October 26, 2021

ISLAMABAD – The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited research proposals from faculty members of Pakistani Public and Private sector Universities, in collaboration with the French counterparts, for funding under the Pak-France PERIDOT Research Programme.
According to Official Sources from Research & Development Division HEC on Monday, PERIDOT is the Franco-Pakistani Hubert Curien Partnership (PHC) Programme providing opportunities to Pakistani and French researchers to interact for joint research activities.
The objective of this program is to develop new scientific and technological cooperation between French and Pakistani higher education institutions/research laboratories by supporting the mobility of researchers from both sides, they added. Sharing the details of the key features of the project, the sources told that the expected number of grants is up to 5 per year, while the maximum project duration is 03 years.