Postgraduate Potluck Event @ FCSIT, UM

A potluck is a gathering of people where each person or group of people contributes a dish of food prepared by the person or the group, to be shared among the larger gathered group. (Wikipedia).

The Department of Computer System & Technology has successfully organized Postgraduate Potluck Event on the 9th April 2015. The goal of the event is to chill, relax and socialize among Postgraduate students and supervisors while enjoying good food brought by themselves. Other than tasting different types of food from different cultures, this event aims to bridge the gap between supervisors and students, cultivate team spirit and recharge positive attitude. Great thanks to all who have help to make the event a great success.

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Malaysia Public Research Grants Workshop

We managed to conduct grant preparation workshop on the 1st April 2015 @ The Cube, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya. The purpose of the workshop is to prepare grant proposal for public grants and to expose the post graduate student with grant application. Grants are normally divided into two categories i.e Fundamental and Applied. Fundamental grants focus on fundamental research which questions the proposed algorithm, methodology or approach whether they will work or not. The Applied grants on the other hand looks at how the proposed method can be applied to certain area. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right title and objectives according to the grant applied. The Applied grants are also divided into several stages such as idea, prototype, pre-commercialization and commercialization.  There are also grants which target multidisciplinary research.    

In Malaysia, 2 main public grant comes from Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). Below are the grants

Ministry of Education (MOE)  (MOE Grant Info, applied through mygrants.gov.my)

• Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
• Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS)
• Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS)
• Prototype Development Research Grant Scheme (PRGS)
• Geran Sanjungan Penyelidikan (GSP-KPM)
• Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS)
• Niche Research Grant Scheme (NRGS-KPM)
• Trans Disciplinary Research Grant Scheme (TRGS)
• Research Acculturation Collaborative Effort (RACE)

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) (MOSTI grant info)

• Science Fund
• Techno Fund
• Inno Fund
• Flagship Program

If you're interested to have collaborative joint research project (national/international), please do not hesitate to contact us.