Annual Report 2008-09.pdf - Higher Education Commission

Partial Support for PhD
Studies Abroad
“Partial Support Sponsorship for PhD Studies
Abroad”, approved in September 2004 envisages
to provide financial assistance to final year PhD
scholars who are studying abroad. A total of 47
scholars were selected under the programme, 20
of whom were faculty members. Realizing the
success of the programme and acute shortage of
highly qualified faculty, on the proposal of HEC,
DDWP approved second and third phases of the
programme.
The Project provides financial support of
which ranges from US $ 9000/- to US $ 15000/-
to Pakistani scholars, with preference to faculty
members of public-sector universities/degree
awarding institutions/R&D organizations, who are
in the final stages of completion of their PhD
studies abroad and need partial support (e.g.
tuition, thesis evaluation/submission fee, living
expenditure etc) without which their PhD degree
programme will remain incomplete. Such an
initiative has helped to establish long term
research collaboration between Pakistani and
foreign universities.
Progress in FY 2008-09
Total number of scholarships awarded
Previous scholars who returned after completing PhD
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Provision of Higher Education
Opportunities for the Students
of Balochistan and FATA
The Project was approved by the ECNEC in
October, 2007. The Project will provide
educational opportunities to students belonging
to Balochistan and FATA and will enhance
participation rate at different levels of education.
It will also provide opportunities to the talented
students coming from marginalized areas. It is
expected that the project will ensure a micro and
macro economic change and social uplift of the
area.
Quantitative Targets for (2010 Scholarships):
1300 Scholarships for Undergraduate
Studies (4-year programme)
700 Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies
(2-year programme)
10 PhD scholarships for journalists
belonging to FATA
These scholarships are distributed with a ratio of
60:40 for Balochistan and FATA respectively.
Batch-I
Since faculty members of public sector
universities are given preference, most of the
awards (56 percent) have been awarded to this
category of applicants. The details are shown by
the pie chart below:
Foundation Course
A crash programme was arranged for Batch-I
(2008-09). A total of 2322 applications were
received for one-week foundation course, out of
140 candidates were selected.
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