Purpose
As a Jesuit University, St Joseph's emphasises the need for research among its students and faculty members. The research institute encourages the researchers of SJU to publish original research work in Clarivate (SCI/SSCI/AHCI) or in Scopus indexed journals. The following are the guidelines that are aimed at fostering, managing and publicising the research undertaken at SJRI. Besides, the Research Institute recognises and rewards the best research work published in each of the schools of SJU.
Monetary Support:
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To help young faculty to begin their research, seed money grants would be sanctioned (based on the proposal by the faculty after assessment by an expert panel). This is a one-time grant and the faculty is expected to build on it by applying for grants from external funding agencies such as DST, DBT, CSIR, UGC, ICSSR, etc.
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Full-time PhD scholars registered under St Joseph’s University would be paid a fellowship of Rs.12,000/- per month.
Laboratories and Study Rooms for Research:
Common research labs/study areas would be made available for the PhD scholars of each discipline. Independent laboratory space would be provided to faculty with major projects sanctioned by external funding agencies and for faculty whose research carries significant output.
Reduction in Teaching Workload to Facilitate Research:
Research Facilities:
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The Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) would be under the care of SJRI. All equipment would be serviced as required and maintained at working conditions.
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Faculty/PhD Scholars/Research Fellows would be trained in operating the equipment (each PhD Scholar in the sciences should master the use of at least three instruments in the CIF).
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A technical assistant would be available to train faculty/scholars in the use of the instruments.
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New equipment would be procured for CIF, based on the needs of faculty with significant research output. Library resources, journals, e-resources, plagiarism software, etc would be upgraded annually.
Rewards/ Recognition:
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Annual increments and career advancement would be strictly based on API measured by the University (in line with the UGC guidelines).
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Research achievements would be highlighted in university website/internal display monitors/newsletters/magazines.
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Faculty would get monetary reward for Clarivate/Scopus listed publications as shown below, if he/she is either the first author and/or the corresponding author and the major part of the work has been carried out at SJU.
Publication with -
| No Clarivate JCRIF (IF): |
Rs 1,000 |
| IF between 0.01 and 1.0: |
Rs 2,000 |
| IF greater than 1.0 but less than 2.0: |
Rs 3,000 |
| IF greater than 2.0 but less than 5.0: |
Rs 4,000 |
| IF greater than 5.0 but less than 10.0: |
Rs 5,000 |
| IF greater than 10.0 but less than 20.0: |
Rs 8,000 |
| IF greater than 20.0: |
Rs 15,000 |
(If there is more than one faculty member in the paper, they would share the award money)
Faculty would be given a monetary reward for acquiring externally funded projects as follows:
| Project cost (PC) less than Rs 2,00,000: |
Rs 1,000 |
| PC greater than Rs. 2,00,000 but less than Rs 5,00,000: |
Rs 2,000 |
| PC greater than Rs. 5,00,000 but less than Rs 10,00,000: |
Rs 3,000 |
| PC greater than Rs. 10,00,000 but less than Rs 50,00,000: |
Rs 5,000 |
| PC greater than Rs 50,00,000: |
Rs 10,000 |
Technical Support
For those who desire, experts (from SJU or from outside) would be arranged to help in polishing and fine-tuning research proposals. Help would also be offered in language editing, formatting and in technical writing.
Non-Technical and Secretarial support:
SJRIC would identify sources of funding/special drives and make them known to relevant faculty on a regular basis. SJRI would interact with local institutions and make MOUs for sharing facilities and for collaboration.
Nurturing Research Culture:
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Research would be incorporated as a component in the UG and PG curriculum. Student research would be encouraged. All research labs/faculty would welcome UG/PG students as interns. A multidisciplinary student research journal would be initiated.
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Lectures/Seminars/Workshops/Skill development programmes would be arranged round the year. There would be annual presentations by PhD scholars, project fellows, interns, faculty with major projects and seed money grantees.
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A few conferences/workshops (credible ones, with participants being PhD scholars/post-doctoral researchers/faculty) would be planned every year.
Resource Generation:
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The overheads component of all the sanctioned projects would be credited to SJRIC.
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CIF would be offering measurement services for others at nominal costs and the revenue generated would be used to manage maintenance costs.
