Research Directorate

Office of the Rector

Kirtipur, Kathmandu

Research Grants:

The Directorate has started providing different types of research grants. These include

1. Small research grants: One of the key research initiatives of the Directorate is the research capacity building of young and newly introduced faculty members and staff at TU by awarding small research grants each year since its establishment. The number and the amount of the grant are determined by the working committee of RCDC. Over time, these numbers have been gradually increasing to adapt the changing scenario. Since Year 2079/80, the amount of this grant has increased from fifty thousand (NPR 50,000) to two hundred thousand rupees (NPR, 200000) for thirty researchers.

2. National Priority Area Research (NPAR) Grants: The NPAR grant has four categories ranging from one million to ten million per project. It is one of the most important grant types introduced in the fiscal year 2077/78. This grant is managed from the research fund of the Government through University Grants Commission, Nepal. This grant aims to carry out high-quality research in the priority areas of the government as specified in the current Five-Year Plan and other policies. It aims to carry out high-quality research and publication and evidence-based policy feedback to the government. There are four different categories

  1. Emerging Faculty Research Grant (EFRG): The grant amounts are one million rupees (NPR 10,00000)
  2. Major Research Grant (MRG): Two million rupees (NPR 20,00000)
  3. Excellence Research Grant (ERG): Five million rupees (NPR 50,00000)
  4. Innovative Research Grant (IRG): Ten million rupees (NPR 100,00000)

3. Research Endowment Fund: For the first time in the history of TU, an initiative has been launched in the form of a Collaborative and Thesis/Dissertation Grant under the Research Endowment Fund generated from the interest accrued on fixed deposits. It aims to promote high-level academic research and interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research to address national priority research issues in the country. Under the Research Endowment Fund, the Directorate started to award two types of research grants, namely Collaborative Research and Thesis/Dissertation Research Grants. This covers masters, PhD, and M Phil Degrees. This project is part of yearly research program that TU faculty and students can participate.