http://isb.nu.edu.pk/MAPS.pdf

PROPOSALS INVITED (Phase-II) Establishment of Technology and Innovation Support Centres Application form is available at: http://www.hec.gov.pk/site/oric Last Date: October 15, 2018

Good news!! The date of YES 2019-20 Preliminary Application is extended. Now the last date for submission of YES 2019-20 Preliminary Application is October 8th, 2018. https://opportunitiescorners.info/iearn-yes-youth-exchange…/

Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Gufran Khan Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department of NUCES (Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus) on Winning HEC grant of 2.498 million to develop” Automatic Weapon Detection in Real-time Videos for Identification of Potential Terrorists and Robbers”. The grant has been approved by HEC's Technology Development Fund.

Dear all, Faculty Members, apply for joint Projects with French Universities for joint Research activities HEC will pay for mobilities of researchers only PERIDOT Franco-Pakistani Hubert Curien Partnership (PHC) Program Projects are invited in the following priority fields only Health, Energy, Climate Change, Human & Social Sciences, Water Deadline date for submission of research proposals is 16th November 2018 http://www.hec.gov.pk/…/…/faculty/peridot/Pages/default.aspx

Call For Proposals 2018 A joint Initiative of Higher Education Commission & Punjab Environment Protection Department Theme : Solution for Winter SMOG 1. Application form may be downloaded from HEC website: http://hec.gov.pk/…/ser…/faculty/PBAIRP/Pages/Downloads.aspx 2. Deadline : 15 January 2018

In order to raise the awareness about Technology Development Fund, the TDF team of R&D HEC is going to arrange seminar in different cities.

NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR UNIVERSITIES Deadline Extended till October 31, 2017

1. Kindly submit your research proposals online through HEC web portal http://eportal.hec.gov.pk on or before October 20, 2017. 2. Please submit your proposals online before deadline and also send hard-copy to the Director ORIC , Prof Dr. Ataul Aziz Ikram, EPIC LAB 213 (EE) , FAST NU Islamabad Brohi Road, Sector H-11/4, Islamabad (44000) Pakistan. 3. Please visit HEC & ORIC webpage regularly for the latest updates or contact ORIC team http://www.nu.edu.pk/Oric/Annoucements http://hec.gov.pk/…/universiti…/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx

1. Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Scientific & Technological Enterprises is organizing a contest ​for SCO countries (including Pakistan)​ which will be held in 2018. ​FAST NU is amongst those Pakistani universities that have been invited to submit proposals under following themes:-​ Themes: 1) Information Technology 2) Cyber Security 3) Smart Monitoring 4) Cross border e-commerce 5) Satellite Application The selected teams will be contesting in Beijing in 2018. 2. The TORs with template of Business Proposal, Registration Page and Registration Form are attached for your guidance. All campuses are requested to widely circulate. 3. Important Web Links For Information http://www.pcst.org.pk/yiec.php For Registration http://en.volinplatform.com/ 4. To ensure timely submittal to the concerned stakeholders at Pakistan Science Foundation, You are requested to submit Proposals of your Faculty members / Students (in HARD & SOFT forms) as per given requirements / pre-requisites latest by November 13, 2017 please. 5. Schedule of the Contest(Important Dates): Registration, Proposal Submission: Dec 1st, 2017 Submittal of Supporting/Additional documents and Q&A: Dec 31st, 2017 Online Preliminary Contest: 1st Quarter of 2018 BEIJING FINAL CONTEST: 2nd Quarter of 2018

P@SHA ICT Awards 2017: Now Accepting Applications for Fintech Innovation: http://pashaictawards.com/special-award-category-fintech-i…/

Ignite – National Technology Fund (Formerly National ICT R&D Fund) Company, focused on fourth industrial wave tech and on ecosystem development initiatives to fulfill its mission of creating a knowledge economy in Pakistan. Ignite invites proposals from qualified licensed/registered legal entities to provide services of testing agency. Interested entities should be on Active Taxpayers List (ATL) of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) with professional management team and prior relevant experience as mentioned in the RFP document. RFP document containing details can also be downloaded from www.ppra.org.pk Proposal in sealed envelope, clearly mentioning the name of RFP on top must reach at the address given below by 1500 hrs on 16 October 2017. Proposals will be opened on the same day in the presence of bidders/authorized representatives at the same address.

The Talented Young Scientist Program (TYSP hereinafter) supports talented young scientists, scholars and researchers from Afro-Asian countries to work in Chinese research institutes, universities or enterprises. TYSP aims to promote communication among Afro-Asian science and technology talents, nurture young science and technology leaders, and foster long-term international cooperation among research institutes, universities and enterprises in Afro-Asian countries. Click Here for more information : http://www.tysp.org/English/Details/d6145a24-c766-4f17-b2cf-d60ffff35b1e#a1

3RD ASIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (AIC 2017) : http://www.utm.my/asia/

UBL is partnering with P@SHA ICT Awards 2017 to add a Special Award Category of ‘Fintech Innovation”. The winner of this category will get a cash prize of PKR 500,000/- and a chance to work with UBL to strengthen their solution. This category seeks applicants who are working on innovative solutions that enhance the experience of banking customers, grow access of banking products or improve internal processes of financial institutions for better serving their customer demands. http://pashaictawards.com/special-award-category-fintech-innovation/

Call for NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITIES 2017 Apply online: http://eportal.hec.gov.pk/ Last Date= Oct 18, 2017 http://hec.gov.pk/…/universiti…/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx

HEC has invited joint proposals from academia and industry under "Technology Development Fund". As per HEC's instruction, all proposals should go through ORIC office only. It's therefore requested to submit your research proposals on prescribed forms (available at HEC website) to Riphah's ORIC latest by November 05, 2017. For details, please visit http://hec.gov.pk/site/tdf HEC Deadline: November 15, 2017

AIOU ORIC is organizing an event titled as "Project Start-ups & Carrers EXPO (PSCE)" for students

http://www.psf.gov.pk/call-for-proposals-nsfc-2017.aspx

DICE 2017 Mega Innovation and Entrepreneurship Event in collaboration with British Council & PCST

Funding opportunities for research cooperation projects between China and Pakistan.The deadline is 28th July 2017

A group of students of Electrical Engineering from FAST Islamabad presented their product at Jumpstart at Bahria University on 11 May, 2017.

Director Oric Dr. Ataul Aziz Ikram & Manager ORIC Mr. M. Aatif Saif With Faculty Member Of FSM Attended Entrepreneurial Meeting Workshop By Dr. Terence at WCCI , Islamabad on 15 May 2017. Terence D. Jackson is a highly accomplished senior executive with 25+ years of progressive leadership experience in sales, marketing, operations management, and business consulting with startups and fortune 500 companies.

Telenor Velocity Visited FAST BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTER (BIC) ON 17 MAY 2017 to meet Start-Ups

ORIC-Professional Development, COMSATS, is organizing a one day workshop on Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS, on 11th May, 2017, at CIIT Islamabad Campus.

FDC 2017 is inviting startups from all over the pakistan to pitch their most innovatiive ideas form the FinTech space

To conduct client oriented and solution driven research, CAS has successfully funded two rounds of research grants to researchers across Pakistan. Kindly encourage your faculty to apply for these grants. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2017. Application form and related information are available on website http://uspcasafs.uaf.edu.pk/Grants.aspx

The entrepreneurship Connection, entrepreneurship educators’ meetup was a brainstorming session in which innovation, ecosystem and how to develop entrepreneurship mind set of student was the basic agenda of discussion. This meetup was arranged by Mr. Sarfraz Ali Kiyani with the support of FAST-NU University Islamabad. Dr. Ayub Siddiqui, Dr. Atta ul Aziz (Director ORIC) and ORIC department played its part to make this meetup possible and lead it to a meaningful conclusion.

1- ICTR&D Research Funding Opportunities Speaker: Mr. Ali Iqbal (ICTR&D) 10:00am-11:30am 2- Introduction to Big Data Speaker: Ms. Rabia Pervez (Teradata) 2:00pm-2:45pm

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨Congratulations! ✨✨✨✨✨✨ The research paper titled “Ensemble of Texture and Deep Learning Features for finding abnormalities in the Gastro-Intestinal Tract” has been nominated for the Best Regular Paper Award of the ICCCI 2018 conference (http://www.iccci2018.org/). Authors of the paper are: Syed Sadiq Ali Naqvi, Shees Nadeem, Muhammad Zaid, Muhammad Atif Tahir This work was part of the FYP project. The gold medalist from batch 2014 is the 1st author. Dr. Muhammad Atif Tahir, Professor computer science department will present this paper at ICCCI 2018 conference to be held on 5th -7th 2018 September, Bristol, UK.
EnsembleofTextureFeaturesforfindingabnormalitiesinthe Gastro-IntestinalTract.pdf

ENGAGING RESEARCH INSTITUTES/FIRMS/CENTRES/THINK TANKS/UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH STUDIES ROUND-II
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zrieli Global Scholars program provides funding and support to help scholars build their network and develop essential skills to become the next generation of research leaders. Researchers within five years of their first academic appointment from anywhere in the world are eligible to apply. CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars remain at their home institution and country throughout their two-year term. The candidates receive $100,000 (CAD) in unrestricted research support - posted on - Trialect . We are reaching out to see if your faculty members are interested (Post-docs can't apply). The details can be perused at: Azrieli Global Scholars Program https://trialect.com/10013/display?utm_source=SendInblue&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Azrieli%20Global%20Scholars%20Program%20on%20Trialect

E-Commerece Platform - growth, opportunity and Pakistan's consumer base
nescom.pdf

Call For Proposals 2018 A joint Initiative of Higher Education Commission & Punjab Environment Protection Department Theme : Solution for Winter SMOG 1. Application form may be downloaded from HEC website: http://hec.gov.pk/…/ser…/faculty/PBAIRP/Pages/Downloads.aspx 2. Deadline : 15 January 2018

http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Documents/NRPU%202017.pdf http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/NRPU-Policy-Points.aspx

1. Kindly submit your research proposals online through HEC web portal http://eportal.hec.gov.pk on or before October 20, 2017. 2. Please submit your proposals online before deadline and also send hard-copy to the Director ORIC , Prof Dr. Ataul Aziz Ikram, EPIC LAB 213 (EE) , FAST NU Islamabad Brohi Road, Sector H-11/4, Islamabad (44000) Pakistan. 3. Please visit HEC & ORIC webpage regularly for the latest updates or contact ORIC team http://www.nu.edu.pk/Oric/Annoucements http://hec.gov.pk/…/universiti…/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx

1. Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Scientific & Technological Enterprises is organizing a contest ​for SCO countries (including Pakistan)​ which will be held in 2018. ​FAST NU is amongst those Pakistani universities that have been invited to submit proposals under following themes:-​ Themes: 1) Information Technology 2) Cyber Security 3) Smart Monitoring 4) Cross border e-commerce 5) Satellite Application The selected teams will be contesting in Beijing in 2018. 2. The TORs with template of Business Proposal, Registration Page and Registration Form are attached for your guidance. All campuses are requested to widely circulate. 3. Important Web Links For Information http://www.pcst.org.pk/yiec.php For Registration http://en.volinplatform.com/ 4. To ensure timely submittal to the concerned stakeholders at Pakistan Science Foundation, You are requested to submit Proposals of your Faculty members / Students (in HARD & SOFT forms) as per given requirements / pre-requisites latest by November 13, 2017 please. 5. Schedule of the Contest(Important Dates): Registration, Proposal Submission: Dec 1st, 2017 Submittal of Supporting/Additional documents and Q&A: Dec 31st, 2017 Online Preliminary Contest: 1st Quarter of 2018 BEIJING FINAL CONTEST: 2nd Quarter of 2018

UBL is partnering with P@SHA ICT Awards 2017 to add a Special Award Category of ‘Fintech Innovation”. The winner of this category will get a cash prize of PKR 500,000/- and a chance to work with UBL to strengthen their solution. This category seeks applicants who are working on innovative solutions that enhance the experience of banking customers, grow access of banking products or improve internal processes of financial institutions for better serving their customer demands. http://pashaictawards.com/special-award-category-fintech-i…/

Call for NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITIES 2017 Apply online: http://eportal.hec.gov.pk/ Last Date= Oct 18, 2017 http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu/Pages/Introduction.aspx

FAST NU Business Incubation Centre (BIC)- Business Plan Template
FAST NU Business Plan Template.pdf

Application Proforma for applying in FAST NU Business Incubation Program
FAST NU - BIC Application Proforma.pdf

FAST NU Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Guidelines
Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Guidelines.pdf

FAST NU Business Incubation Program 2017 -18 Schedule for 2nd Cohort
FAST NU Business Incubation Program 2017 -18- Schedule 2nd Cohort.pdf

HEC has invited joint proposals from academia and industry under "Technology Development Fund". As per HEC's instruction, all proposals should go through ORIC office only. It's therefore requested to submit your research proposals on prescribed forms (available at HEC website) to Riphah's ORIC latest by November 05, 2017. For details, please visit http://hec.gov.pk/site/tdf HEC Deadline: November 15, 2017
Click here for details.pdf

International conference on Biotechnology , Challenges & Opportunities in Pakistan on 11 to 12 October 2017 at LGU , Lahore Pakistan
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AIOU ORIC is organizing an event titled as "Project Start-ups & Carrers EXPO (PSCE)" for students
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Call for Research Proposals under Pak-Turk Researcher's Mobility Grant Program
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Foster Innovation &Entrepreneurship culture in the country. Make it a part of nation’s DNA. Use Innovation as a tool to generate wealth for the nation.
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JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS BETWEEN PAKISTAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CHINA. DEADLINE : 28th July 2017
JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROPOSAL Between China and Pakistan (1).doc
Collaborative Research Agreement (1).doc

ORIC-Professional Development, COMSATS, is organizing a one day workshop on Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS, on 11th May, 2017, at CIIT Islamabad Campus
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FDC 2017 is inviting startups from all over the pakistan to pitch their most innovatiive ideas form the FinTech space. please visit: http://epaper.dawn.com/Advt.php?StoryImage=23_04_2017_016_005
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The University of Lahore is organizing International Symposium on Wireless System and Networks (ISWSN' 17) under the umbrella of its Department of Electrical Engineering during 19th to 22nd November, 2017 at its Defense Road Campus , Lahore.
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ORIC invite FAST NU BIC incubates and students to attend workshop on entrepreneurship that would be held on 12 April 2017 at MEDC Lecture Hall at 1:45 PM

FAST NU ORIC showcase FAST NU alumni entrepreneurs over the website and also invite them as mentors to the incubates. For sharing the success story please fill in google form https://docs.google.com/a/nu.edu.pk/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNWm_A09m3vU_juRu9BDhPX4A5fkEy3dwmHPO8wfxUaFf4fg/viewform

To conduct client oriented and solution driven research, CAS has successfully funded two rounds of research grants to researchers across Pakistan. Kindly encourage your faculty to apply for these grants. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2017. Application form and related information are available on website http://uspcasafs.uaf.edu.pk/Grants.aspx

Seeing the interest and enthusiasm of FAST Alumni & Students, the Management has extended the date for submission of application form and business plan till 28- February-2017. Application form along with Business plan should be submitted both in (hard and soft copy) at following Mailing Address EPIC LAB 213 (Electrical Engineering Department), FAST NU Islamabad Brohi Road, Sector H-11/4, Islamabad (44000) Pakistan, email: bic@nu.edu.pk Contact no # 0333-5203117
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FAST Alumni & students fill in the Application form with your business Plan by 16th February 2017. Application form along with Business plan should be submitted both in hard and soft form Mailing Address: EPIC LAB 213, FAST NU Islamabad Brohi Road, Sector H-11/4, Islamabad (44000) Pakistan, bic@nu.edu.pk
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12th National Design, Build and Fly competition (DBFC-12) scheduled on April 21-23, 2017
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Belarusian State Technology University, Minsk is willing for collaboration with Pakistani institutions and introduction of their innovative prjects in the field of science and technolgy taransfer to Pakistan. Please send your porposals on: iac.transfer.by@gmail.com. Developments of the university can be found on: www.belstu.by
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