PCSIR to provide funds to research institutions for instrumental access.

ISLAMABAD -- In order to promote research culture in the country, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) has announced the provision of financial support to the research entities in the country for instrumental access under a development programme 'Data Repository of Scientific Instrumentation'.

According to an official source, the objectives behind this initiative include providing funds for instrumental access to the research institutions, universities, Research and Development organizations and strategic research centers of Pakistan to carry out sample analysis.

This would also facilitate faculty and research staff of newly developed as well as existing institutions that lack the scientific instrumental facility for conducting their research and create an online database of scientific instruments available in research centers, institutes and industries of Pakistan.

Research scholars, students of M.Sc/MS/M.Phil/Ph.D or equivalent in the field of Natural/Applied Sciences enrolled in a public or private university recognized by the Higher Education Commission and researchers working in Research and Development organizations can benefit from this programme.

The application can...