Report about Research Funding Program

Keeping in mind the importance of research activities, IBRICT has launched a Research Funding Programme. Research and Consultancy Committee IBRICT organized a session about its awareness under Dr. Anupriya. IBRICT has launched this internal funding programe to nurture Research Culture and Consultancy Services among the Faculty and Students to promote research culture. RCC Committee will have one chairperson and Coordinators from each department including IT, Business, Engineering and ELC. Coordinator will further arrange teams.

Six main research areas have been identified in the College’s Research Agenda for period 2017-2022. The areas are:

•  Minining and Mineral Resources
• Renewable Energy 
• Tourism in Mountain-desert Areas
• Agricultural Engineering & product Marketing 
• Transportation and Logistics
• Data Mining

The research proposal will be evaluated for a total score of 100 points. The deliberation of the points include the followings:

•  Scientific, academic, innovative or technical merit and competency- 50%
• Capacity building-20%
• Collaboration with other departmens of college or government organiations or outside agencies-10% 
• Interdisciplinary project-5% 
• Topics in college research agenda-10% 
• Prior Publication in related field-5%

Maximum limit for budget will be 1000 OMR for one project. Which shouldn’t contain more than 20% of the maximum limit for scholarly activities like attending workshops, seminars, conferences, and related travel expense.