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External research grant incentives scheme

 

Aim

To encourage academic staff of Curtin Sarawak Malaysia to write research proposals and win research grants from external agencies.

To recognise the contributions of the staff in obtaining research grants.

 

  • Introduction
    The achievement in attracting external research funding is often used as a benchmark in the evaluation and ranking of universities. The competition for external research grants is always keen and highly competitive. The success of research grant applications is often based on the quality, relevance and the scholastic content of the research proposals. Therefore, research project proposals should be of very high quality.
  • External research grant incentives scheme

  • Curtin Sarawak Malaysia has established an incentive scheme to encourage and motivate its researchers to prepare quality research proposals and win research grants from external funding agencies. The financial incentive is based on the value of the total research grant obtained from the external agencies. The details of the research grant incentive, the disbursement of the incentive and the terms and conditions are explained herein.

  • Amount of Incentive

The financial incentive based on the total research grant obtained is shown in the following Table.

Amount of Research Grant Awarded (RM) Incentive Provided, % of the Total Award
300,000 - 499,999 1.00% (RM 3,000 - 5,000)
500,000 - 999,999 1.25% (RM 6,250 - 12,500)
1,000,000 - 1,999,999 1.50% (RM 15,000 - 30,000)
2,000,000 - 2,999,999 1.75% (RM 35,000 - 52,499)
3,000,000 - 4,999,999 2.00% (RM 60,000 -100,000)
Above 5 million 2.25% (RM 112,500)

 

Incentive Disbursement Scheme

a. Award to the research project
The incentive is to be awarded to the sole proposer or shared by a group of proposers. However, the sharing scheme of the incentive among the proposers is to be discussed and mutually agreed to by the proposers.

 

b. Disbursement scheme:
The incentive is disbursed in three (3) stages as outlined in the following Table.

Stage of research project Percentage of Incentive Disbursement
Stage 1:
when the grant is approved and officially awarded		 10%
Stage 2:
Research project has reached 50% completion of the milestone of the project		 20%
Stage 3:
Completion of the milestone of the project and with the submission of reports to the R&D Director of Curtin Sarawak and to the external granting agency, including 2 publications submitted to refereed journals.		 70%

 

Terms and Conditions for Receiving the Incentive

  1. a. Wining an external grant of at least more than RM 300,000.
  2. b. If the proposer resigns prior to the completion of the research project, the proposer shall not be entitled to receive any further incentive     from CSM with respect to the grant.
  3. c. The proposer must undertake any liability, even if the proposer has resigned from CSM employment, arising from non-performance.