Office of Contracts and Grants
About Us
The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) was created to support the researchers of The British University in Egypt in developing new proposals, including budgets, maintaining running grants, as well as offering related training. It serves our valued research community with high-quality expertise in support of sponsored research proposals and award administration. We commit to delivering timely, effective, and welcoming services through personal interactions and automated processes. The OCG serves as a point of contact for The British University in Egypt's community on contract and grant issues and relevant guidelines. It monitors proposal status and advises the Principal Investigator on requirements related to their project. The OCG develops mechanisms to support our researchers in identifying funding opportunities and in completing activities from proposal development to award closeout.
Research Statistics
External Fund Breakdown; The following statistics show the funds contributed by external sponsors, broken down by Egyptian, bilateral and international funding agencies. Overall, BUE has contracted for over 74 externally funded projects at a total amount of 119,106,825 M as follows:
- 65 projects sponsored by 5 Egyptian funding agencies at 69,986,572 EGP
- 9 projects sponsored by 2 Egypt/International bilateral funds at 11,719,466 EGP
- 8 projects sponsored by 5 international funding agencies at 41,576,790 M EGP
The Egyptian funding agencies: Science & Technology Development Fund (STDF), Academy for Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Ministry of Scientific Research, ITIDA (Information Technology Industry Development Agency), Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Arab Organization for Industrialization.
The international funding agencies include the European Union, EuropeAid, the British Council, UNHCR and US National Academies.
• Young Investigator Research Grant (YIRG)
Young Investigator Research Grant (YIRG) is a research seed fund offered by BUE to energise the research culture at BUE and incentivise junior academic staff to excel in research and innovation and compete for external funding.
• Evaluation
Applications satisfying the requirements of the applicant, the format, and the allowable budget will be evaluated for the scientific merit and requested budget. A checklist is provided in Annex D to assist the applicants in submitting a complete application. The evaluation will be carried out according to the process and criteria provided in Annex E.
• Rules
1.1 YIRG is available for The British University in Egypt's full-time academic staff.
1.2 Applicants must have been awarded the PhD degree within 10 years on the first day YIRG is open for applications.
1.3 Applicants must have at least two papers in the most cited, international journals in the applicant’s research field within five years on the first day YIRG is open for applications.
1.4 Applicants with papers submitted, accepted and appeared while employed at the British University in Egypt must show the University as their affiliation.
1.5 Holders of YIRG projects must successfully conclude current grants before applying for a new grant.
1.6 Awards are limited to a maximum of two grants per academic staff.
1.7 The number of PhD holders on any YIRG project is limited to just 2; the PI and one other team member at the rank of Lecturer or the equivalent. All other team members should be junior researchers.
1.8 Grants are awarded for a period of 18 months.
1.9 The maximum budget allocated per grant is 100,000 EGP such that the budget for the first
12 months does not exceed EGP 50,000.
1.10 A maximum of 12 grants are awarded annually with a minimum of four grants for each of the following sectors:
– Engineering, Basic Science, and Computer Science.
– Arts & Humanities, and Social Science.
– Health Science.
• Awarding & Monitoring
All successful applications will be awarded a Young Investigator Research Grant if their total budget does not exceed the annual allocation, otherwise, the Research & Postgraduate Studies Committee will prioritise applications based on research areas.
• Application
Application for the YIRG fund consists of:
a) Full proposal (Annex A). b) Budget (Annex B).
c) CV of applicant and research team (Annex C).
YIRG applications are accepted as a single pdf file uploaded through the link available at BUE Research Portal. Other forms of files or submission methods will not be accepted. Inquiries related to YIRG application and procedure should be directed to VPR.YIRG@bue.edu.eg
