Service type
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Research Project Support Request
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Service description
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Requesting support and fund from the budget of Applied Sciences Colleges for proposed research projects at colleges. There are two types of proposed research projects :
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Whenever the value of the project does not exceed 1000 (one thousand) Omani Rials, it shall be approved based on the recommendations of the Scientific Research Department at the College.
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Whenever the value of the research project exceeds 1000 (one thousand) Omani Rials, it shall be approved based on the recommendations of the Scientific Research Committee at the Ministry.
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Target groups
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Faculty members and research groups
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Service procedures
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Support requests are submitted and decided upon as follows:
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The concerned parties shall submit their support request, using the template set by the Ministry for this purpose, to the Head of Department to which they belong so that he/she may forward it to the Department.
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The Department shall study the request and forward it to the Assistant Dean so that he/she may give his/her opinion and then pass it on to the Dean accompanied by his/her recommendations so that the College Dean may take a decision. When the support fund exceeds 1000 (one thousand) Omani Rials, the Dean refers the request and an attachment with his views to the Committee.
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The Committee shall study the request and make recommendations in regard to the matter before forwarding it to the Undersecretary for the final decision.
In all cases, for a support request to be accepted, the research may not have already received funding from any governmental or private entity.
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Target areas
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Forms
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Template of Research Project Support Request (PDF)
Template of the contract (PDF)
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Implementing entity
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Scientific Research Departments at Applied Sciences Colleges
Scientific Research Committee at Directorate General of Colleges of Applied Sciences
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Time to provide service
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It depends on the date of holding Scientific Research Committee meeting
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Definitions
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Scientific Research:
Organized activities in different areas of science and/or humanities with a view to producing new knowledge by following specific scientific methods. This also includes applied, academic, and developmental research, including those resulting in innovations.
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Regulations and conditions regulating the procedure
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Bylaw Regulating Scientific Research in Colleges of Applied Sciences issued by the Ministerial Decree No. (38/2016)
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