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Local Challenge Fund (LCF)

About LCF
The Local Challenge Fund (LCF) is a competitive research grant that supports a portfolio of projects having proposed
research ideas for possible solutions to local core issues identified by a university with the help of provincial
government and local research centres. As appropriate, researchers may form consortia with other universities, and
may include private sector participants although grant funding must be used for university-based team members.
Proposals must clearly describe the skills and research strengths that each investigator brings to the research, and the
benefit to the host institution.

Key Objectives Key Features


The funding under this programme is based on the Following are the key features of the programme:
following main objectives: Ÿ Expected Number of Grants: 15 per year
Ÿ To support cross-disciplinary research projects that Ÿ Maximum Project Duration: Three years
address any of the 17 SDGs at district level Ÿ Individual Grant Value: Rs. 7.5-100 million
Ÿ To strengthen the local university research capacity to Ÿ Principal Investigators are encouraged to seek co- and
contribute to the research mission of host institution in complementary financing from other sources.
solving local issues.
Who can Apply
Local Challenge Fund (LCF) proposals will be written by
university faculty members from higher education institutions
(as specified by HEC in the Call for Proposals).

The eligibility criteria for the LCF grant is as follows: What Do We Fund
Ÿ Lead Principal Investigators (PIs) must
The LCF grant awards will be made to the host higher education
Be a university faculty members of higher education institution of the lead Principal Investigator. The project budget
institutions (Public or Private) can finance the following activities:
Ÿ Project Team may include
Be a consortia of faculty members from multiple university Ÿ Salaries for PI and co-PIs based on the amount of time
departments and/or multiple universities spent on the project
Private sector participants ( No financial transactions will Ÿ Stipends for Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral Students, and
be made to private collaborators) Postdoctoral Scholars to conduct the research proposed
Ÿ Travel to national and international conferences/
Proposal Submission Stages Ÿ
workshop/symposium to present research results obtained
Equipment purchase and maintenance of appropriate,
Ÿ Applications can be submitted in response to a call for approved equipment to conduct the research proposed.
proposal Ÿ Purchase of research supplies necessary to conduct the
Ÿ Submission must be made to the HEC online portal research proposed
according to the guidelines provided in the call for Ÿ Processing fee for open access journals for disseminating
proposals. result obtained
Project Outline Submission
The purpose of the Project Outline is to ensure that
submitted proposals are:
Ÿ eligible for the competition
Research & Development
Ÿ respond to the thematic priority areas as described in the Division (R&D)
Call for Proposals
Full Proposal Submission The R&D Division of HEC is playing a pivotal role in
Full Proposals will only be accepted from those Principal promotion of qualitative research culture in the HEIs, helping
Investigators who are invited to submit a full Proposal address the significant societal issues and boost internationally
following the evaluation of a submitted Project Outline. compatible research for a sustainable and progressive research
ecosystem in the country.

Major R&D Activities


What is the Evaluation Process Ÿ Travel Grants
The LCF awards are made through an open, rigorous, Ÿ Seminar/Conference/Workshop Grants
transparent, competitive and merit-based process consistent Ÿ Office of Research, Innovation and
with international standards. Commercialisation(ORIC)
Ÿ Business Incubation Centres (BICs)
The Evaluation process consists of three sequential steps: Ÿ Industrial Liaison
Ÿ Project Outline Review
Ÿ International Linkages
For the Project Outline Review, an administrative review Ÿ Digital Resources
will be undertaken by the HEC to ensure that the Principal
Investigator and lead institution submitting each Project
Outline is eligible to submit a full proposal. Subsequent to
the administrative review, two independent external
evaluators will determine whether the proposed research
concept aligns with one of the priority thematic areas

Ÿ Full Proposal Desk Evaluation


Full Proposals will be grouped by thematic area and
assigned to a Panel for evaluation. Each Panel will be
composed of a team of experts - including international
academic leaders and subject matter experts – who will Upcoming Call
evaluate the written proposals. Each Full Proposal will be New call for proposals is tentatively
independently evaluated by at least two members of the
Panel, and additional reviews may be obtained by scheduled for Spring 2020
appropriate subject matter experts.
Research and Development Division
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
Sector H-9, Islamabad
UAN: 111-119-432
Email: info-r&d@hec.gov.pk
www.hec.gov.pk/site/LCF

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