Assalaamu’alaykum waRahmatullahi waBarakatuh.

YBhg. Tan Sri / Datuk / Dato’ / Prof. / Assoc. Prof. / Dr. / Sir / Madam,

May this email reach you in the best of health and Iman by the grace of Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala.

We wish to inform you that the application for the KOED SIDEK BABA COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH GRANT 2024 has been extended until 30 September 2024.

OBJECTIVE

This is a community-based research project type of grant that is meant for KOED academic staff who have the expertise in a certain field to undertake a community-based project to help the community and industry to achieve capacity building attributed to the knowledge transfer by the experts (academician).

It is important that the academician who applied for this grant must already have the body of knowledge from previous research or project findings ready to be transferred to the community and industry concerned. Therefore, once the grant is awarded, the project leader and team are ready to execute the project for the beneficiary. The collaborator (community and industry) must have a genuine problem/issue in their organisation that requires intervention by an expert team to help them with capacity building.

The objectives of the proposal are as follows:

1)      to enhance the quantity and quality of research output from the Kulliyyah in terms of intellectual property and impactful research findings.

2)      to foster collaboration between the Kulliyyah and external parties (community and industry) that will lead to the exchange of ideas, resources, and expertise, which can enhance the quality and impact of research outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY

1)      Open to ALL KOED academic staff who are currently NOT Principal Investigators.

2)      Priority is given to those who never had the opportunity to be a Principal Investigator (PI).

3)      A minimum of one (1) co-researcher is required

4)      The applicant is NOT on study leave or secondment.

AMOUNT OF GRANT

The grant amount per project is up to a maximum of RM5,000.

DURATION

The duration of the project is 24 months.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested academic staff are kindly invited to apply for the grant via Research Management System Version 2 (RMSV2) under the KOED Sidek Baba Community-Based Research grant.

Applicants are required to get the Letter of Collaboration / Letter of Intent with the selected community and industry and upload the letter via RMSV2.

All decisions by the relevant bodies are final.

Kindly refer to the attachment for further details of the community grant.

For any inquiries, please email the Head of Research, KOED: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aishah Hanim Abd Karim (aishahanim@iium.edu.my).

We look forward to receiving your applications and we wish you all the best!

Thank You. Wassalam.

RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTRE