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Annexure III

Best Practice

1. Title :- Mentoring faculty members for developing viable research proposals.

2. Objective :-
To encourage and guide the faculty members to conceptualize, prepare and present a
financially and technically/scientifically viable proposal before being submitted to funding
bodies.

3. Context :-
While the research funding opportunities in India are increasing, a parallel intensification has
been observed in the drive to fund research proposals promising innovation, quality,
relevance and viability, across various domains of science and technology. Owing to the
increasing competition and resource accessibility, translating a research project from
‘proposed’ state to ‘recommended for funding’ state requires sincere efforts right from
identifying thrust research area to conceiving financially and technically relevant yet viable
objectives to drafting a comprehensive proposal.

With this realization, CHARUSAT incepted a review committee consisting of
technical/scientific and financial experts, who primarily reviews the proposals to be submitted
by all faculty members across the university and facilitates the development of a competitive
research proposal. Chiefly, this practice was commenced to propel research initiatives taken
up by faculties at the beginners’ level and help them convert their research idea/plan into a
successfully funded project at university/state/national/ industrial level.

4. The Practice :-
 Faculty members from all the constituent institutes of the University primarily are
encouraged to draft a proposal and submit through proper channel to the review
committee.

 A proposal presentation is scheduled as and when required. The principal investigator
(PI) and co-investigators (if any) are requested to present their proposal to the
committee members. The review committee may additionally include an external
domain expert if required.
 The committee may also take up special review sessions for specific schemes being
launched from time to time with prior notice, depending on the request received.

 After due interaction with the PI, the proposal is evaluated with respect to technical
content, financial details and feasibility of execution within proposed duration,
availability of appropriate infrastructure and expertise.

 Necessary revisions are communicated to the investigators and after successful
compliance of the same, the committee endorses the proposal as suitable for
submission to relevant funding agency.

5. Evidence of Success :-
 Overall quality of the proposals, received for review has improved.
 Proportion of research project proposals translating into funded projects shows an
increased trend.
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