Galgotias Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

Research Promotion System

Mandatory General Clauses:

A faculty member applying for any of the incentives listed in Sl. No. 1 -10 of the table below must be a regular faculty of GU.
For incentive types under Sl. No. 1 – 5, the PhD scholar included in the author/editor list should be a registered student of GU.
Only papers/books/conference proceedings published online (with DOI/Volume no./ISBN/ISSN) with publication date are eligible.

Abbreviations – ESCI: Emerging Sources Citation Index;FDP: Faculty Development Program; GU: Galgotias University; JCR: Journal Citation Reports; JIF: Journal Impact Factor; PI: Principal Investigator; Q1: Quartile-1; Q2: Quartile-2; Q3: Quartile-3; Q4: Quartile-4; STC: Short-Term Course; VAC: Value-Added Course.

Q1 Journal performs better than at least 75% of journals in that category, based on its JIF score, i.e., Q1 is occupied by the top 25% of journals with the highest JIF. Similarly, Q2 is occupied by journals in the 25% to 50% group; Q3 is occupied by journals in the 50% to 75% group, and Q4 is occupied by journals in the 75% to 100% group.

Sl. No.	Incentive Type		Incentive	Eligibility Criteria	Distribution of Incentive
1	Scopus-Indexed Journal Publications (Listed in JCR)	Q1	20,000/-	The corresponding author of the paper must be a regular faculty of GU.	The corresponding author will get 60% of the amount, and the remaining 40% will be equally divided among co-authors. If the paper has only one author from GU who is the corresponding author, the author can receive the entire incentive.
		Q2	15,000/-
		Q3	10,000/-
		Q4	6,000/-
		ESCI	5,000/-
2	Scopus-Indexed Journal Publication without JIF		3,000/-
3	Scopus-Indexed Textbook Authored		10,000/-	A faculty member who has already claimed incentive as an editor of a book can’t again claim the same as the author of one chapter of the same book.	The first author/editor will get 60% of the amount, and the remaining 40% will be equally divided among co-authors/ editors. If the book/chapter has only one author/editor from GU, they can receive the entire incentive.
4	Scopus-Indexed Edited Book		6,000/-
5	Scopus-Indexed Book Chapter		3,000/-
6	PhD Awarded Under the Supervision of GU faculty		16,000/-	The main supervisor should be a regular faculty of GU. A faculty member whose PhD scholar (registered under GU) has defended their thesis is eligible.	The main supervisor will get 60% of the amount. The remaining 40% will be equally divided among co-supervisor(s) from GU. If the thesis has only one supervisor from GU, they can receive the entire incentive.
7	Research grants (International/National)		5% of grant	PI and at least one of the Co-PIs must be a regular faculty of GU.	PI will get 60% of the amount, and the remaining 40% will be equally divided among Co-PI(s).
8	Consultancy project		10% of grant
9	Convenor of International Conference Organized in GU		5,000/-	Only convenors of conferences whose proceedings should be published in the Scopus database are eligible.	The incentive will be provided after the conference proceeding is published in the Scopus database.
10	Convenor of FDP/STC/VAC/Training Programs/Hands-on Workshops (Minimum of 30 hr. duration)		5,000/-	Only sponsored events by a funding agency are considered not GU-sponsored events.	The incentive will be given to the faculty whose name appears in the “Approval Letter” by the funding agency.

Note: The above incentives will be awarded only after the recommendation of the scrutinizing committee.