FCS Research Grant

Written by Administrator | 10 January 2011

The FCS research grant is a grant pool awarded primarily to qualified researchers and academicians. Funding may also be granted to recent PhDs who would like to conduct research on domains which are covered by the journals of Foundation of Computer Science (FCS). The FCS research program is introduced to help scientists, researchers and academicians to take up active Research & Development activities. We understand the importance of previous grant history when it comes to application of federal or accredited university research grants. FCS research grants help researchers to become eligible for further international research fundings.

Eligibity:

Applicants must be a full-time academician enrolled in an accredited institution in a country recognized by the UNO.
PhD Candidates applying for short-term grants (one to six months) should have ABD status by the time of application, but no more than four years before applying. Those applying for long-term grants (seven to 10 months) should have reached ABD status by the time of the grant period, but no more than four years before applying.
Post Docs applying for short-term grants (one to six months) should have completed their degrees no longer than four years before the time of application. Those applying for long-term grants (seven to 10 months) should have completed their degrees no longer than two years before the time of application. Candidates who have completed their Masters’ degree must have at least two years of teaching experience in the domain of their expertise. The institution must be a reputed institution recognized by the federal union government of their domicile country.
Under 40 years of age and at the beginning of research career
The advisory panel of FCS reserves the right to reject any application without giving sufficient reasons. An application rejected cannot re-apply for 6 months after which the applicant is eligible to re-apply to the grant program.

Terms of Award:

The paper originating from the research must have proper acknowledgement to the Research Grant awarded by Foundation of Computer Science.
The scientist must provide FCS quarterly progress report of the research status in case the gestation period is more than six months. If not, the scientist must provide FCS the detailed report on completion of the research.

Effective January 2, 2011 vide circular 374-ADD-6B-FCS, the candidate accepted for the grant program must volunteer to organize a special issue on behalf of FCS as a co-publisher. All researchers and academicians applying for research grant are requested to provide a proposal for special issue. Usually a specialization topic (such as "Evolutionary Computation") is given preference while accepting the special issue and grant proposal.