Committees

About

The role of the Research Projects Committee is to promote, foster, support and disseminate high quality research activities and develop research capacity, in line with the TBRI research strategy.

The committee supports ideas with the greatest potential with a specific purpose and a defined endpoint to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge.

 

 

Mission

Key responsibilities of the Research Projects Committee include:

• Initiation, facilitation and support research projects that are presented for funding through the budget of the TBRI in terms of consistency with the TBRI strategic plan and priority themes.
• To create a conducive environment for promotion of Research & Innovation activities in the institute through encouragement of TBRI Researchers to apply for Research Projects.
• To evaluate whether applications for internal grants are appropriate and endorse applications prior to submitting to the reviewer panel for evaluation.
• Approve projects/programs and allocate research funding available from TBRI budget.
• Approving, distributing funds for the implementation of projects.
• Careful consideration of research budgets, timelines, outcomes and usefulness within the strategic research policy of the institute.
• Address any issue that has major implications for the accepted projects and ensuring the smooth running of the “accepted projects”.
• Review annual and final reports of accepted research projects (project progress and project financials).
• The Committee will make available to TBRI President an updated summary which is to include a listing of the total number of applications considered by the Committee, budgets, objectives and the outcomes of the applications.
• Ensure the project close out procedure is completed
• Support activities of researchers by dissemination of their work.
• Developing external relationships with funding agencies, nationally and internationally and with other Universities and Research Institutions.

Vision

A strategic objective of the Committee is the building of research capacity to increase both the quality and quantity of academic research, in order to be regarded as a leading institute not only in Egypt, but also internationally.

Specific aims of the Research Committee are as follows

• Formulation of TBRI research strategy.
• Enhancement of the research culture of TBRI.
• Introduction of incentives to promote research endeavors.