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The ISESCO Centre for Promotion of Scientific Research (ICPSR) grant program is designed to give researchers an opportunity to gain experience in their academic field by working as a Research Assistant on a faculty member’s research project or on their own project under the close guidance of academic institution or scientific research center. These grants are intended to help in preparing researchers to undertake their own future research projects and to provide supplemental financial assistance. Grants are provided in the following fields of research:
[1] Nanotechnology
[2] Health biotechnology
[3] Information and communication technologies
[4] Agricultural Biotechnology
[5] Engineering Sciences
[6] Biological Sciences
[7] Frontier Areas of Science and Technology
[8] Medicinal Plants
[9] Applied Sciences
Eligibility Criteria:
[1] Applicants should be national resident of OIC member states
[2] should hold a PhD in the field in which the grant is requested.
[3] Researchers should hold a position in a public sector, university or public research institution where projects are proposed.
[4] The grants are given to young outstanding scientists under the age of 40 years from OIC member states where basic tools of research are seriously lacking. The selection process is competitive.
ICPSR program managers will review and evaluate each joint application and consider whether the researcher will be appropriately supervised and has the personal commitment to gain academically and become better prepared to undertake their own research in the future through this project and the mentoring of the Faculty or research institutions. Researchers and their institutions will be notified about the final selection decisions. funding Researchers are awarded a maximum amount of$10,000, which is normally provided for a period of two years. Requests for additional grants to allow the extension of a successful project will be considered by ISESCO, subject to the condition that ISESCO program managers approve a satisfactory final report on the previous grant. What you need to know about ICPSR
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