Faculty Exchange Program of HEC

HEC has revamped Visiting Foreign Faculty Program to Faculty Exchange Program (FEP). The Faculty Exchange Program is designed to enhance teaching and research collaboration of Pakistani institutions and faculty with partner institutions around the world. The program allows Pakistani faculty to go abroad and foreign faculty from technological advanced countries (preferably from top 200 ranked universities or top 500 universities subject wise can be invited) to visit Pakistan.

 

 

• The minimum duration of the visit is two weeks except for academic sabbatical where the duration will depend upon the availability of faculty but not more than sixteen weeks or a regular semester.
• The visiting foreign member may also spend time in more than one institution and visit plan must be mentioned in application form and approved from the host institution as well.

HEC will pay at the following rates to Foreign Faculty to Pakistan:

• For short visit (minimum 2 weeks), honorarium will be paid at the rate of US$ 100 per Diem.
• For academic Sabbatical (12-16 weeks), honorarium will be paid at the rate of US$ 2000 - 3000 per month depending upon credentials of the faculty.

Designation	Post-PhD Experience	Honorarium
Assistant Professor or Equivalent	5 Years	2000 US $
Associate Professor or Equivalent	10 Years	2500 US $
Full Professor or Equivalent	15 Years	3000 US $

• Economy class return air ticket by the most direct and economical route.

• The host institution will arrange accommodation and transportation facilities to the foreign faculty member. Reimbursement will be made after the visit subject to submission and acceptance of a visit report and travel documents.
• Host Institutions shall pay the honorarium and air fare expenses (as of actual) to the foreign faculty before his/her departure; in case of those who are being invited for more than one month they should be paid after completion of first month.

Funding (Pakistani Faculty to Foreign)

1. Air Travel - Economy class return air ticket by the most direct and economical route.

2. Accommodation - charges will be paid at prescribed rate per night for visiting days plus one day, maximum of 2-16 weeks.

3. Daily Allowance – half of the daily allowance as per government rules for various countries.

The current limits for the above heads are:

S#	Budget Head	Country	Current (2019) Budgetary Limit
1	Air Travel	Canada	Economy class return air ticket by the most direct and economical route
		United States of America
		Europe & Africa
		Australia, Japan & Far East
		Turkey & Middle East
		Iran & Bangladesh
		China & Russia
		Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia & Nepal
		Central Asian Countries
2	Accommodation	US$ 100 per night
3	Daily Allowance	Half of the daily allowance as per government rules

Note:

• The fund is not intended to support courses [such as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) or other courses] which are not linked to a research program/ project as outlined in the application.

• The purpose of the fund is not intended to support coursework towards obtaining Postgraduate degree certificates by staff who are registered at universities.

• Any publication/document resulting must acknowledge the support by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.

For more information, please visit: https://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/FEP/Pages/default.aspx