Research Policies

RESEARCH POLICIES

•    Conference Support Funding Information and Guidelines
•    Short Term Research Visit Overseas for Collaborative Research
•    Transfer of Research Project
•    ASU Internal Research Grants
•    ASU Rules and Regulations for operation and utilization of the Research Funds
•    Consultancy Policy
•    Research Ethics Policy
•    Intellectual Property Policy
•    Research- informed Teaching
•    Research Publications Incentive Policy

Details: 

Conference Support Funding Information and Guidelines
The purpose of this fund is to avail financial assistance to a faculty member to present a research paper at a national, regional or international conference.

Short Term Research Visit Overseas for Collaborative Research
The purpose of this policy is to encourage collaborations with external bodies which ASU regards as vital for advancing scientific knowledge and encouraging collaborative research activities.

Transfer of Research Project
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines on how to replace principal investigators and faculty members on research projects if they resign from the University.

ASU Internal Research Grants
This policy is aimed as providing seed funding from ASU resources to enable faculty in becoming competitive enough in securing external research funding and sponsorships.

ASU Rules and Regulations for operation and utilization of the Research Funds
The aim of this policy is to set clear and transparent guidelines of how to deal with research funds in accordance with established procedures that meet the requirements of funding bodies.

Consultancy Policy
The purpose of this policy is to encourage consultancy among ASU staff in order to support professional practices that will benefit individual members of staff, the University and the Community.

Research Ethics Policy
The purpose of this ASU research ethics policy is to encourage and support quality research that adheres to international norms and standards in terms of ethics, transparency, integrity and regard for humans, animals and non-human natural life systems.

Intellectual Property Policy
The policy aims to foster knowledge creation and to protect creator rights by establishing an environment that supports research, innovation and creativity.

Research- informed Teaching
The purpose of this policy is to ensure the existence of a research-teaching nexus by embedding faculty research into ASU’s curricula in order to establish a research-informed learning and teaching environment.

Research Publications Incentive Policy
The aim of this policy is to motivate ASU researchers to enhance their research outputs and to publish high quality research papers in internationally recognized journals. Such high quality research publications will drive research paper citations, improve research collaboration, and enhance the University’s ranking nationally and internationally.