german pakistani research collaboration call for proposal

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DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austausch DienstGerman Academic Exchange ServiceCall for Proposals 2011/12

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German-Pakistani Research Collaborations

Objectives The DAAD has set itself the goal of promoting collaboration betweenGerman and Pakistani universities in the fields of research and teach-ing. The aim, in particular, is to consolidate scientific exchange betweenformer Pakistani scholarship holders and their German host universi-ties, and to support new joint projects.

Thanks to an extensive DAAD managed scholarship programme of thePakistani Higher Education Commission (HEC), more than 50 youngPakistani researchers have been able to complete their doctorates at aGerman university and now contribute their expertise to teaching and

research at Pakistani universities.

The former scholarship holders, who have established positive andintensive bonds with their German host universities, are ideal partnersfor future projects in the German-Pakistani university collaboration. Therequest for funding in order to establish such projects, expressed byrepresentatives of German universities and the HEC, is now being metby the "German-Pakistani Research Collaboration Programme".

The objective of the "German-Pakistani Research Collaboration Pro-gramme" is to establish long-term and sustainable research projectsjointly implemented by German and Pakistani universities

- in selected research fields with an unequivocal impact on

teaching;- with clear points of reference on current questions regarding

Pakistan's economic, ecological and socio-economic develop-ment;

- with a special focus on continuing training and specialisation ofyoung scientists;

- to the mutual benefit of all institutions involved.

The following topics will be given priority:

- Water Resources Management,

- Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency,

- Agricultural Sciences, and

- Social Sciences.

Research projects from other disciplines are also eligible for funding, ifsubmitted with sound and conclusive concepts which can be expectedto have a sustainable impact on the research collaboration betweenPakistan and Germany.

Target groups The call for proposals targets departments and institutes at Germanuniversities as well as university faculty with an interest in long-termand sustainable research collaboration with Pakistani partner universi-

ties on the above-specified topics.


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Who can apply? Applications have to be submitted by departments or institutes of Ger-man universities or German university faculty which/who

are already collaborating with universities in Pakistan, or

are prepared to establish such ties in due course, (docu-mented by a letter of intent signed by both sides), and

are aiming to integrate young scientists holding a GermanPhD into the collaborative project.

What can be funded? Research projects are eligible for funding if they correspond with theabove-mentioned objective and are clearly defined within this scope.

With regard to the research partners in Pakistan, alumni of Germanuniversities, who obtained their PhD within the last five years, should begiven priority.

To qualify for the programme, the applicant must present a concrete,high-quality research project on which the partners from both countriesintend to work together in a complementary way. It is not enough toconcentrate on scientific questions of general nature.

Within each project, the following measures can be funded:

individual study and research stays (including field research) ofup to 2 months;

exchange of student groups and doctoral student groups to par-ticipate in joint scientific events and to carry out test series andtrials;

subject-related scientific events: conferences, seminars, work-shops;

equipment donation (minor equipment, e.g. laboratory equip-ment) for the department of the Pakistani project partner of upto 10,000 for the whole funding term of the research project.

Funding volume and

funding term

The funding for a research project is designed for 3 years, although the

initial grant is limited to 2 years.The maximum funding volume per application is 30,000 in 2011 and 40,000 for the following years.

The research project's funding can begin from August 2011 and is to bemanaged in the form of a grant agreement concluded between theDAAD and the German university.

Approval for the second and, possibly, third project year is subject tothe DAAD having received the corresponding budgetary resources fromits sponsor.


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Application process The German university must submit a complete online application viathe DAAD-Portal (https://portal.daad.de).

The application must be drawn up in agreement with the Pakistani pro-ject partner/s. The project description must be signed by the GermanAND the Pakistani project coordinators and must be written in English.

Application deadline The application deadline is 24 June 2011.

Selection Process andCriteria

A Selection Committee appointed by the Executive Board of the DAADdecides on applications and the level of funding. The Selection Commit-tee is made up of scientists from various disciplines with particular ex-perience in collaborating with developing countries.

Applications are assessed on the basis of formal criteria and content,whereby particular significance attaches to the development policy rele-vance. The criteria derive from the programme's specified objec-tives.

The main selection criteria are:

the project's quality (in particular, the clarity of the project goalsand methodology);

the project's scientific status (the topic's current relevance and

the project's degree of innovation);

development policy relevance;

project-relevant competence on the part of both researchgroups;

inclusion of young scientists, in particular alumni of Germanuniversities;

the research project's feasibility (in particular in the temporaldimension).

Sustainable effects arising from the collaboration project, which extendbeyond the funding period, should be recognisable.

Contact and furtherinformation

DAAD Information Center

Ursula Saarbeck

[email protected]

Tel: ++92 (0)51 26 56 382

Note:

- Applications can ONLY be submitted by the German partner.

- The DAAD is not in the position to find collaboration partnersin Germany
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