{"id":12658,"date":"2023-12-06T12:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T06:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/?page_id=12658"},"modified":"2024-12-27T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:10:39","slug":"ref","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/ref\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Endowment Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12658\" class=\"elementor elementor-12658\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31c9389 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31c9389\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad09f7f\" data-id=\"ad09f7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0dcc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d0dcc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Research Endowment Fund<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50e34df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50e34df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e43aaa\" data-id=\"4e43aaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ec6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79ec6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB)\u00a0functions as the interim Secretariat of Research Endowment Fund (REF) approved by the Royal Government of Bhutan.\u00a0 The\u00a0RUB REF is\u00a0expected to promote systematic investigation of issues and themes identified and announced annually by the REF Board. Research themes will be reflective of topical issues and challenges the Bhutanese society is facing and the research outputs should address such issues through evidence-based and pragmatic recommendations.<\/p><h4><strong>Call for Proposals FY2025-26<\/strong><\/h4><p><strong>Theme: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Social Development<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) is pleased to announce a call for research proposals under the <strong>Research Endowment Fund (REF)<\/strong> on the broad theme of <strong>Social Development<\/strong>.<\/p><p>This call is in line with the nation\u2019s vision of <em>&#8220;A Healthy and Productive Society Founded on Equitable and High-quality Health, Education, and Social Protection.&#8221;<\/em> We invite innovative, interdisciplinary, and impactful research proposals that address challenges and opportunities within this theme, contributing to the advancement of social equity, wellbeing, and productivity.<\/p><p><strong>Key Details:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> Open to academics from Constituent and Affiliate Colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan.<\/li><li><strong>Deadline for Submission:<\/strong> 30th March 2025.<\/li><li><strong>Proposal Format:<\/strong> Submissions must adhere to the <strong>REF Implementation Guidelines 2023<\/strong>, available on the RUB website.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>The following links provide the REF implementation guidelines and the relevant documents to apply for REF Grants:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/REF-Implementation-Guidelines-2024.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REF Implementation Guidelines 2024<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-A-REF-Application-Form-2023.docx\">Annexure A REF Application Form 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-B-REF-Proposal-Evaluation-Form-2023.docx\">Annexure B REF Proposal Evaluation Form 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-C-REF-Mid-Progress-Form-2023.docx\">Annexure C REF Mid Progress Form 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-D-REF-Mid-Progress-Evaluation-Form-2023.docx\">Annexure D REF Mid Progress Evaluation Form 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-E-REF-Completion-Report-Form-2023.docx\">Annexure E REF Completion Report Form 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-E.1-Policy-Brief-Template-2023.docx\">Annexure E.1 Policy Brief Template 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-E.2-Final-Report-Framework-2023.docx\">Annexure E.2 Final Report Framework 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Annexure-F-REF-Completion-Report-Assessement-Form-2023.docx\">Annexure F REF Completion Report Assessement Form 2023<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Endowment Fund The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB)\u00a0functions as the interim Secretariat of Research Endowment Fund (REF) approved by the Royal Government of Bhutan.\u00a0 The\u00a0RUB REF is\u00a0expected to promote systematic investigation of issues and themes identified and announced annually &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12658","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12658"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14747,"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12658\/revisions\/14747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rub.edu.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}