अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी मेडिकल यूनिवर्सिटी उत्तर प्रदेश Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University UP

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Atal University Research Fund for Faculty Members of Affiliated colleges

Preamble:
Research is crucial in health sciences as it drives advancements in understanding diseases, developing new treatments, and improving overall healthcare specially if it is done on diseases and problems pertaining to state.
The University aims to drive the initiative of research in its affiliated colleges. To promote the culture of research among the Students and Faculty Members of affiliated Colleges, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, UP, Lucknow, the University has created a Research corpus fund. With this corpus, ABVMU has planned funding for Faculty members, under-graduate students, post-graduate students and super-speciality students of the affiliated colleges.

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Eligibility to apply as Principal Investigator:
Faculty Members working in Colleges Affiliated to ABVMU, may apply subject to following conditions:

• There should be a minimum one year of remaining term of appointment of the faculty member/s
• There should be minimum of 1 Co-PI from same department or other department, who should be capable to continue and complete the work in absence of PI.
• In case the PI is transferred to another college, affiliated to ABVMU, he/she may be allowed to take the project with him/her to new college, on case-to-case basis, with permission of Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, ABVMU.
• The designation of faculty member should be Assistant Professor or above to apply as a PI.
• PI from one department and co investigators/ collaborators from other departments of the University, of same college or different affiliated colleges or other institutions from within or outside the state for example CDRI, KGMU, RML, SGPGI etc. may also apply for a project.

Maximum Permissible Time for The Projects Funded by ABVMU:

• Faculty Members of Affiliated Colleges:      Up to Two Years

• For collaborative projects involving 3

or more colleges:                                              Up to Three years
Note:

• For Faculty members, the duration may be extended by a maximum period of 6 months, without any additional increase in cost of project. Two such extensions may be granted, on the recommendation of Research Committee of ABVMU (Subject to approval of six-monthly progress reports), subject to the approval of the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, on a case-to-case basis.
• At one point of time a faculty member can have only one project, funded from ABVMU as PI. However, he/she can be Co-PI in other projects funded from ABVMU.
• He/ she will be eligible to apply for another project grant as PI at ABVMU, only after completion and submission of project report and Utilization report. Also, the findings of previous project grant must be either published or accepted for publication in any of the PubMed/ Scopus/ WOS journals.
• One faculty member can mentor a maximum of One UG student and One PG student per year for the Atal University Research Fund.
• Additionally, he/she can apply individually for his/ her project as PI. However, there should not have any overlap in the objectives of the UG/ PG and Faculty projects.
• Major part of the project must be related to the field of expertise of PI. The facilities for execution should be available in the college/ institution of PI or Co PI.
• If the required facilities are not available in the college of PI or Co-PI, may be allowed to be availed from other Institutions, with prior permission of ABVMU, however, preference will be given to Government facilities.  
• In cases of Studies involving clinical materials, ABHA ID (Birth Certificate number issued by CRS portal in case of new born) of patients recruited in the study must be included in the consent forms and, is also to be included in the six-monthly reports submitted to ABVMU.
• The project duration should not exceed the duration of remaining service of applicant.
• The applied project should not be already funded or applied for funding from any other source. PI will have to give an undertaking to this effect.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, UP (ABVMU) has an MOU with various Institutions, under which the faculty members and students of colleges affiliated to ABVMU, may use their facilities for research work.

Funding Amount to be provided under Atal University Research Fund
Under this scheme, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, UP, will provide funds up to a maximum limit as described below:

NOTE:

• The amount of funding and the number of projects awarded with funding will depend upon the merit of submitted proposal.
• Depending on the number of projects received from college/s, an equitable distribution of funds shall be done mainly based on the merit of projects.
• The selections for funding will be made on competitive basis after formal evaluation by a panel of experts nominated by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, under Chairmanship of Faculty In-charge, Research with the Dean of concerned Faculty.
• The PI and Co PI/s will have to give an undertaking to complete the project within the allotted time and submit the report to ABVMU. It will be countersigned by the principal of the college where the applicant is working or studying.
• This funding will not be given for PhD projects of students registered with the Guide. Also Funding given by ABVMU will not be directly or indirectly utilized in PhD project work.

Important considerations:

• Funding will be provided for Consumables + Contingency + Transportation Only (Only in case of Field based research).
• Contingency may include stationary items/ postage etc. A maximum of 10% of total sanctioned budget may be under contingency head. (It will be reimbursed on production of actual bills).
• Funding provided, cannot be used for buying equipment, hiring manpower.
• Consumables will include additional investigations, which are not a part of routine patient care. Such investigations need to be approved by institutional ethics committee. Institutions are encouraged to cross subsidise such investigations to promote research.
• Once Funding from ABVMU is approved, the project work should start within 3 months' time.
• A maximum amount of Rs. 20,000/- may be granted towards the publication charges of original research articles, generated by ABVMU funded project, for publication in Journals which are indexed with PubMed, Scopus or WOS or with National association / society Journal (Upon production of acceptance).

• In case of Field based research, budget may be utilized towards transportation charges for field-based data collection, with prior approval from ABVMU. Justification of budget requested as transport expenses must be presented at the time of submission of the project.

• Mode of Funding/ Procurement of Consumables for Faculty Projects:
• Affiliated Government Colleges:

Fund will be transferred to an account in name of Research Cell of that College, opened specifically for Research Work/ Grants.

• Initially 30% of grant will be released at the starting of project.
• Further 50% of grant will be released upon submission of report at the end of six months.
• Remaining 20% of funding will be transferred at the submission of complete project report.

The college can make the purchases at their end on GEM portal following Govt. Financial rules. The PI will maintain the stock register and will be responsible for its utilization and maintenance of stock. The stock register is to be maintained for audit purposes.

• Affiliated Private Colleges:

As the private colleges do not have access to GEM portal for procurement, the PI from these colleges will request their respective colleges to make the purchase at fair market price. The colleges are expected to make the purchase at their end, to promote research in their respective colleges, which will be reimbursed by ABVMU in due course.
The reimbursement will be done on submission of verified bills in following steps:

• 30% of grant will be reimbursed at the start of project.    
• Further 50% of grant will be reimbursed upon submission of report at the end of six months.
• Remaining 20% of funding will be reimbursed at the submission of complete project report.

Time of Inviting the Research Proposals for Funding:
Proposals for Funding of Faculty Projects and Undergraduate Projects shall be invited by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, UP, Once every year.

Guidelines for preparing the proposal
Proposals must be submitted in the Attached Format - no more than 10 pages (Font Times New Roman, Size 12, single space with 2 cm margins all around), which must have the following sections. The signed proposals shall be submitted in pdf format to the University. The submissions will have to be routed through proper channel.
The project has to be prepared under following headings:

• Tile of Project
• Background & Rationale
• Objectives
• Materials & Method

(Please include setting, study design, participant selection, intervention or investigative procedures if any, variables with their definition and measurements, sample size, data management, and analysis)

• Facilities available in institute/ collaborating institutions
• Expected results and their importance
• Informed consent form
• Study Proforma
• Preliminary work done – if any.
• Project plan on dissemination and future related work
• Study collaborators and institutions - if there
• Itemized Budget with justification
• References – Maximum of 10
• Brief CV (up-to 200 words) of PI and Co PIs – should include designation and affiliations in last 3 years
• Teacher's id of PI and Co PI must be mentioned (NMC if applicable).

Note:

• All the proposals for funding shall be countersigned by Principal of the Affiliated College.
• Institutional Research Committee approval should be submitted along with proposal.
• Institutional Ethics Committee (registered with ICMR) approval is desirable at the time of submission of project for funding.
• The funds will be allocated, for approved proposals, only after the Institutional Ethics Committee approval is granted and submitted with ABVMU.
• For Collaborative Projects/ Multicentric Study with three or more centres, Ethics Committee approvals of all the respective Institutional Ethics Committees will be required.
• The PI will have to give an undertaking that the applied project is not already funded or applied for funding from any other source/ agency.

NOTE REGARDING ETHICAL APPROVAL:

• For Faculty projects, Ethical approval is essential before the start of project work.
• It is the responsibility of the PI to get all necessary ethical approvals (Institutional Ethics Committee/Animal Ethics Committee/Biosafety clearance/ DCGI or any other) as per the latest mandate and according to the study plan.

Constitution of Committee for Evaluation of proposals (Research Review Committee):

• The proposals for Funding received within the due date shall undergo evaluation by the Expert Committee nominated by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor.
• Faculty In-charge, Research shall be Member Secretary of the committee.
• Committee will be composed of 4 internal members from ABVMU, including the Dean of Concerned faculty, and 2 external members who should be subject experts.

Method to be followed for evaluation of Proposals:

• All the projects received by the due date shall be evaluated by the Research Review Committee.
• A Faculty wise list of selected proposals will be made. Information will be sent to Principal Investigator through College Principal for presentation.
• Then the Principal Investigator shall have to make a presentation of their proposed project before the Expert Committee.
• All the projects will be graded by the Research Review Committee, ordinarily, based on following criterion:
• Novelty and Relevance of study
• Merit of project
• Methodology
• Technical feasibility
• Potential to Generate Extra-mural Funding

Report Submission and Responsibilities of the Applicant (PI) for continuation of Funding:

• The Principal Investigator is expected to submit progress reports six monthly to the office of Concerned Faculty Dean.
• The Principal Investigator is also expected to submit the statement of account with details of remaining funds and projected expenses at the end of every six months.
• The Principal Investigator is expected to submit the final report within 3 months of completion of the project.
• The Principal Investigator is expected to submit the audited statement of accounts with the final report (within 3 months of completion of the project).
• The Principal Investigator should acknowledge the support/financial support received as Atal University Research Grant from Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, UP in all the publications/patents/licenses arising out of the funded project.
• In case any of the above report is delayed for any reason, the PI is expected to communicate the concerned Faculty Dean regarding the same.
• If any report is delayed more than three months, then further funding will be stopped and the PI will not be considered for funding in any subsequent projects.

Note:
All the above reports shall be submitted to the office of Concerned Faculty Dean through the Principal of Affiliated College with proper forwarding.