ORIC, University of Balochistan in collaboration with UNDP organized an Awareness Session on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Orientation Session on Research Grant for Sustainable Development Goals (RG-SDGs) on Thursday, 22nd October 2020 at Main Auditorium, University of Balochistan.
- The orientation session and Awareness Session on SDGs incorporate the following:
- WHAT ARE THE SDGS?
- WHY THE SDGS MATTER TO UNIVERSITIES?
- ENGAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE SDG
- CAPACITY BUILDING AND OWNERSHIP OF THE SDGS
- IDENTIFY PRIORITIES, OPPORTUNITIES AND GAPS
- MAPPING UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SDGS
- TECHNOLOGY CREATION ALIGNED with SDGs ECONOMIC GROWTH
- RESEARCH GRANT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE
- COLLABORATIONS & NETWORKING
RESEARCH GRANT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (RG-SDGS)
Research Grant for Sustainable Development Goals RG-SDGs is supported by Planning & Development Department (P&DD), Government of Balochistan and UNDP under Balochistan SDGs Accelerated program as an innovative approach to accelerate progress on SDGs in Balochistan.
Research Grant for Sustainable Development Goals (RG-SDGs), is dedicated to create sustainable innovation centric research and development ecosystem, compatible to knowledge economy of Balochistan, Pakistan.
The main goals of RG-SDGs are much analogous to those of SDGs i.e., to
• Build and strengthen awareness and capacity among young researchers to contribute in achieving SDG agenda • Stimulate the development of analytical tools for solving SDG challenges
The RG-SDGS will be continued source to promote sustainable Science and Technology (S&T) development, entrepreneurship, commercialization, to strengthen departmental/institutional research laboratory, to enhance the capacity of research units within departments/institutes, capacity building and contributing to develop sustainable knowledge economy.
The RG-SDGS, promotes the view that only sustainable incremental innovative research can improve the research culture at UoB and Balochistan.
We encourage proposals that perform original research as well as leverage results of existing research to develop sustainable solutions for important industrial, commercial and social problems align with Sustainable Development Goals SDGs.
Funded proposals are expected to perform research and development that leads to innovation and resulting knowledge economy in the university as well as in the province.
RG-SDGS is intended to provide research grant to PhD and MPhil Research scholars/students of UoB where personal or departmental resources have been exhausted or deficient.
RG-SDGs funds will be provided to the registered graduate students and research group for research project which may incorporate two or more departments through new collaborative Initiative, creating sustainable entrepreneurial opportunities and exploring interdisciplinary domains, virtuously aligned with SDGs.