Incentive Category
Scope of Funding
The DSRG-funded research projects build the research evidence base necessary to promote and improve society’s understanding of the human and social factors which affect and contribute to the adoption and usage of digital technologies and services. Awarded research will receive a grant of up to RM10,000 in value for each project with a maximum research period of six months. The awarded research projects will produce studies to clarify regulatory and developmental gaps and inform actionable outcomes in the following two categories:
• Digital Citizenship and Cyberwellness research aimed at clarifying gap areas influencing participation, positive uptake and wellness in an increasingly digitally dependent world; and
• Digital Inclusion research aimed at gap areas related to factors that impede equality of access and challenge the paradigm of ensuring that no one is left behind or is deprived of digital connectivity and its benefits.
Application Method
Proposal(s) may be submitted via the Research Grant System at https://researchgrant.mcmc.gov.my/login
Further information on the grant may be obtained at www.mcmc.gov.my
Qualification Criteria
The grant is open to a full-time academic faculty member in schools of communications, social sciences, humanities or related fields of private and public institutions of higher learning (IHLs). Each proposal must have a Lead Researcher, subjected to the general terms and conditions for granting.
Below are the criteria for the applicants:
i. Lead Researcher must hold a doctoral degree;
ii. Lead Researcher must have an appointment with a local IHL for (at least) the duration of the proposed research project;
iii. The salary of the researcher(s) cannot be financed from this grant;
iv. The researcher(s) may request the grant on her/his behalf and on behalf of any possible project consortium; and
v. The researcher(s) is responsible for research and financial matters
