Higher Education Commission

www.hec.gov.pk

Competitive Research Grants,
Research Support Grants,
Mobility Grants,
Research for Innovation Grants

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/GCF

Supports large, multisectoral, multidimensional research projects

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/LCF

Supports a portfolio of projects for possible solutions to local core issues identified by a university with the help of provincial government and local research centers

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/students/TDF

Telecommunication, Information and Technology/Computers,
Engineering Sciences, Management, Biotechnology and Allied fields, Material Sciences/Man Made Material (Nanotechnology), Robotics, Defense and Military needs

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/ICRG

Supports collaborative research between Pakistan and UK for cutting-edge research and innovation in emerging disciplines of knowledge

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/trgp

Supports research culture in sciences and social sciences

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/TTSF

Supports promising university technological research for development of products or services that are marketable and can generate positive cash flows.

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/RnD/RRIF

Development of Infectious Diseases Surveillance Systems, Disease Epidemiological Modelling, Treatment modalities and strategies etc

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/PBAIRP

Interdisciplinary applied research projects on a specific theme address​ing local issue/problem

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/HEC%20Outstanding%20Research%20Awards

Recognize and reward the achievements of Pakistani researchers/scholars for research, innovation and publication in all fields of study

Supports and funds university faculty working in Pakistan to go abroad or for researchers from technological advanced countries to come to Pakistan. Funding is for all research study areas

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/PTRG

Supports the mobility of graduate students and academic staff in the field of Energy Technologies, Food Technologies, Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Material Science, Smart Transportation Systems, Robots and Smart Systems

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/peridot

Environmental Sciences (including but not limiting to, Water, Climate Change, Pollution, Health, Energy (including but not limiting to, sustainable alternate energy), Human and Social Sciences

www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/nrpu

Supports basic and applied research as well as translational, experimental and transformative research

Pakistan Science Foundation

http://www.psf.gov.pk

Promotes and funds scientific and technological research and science popularization

http://www.psf.gov.pk/crp.aspx

Agriculture and Food Security, Livestock, Water and Soil, Engineering& Manufacturing Information and Communication Technology, Health Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemistry& Molecular Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment& Climate Change,

http://www.psf.gov.pk/nslp.aspx

Selected priority areas for collaboration may include, but are not limited to; Collection, Evaluation and Exchange of Germplasm, Plant Genomics, Plant Biotechnology, Stress Biology, Bio-Informatics, Application of Information Technology in Agriculture, Identification and Control of Animal/Plant Diseases, Dryland/Sustainable Agricultural Production System; Integrated Pest and Disease Management, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Agribusiness Development, Biophysics, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences.

http://www.psf.gov.pk/rndProg.aspx

Supports the research ideas that transfer the benefits of scientific research to common people through technology development and commercialization.

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Ministry of Science & Technology

http://www.most.gov.pk

Physical, Life Sciences, Medical, IT and Engineering

4

Ministry of Health

http://www.health.gov.pk

Biological and Medical sciences

5

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

http://www.parc.gov.pk

Agriculture and Biological Sciences

6

National Commission on Biotechnology/MoST

http://www.ncb.gov.pk          

Biotechnology

7

Pakistan Academy of Sciences

https://www.paspk.org/

Science, Technology and Innovation for Socio-economic development

8

Pakistan Health Research Council

http://phrc.org.pk/

Research Grants on the projects related to human health and disease

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TWAS-COMSTECH

www.twas.ictp.it/prog/grants/

Research Grants

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Research & Advocacy Fund

www.rafpakistan.org

Grants for research and effective advocacy practice in the area of maternal and newborn health in Pakistan

Welcome Trust

https://wellcome.ac.uk/

Supports research in the fields of: Biomedical science,
population health,
product development and applied research,
humanities and social science

The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD

https://www.daad.de/en/

Grants to Support the Initiation of International Collaboration

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/

Supports research in the fields of: Biomedical, health, humanities and social science

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

https://www.usaid.gov/

Channel the technical expertise of scientists and researchers to build local scientific capacity, empowering people with tools for change, and use the evidence from scientific research to drive new policies and programs.

The World Academy of Science (TWAS)

https://twas.org/

Agricultural Sciences; Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology; Biological Systems and Organisms; Medical and Health Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physics; Computing

National Science Foundation

https://www.nsf.gov/

Funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering

National Academy of Sciences

http://www.nasonline.org/

Physical, biological, and social sciences

European Research Council

https://erc.europa.eu/

Research grants in any scientific domain, including social sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary field

European Cooperation in Science and Technology

https://www.cost.eu/

Funds for organizing meetings, training schools, short term scientific missions or other networking activities in a wide range of scientific topics

National Human Genome Research Institute

https://www.genome.gov/

Research grants in the field of genomics and genetics

National Institute of Health

https://www.nih.gov/

Biomedical research

Department for International Development

http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development

Biomedical Research

Grand Challenges Canada

https://www.grandchallenges.ca/

Health Sciences

International Development Research Center

http://www.idrc.ca/

Funds to developing-country researchers through grants, fellowships, and awards.

Medical Research Council (MRC)             

https://mrc.ukri.org/funding/

Funds the research in the fields of Infections and immunity, Molecular and cellular medicine, Population and systems medicine, Neurosciences and mental health, Translation, Global health, Methodology, Public health

Academy of Finland

https://www.aka.fi/en

All scientific research areas

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/

Funds closely integrated, bilateral research projects

UK Research and Innovation

https://www.ukri.org/

Biological sciences
Humanitarian sciences

International Development Research Centre

https://www.idrc.ca/en

Offers grants, funding, and awards to researchers and institutions to find solutions for global development challenges

Spencer Foundation

https://www.spencer.org/

Multidisciplinary Research

Graham Foundation

http://www.grahamfoundation.org/

Multidisciplinary Research

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/

Multidisciplinary Research

American Heart Association

https://professional.heart.org

Research Partnership Programs