Assalamualaikum and Greetings to all UTM researchers.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is inviting all eligible researchers to submit research proposals under the Digital Society Research Grant (DSRG) programme.
The DSRG builds the research evidence base necessary to promote and improve our understanding of the human and social factors, which affects and contributes to the adoption and usage of digital technologies and services. In so doing, DSRG funded research works provide inputs in ensuring that the advancements in communications infrastructure and services contribute to the inclusion and participation of all segments of the population in the realisation of a Digitally Connected and Informed Society (Digital Society).
Research Focus Area :
The research proposals are guided by the following two (2) Focus Areas :
- Digital Citizenship & Cyberwellness, which aims to elicit research clarifying regulatory and developmental gap areas influencing participation, positive uptake and wellness in an increasing digitally dependent world; and
- Digital Inclusion, which also seeks to clarify regulatory and developmental gaps in 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.
Eligibility 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.
- The following rules apply to applicant:
 Lead Researcher must hold a doctoral degree;
 Lead Researcher must hold an appointment with a local IHL for (at least) the duration of the proposed research project;
 The salary of the researcher(s) cannot be financed from this grant;
 The researcher(s) may request the grant on her/his own behalf and on behalf of any possible project consortium; and
 The researcher(s) is responsible for research and financial matters.
- Researcher(s) can only submit one (1) proposal as Lead Researcher within this call, and each researcher can act no more than twice as an applicant (as Lead Researcher or co-researcher)
- The research team must be comprised of at least two researchers (a Lead Researcher and a co-researcher). Researcher(s) in professions 7 other than academia are allowed to be part of the research team to complement the expertise and with the expectation that the product of the research will contribute to the broader body of knowlefunddge on the topic specified.
Fund Size and Duration:
- The grant amount shall depend on the type and scope of the research project and subject to the guidelines herein and may be of a sum of up to Ringgit Malaysia ten thousand (RM10,000)
- The term of a project is up to nine (9) months.
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