Colloborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology
20/06/2023
Research and Development Grants
1. Research project involves at least one company pairing with at least one university. 2. At least one of the universities involved must be located in Malaysia. 3. Companies involved must not be owned by the university. In the case where the company is a spinoff from the university, the university must not hold equity in the company. 4. Universities involved must not be owned by the company. In the case where the university is owned by the company, the company and the subsidiaries of the companies are not eligible to be the partner of the university. 5. Either project lead or principal investigator must be Malaysian citizen. In the event the project lead and principal investigator is the same person, he / she must be Malaysia citizen. 6. Full-time postgraduate student researchers and full-time post-doctorate researchers whose tuition fees and allowance are paid by CREST R&D Grant must be Malaysian citizen. 7. Students involved in the research project shall not be the project leader. 8. Approved funded research duration corresponds to research scope. Maximum approved duration is not more than 2 years. 9. Industry contribution must be at least 50% of the total research project budget.
Email rndgrant@crest.my to request for the application form and detailed grant criteria.
Collaborative research between university and industry to create and grow Malaysian R&D ecosystem in the Electrical and Electronics economic sector. CREST is promoting and facilitating universities and industry players to undertake collaborative research through which universities can increase their ability to produce industry-ready researchers and industry players can benefit from the finding of the research.
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