ORIC organizes a grant writing workshop to foster research and innovation

August 05, 2024: The Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (IBA - ORIC) organized a grant writing workshop for its faculty members. The workshop was led by Dr. Nausheen H. Anwar, Founder & Director, Karachi Urban Lab (KUL) and Professor City & Regional Planning, School of Economics & Social Sciences (SESS), IBA.

Dr. Anwar is an acclaimed urban planner who holds a PhD in City & Regional Planning from Columbia University, USA. She has also held postdoctoral positions at Harvard University and at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University Singapore.

The training session was attended by more than 50 IBA faculty members, academicians, researchers and public and not-for-profit sector professionals. The workshop was aimed at promoting research as ORIC's core objective through administrative support, funding and grants, collaborations and faculty capacity building.

The workshop successfully empowered IBA's faculty and researchers to secure funding and grants, paving the way for innovative research and collaboration that will drive positive impact and growth.