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(d) VIT SEED MONEY FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

l A grant of the research seed money of Rs.3 Lakhs is given to
the full-time faculty members of VIT, who have submitted project
proposals for funding and waiting for the sanction of grant.
l The call for research proposals would be made by Director,
Sponsored Research in the month of August every year.
l All proposals received would be evaluated for their quality by a
committee headed by Director, Sponsored Research and
recommended applicants will receive the seed grant.
l The Project period is one year from the date of sanction and is
expected to be conducted by the faculty member himself or herself.
Hence no manpower would be supported in the Grant.

l It is expected that the grantee shall submit the report of the research
done Director, Sponsored Research.

(e) FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

l Financial support for the open access fee is open to all the faculty
members of VIT guiding full-time scholars.
l Only quality open access journals with impact factor will be
considered. Journals with no impact factor will not be considered.
l VIT shall pay a maximum of 50% of open access fee or up to a
maximum ofRs.20,000/- per publication, whichever is less.
l The decision to support open access journal fee will be decided by a
committee with Dean (Academic Research) as the Chairman,
Dean/Director of the school of the guide and Director (Sponsored
Research) as Members. The committee will meet once a month.
l In the publications, the research scholar shall be the first author and
the guide shall be the corresponding author.
l Faculty members shall obtain written approval from the Dean of
the School or Director of the Research Center concerned before
submitting his/her paper to open access journals.

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