Introduction

Pakistan Program for Collaborative Research (PPCR) primarily targets the Faculty of Pakistani Universities and the Faculty Members and Researchers of Foreign Universities.  The experts from foreign universities will be involved in developing curriculum, updating laboratory techniques, and provide guidance to post graduates students in Pakistani universities. Community of foreign experts will be encouraged to develop joint-research programs with local faculty and to provide expertise for the overall development of concerned departments.

Innovative support and encouragement of collaborative research between faculty at Pakistani Universities/Institutions and those abroad, through PPCR research program, will also support the faculty and students at Pakistani Universities. Such foreign visits will also be very useful for Pakistani researcher to conduct certain short experiments/analysis during the research projects which would not be possible to perform in the local institution.

Under PPCR, grant is extended to scholars for short-term visits to the foreign institution taking up joint research studies. Such visits help develop joint research proposals, ready for submission to foreign/international funding agencies. This program also provides the opportunity to foster collaboration between the universities/DAI’s and the academics abroad to advance research, higher education and high tech industry in Pakistan.