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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SPORIC)

The Standard operating procedures for Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy cell of VIT-AP University are listed below. All the faculty members are requested to adhere to these procedures in order to streamline all the activities of SPORIC.

SPORIC will provide technical and/or administrative support for all the activities given below.

Sponsored Research projects by various sponsoring agencies at National / International level.

International Research Collaboration with funding services.

Sponsored projects from Industry and Consultancy undertaken with Industry.

Organizing International conferences / seminars / symposiums / workshops / continuing education programmes by departments / schools.

Sponsored projects with seed money sanctioned by the VIT-AP university under the RGEMS Scheme.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SPORIC)

SPORIC will provide technical and/or administrative support for all the activities given below.

Sponsored Research projects by various sponsoring agencies at National / International level.

International Research Collaboration with funding services.

Sponsored projects from Industry and Consultancy undertaken with Industry.

Organizing International conferences / seminars / symposiums / workshops / continuing education programmes by departments / schools.

Sponsored projects with seed money sanctioned by the VIT-AP university under the RGEMS Scheme.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

 The following detailed guidelines will be followed by the SPORIC cell for the approval of proposals submitted to any sponsoring agency.

Staff members can send an Expression of Interest email to the SPORIC Coordinator, including the tentative title of the project, proposed area, sponsoring agency, and the last date for submission.

The SPORIC Coordinator will consolidate and forward the information to the Director of SPORIC. The Director may suggest alternative sponsoring agencies if needed, in consultation with the concerned faculty.

Faculty are advised to download the project submission template from the sponsoring agency, prepare a preliminary project proposal draft, and send it to the Director of SPORIC for further action at least fifteen days prior to the submission deadline.

The Director of SPORIC will scrutinize the project proposal and may call the concerned faculty to present the project in detail before the institute-level committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor.

The Vice-Chancellor is the Chairman, and the SPORIC Coordinator is the Member-Secretary of the institute-level committee. The committee may provide suggestions for refining the project and will assess its worthiness.

The committee has the right to recommend or decline the project for submission.

Staff should submit the modified project to the Director of SPORIC for final processing.

The Director of SPORIC will provide the necessary endorsement letters required by the sponsoring agency.

Further follow-up action will be undertaken by the SPORIC office.

The above operating procedures may be subject to changes based on need, and any changes will be communicated to all.

Dr. S. V. Kota Reddy

Vice Chancellor