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Enterprises (SMEs) etc. For ‘Frankincense, Medicinal plants & Biodiversity’, a fully operational
Research lab has already been setup and is operational.

14.9. College(FP) level: College (FP) Research Committee

The CRC /FPRC comprises of senior faculty members drawn from all the departments/ units of the
college/FP who are entrusted with the task of fostering a good research environment in the college.
All members are appointed by the Dean of the college/Director of FP and serve for a period of two
academic years. The members are responsible for advising, formulating recommendations and
providing information to the URC on University’s Research operational and strategic plan, Research-
education, policies, guidelines, procedures and evaluating internal grants.

14.10. Research Grant & Incentives

DU faculty members can receive following research incentives and grants after the approval from
CRC/FPRC, Department Chair, Dean, URC, Department of Research and the DVC/ VC. The grant and
budget management has been done by DR.

Conference Grants
• For attending national and international conferences

Research Publication Incentives
• For publishing research papers in Web of Science, Scopus and
TRC approved list of Arabic Journals

DU Research Grants
• Grant for supporting innovative research ideas and projects of
national and regional importance

14.10.1. Conference Grant (CG)

The faculty members at Dhofar University can apply for two types of conference grant: Traditional
Conference Grant (TCG) (In person attendance) and the Online Conference Grant (OCG).

Traditional Conference Grant
The TCG is awarded to the faculty members who intend to present their research work in national
and international conferences. The faculty members can claim a maximum of 1000 R.O.

Online Conference grant (OCG)

Taking into consideration the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, numerous
precautionary measures have been taken by many countries including closure or restricted air
travel. In view of the same, various international societies and universities had resorted to online
conferences to continue with the research initiative of academics across the world. Considering this,
DU has decided to allow online line conference paper presentation and attendance for the
academic year 2021-22 only. This initiative will help support our faculty to continue with their
research endeavors by attending such scientific forums by exchanging research experiences and

building research networks.

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