Scholarship for Researcher

Required documents to apply for a grant

1. Nomination letter to propose the name list of KMITL professors or researchers from their faculty/college/campus
2. Curriculum Vitae (CV) of both KMITL and foreign professors or researchers
3. Research Proposal
4. Evidence of checking for the journal citation for publication (Quartile level) which can be searched from Journal Citation

Checking Service
Please submit all of the required documents to the Office of International Affairs (OIA) for preliminary consideration.

KMITL Professor or Researcher Qualifications

1. Must be a person who has no pending research projects. (Research projects that have exceeded the duration of the scholarship contract and no request for an extension of the research period)
2. Must not have more than 3 projects in progress (the projects must have not exceeded the project period or still in the requested extension period)

Terms and Conditions

Inbound (Foreign professors or researchers come to perform academic and research work at KMITL)

Budget: not more than 450,000 baht

• Foreign professors or researchers who come to work in academics and research at KMITL must have a research h‑index level of 10 or higher (for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine fields) or level of 5 or higher (for Social sciences, humanities, business administration fields and others).

• Foreign professors or researchers must have spent time performing academic and research work at KMITL for no less than 3 weeks.

Criteria to support expenses

1. Transportation costs for two-way travel for foreign professors or researchers are paid in true value, but at a rate not exceeding business class.
2. The daily allowance for foreign professors or researchers is 1,200 baht per day.
3. Accommodation expenses of foreign teachers or researchers are paid in true value, but not more than 2,500 baht per day.
4. Institutional teacher or researcher compensation along with the cost of materials for conducting research must not exceed 45 percent of the total budget.

Outbound (KMITL professor or researcher travels abroad for academic and research work.)

Budget: not more than 400,000 baht

• Foreign professors or researchers involved in research projects must have a research h index level of 10 or higher (for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine fields) or level of 5 or higher (for Social sciences, humanities, business administration fields and others).
• KMITL professors or researchers must travel to perform academic and research work abroad for no less than 1

Criteria to support expenses

1. Transportation costs for two-way travel for KMITL professors or researchers are paid in true value, but at a rate not exceeding business class.
2. The daily allowance of a foreign professor or researcher is no more than 3,500 baht per day.
3. Accommodation fees for KMITL professors or researchers are paid in true value, but not more than 8,000 baht per day.
4. The cost of materials along with the cost of conducting research is paid in true value.

In this regard, expenses 1 – 3 shall be in accordance with the announcement of the Institute Re: Criteria for payment as expenses for traveling to work, conducting research, Attendance at Academic Meetings, Training and Study Tour 2019

Conditions that KMITL professor or researcher must follow after receiving the scholarship

1. Within one year from the contract start date, KMITL professor or researcher receiving research grants under the Academic Melting Pot program, both inbound and outbound, must have research work with foreign professor or researcher and have at least one research article published (Full Paper) or review article in the Web of Science (WoS) database at the Quartile 1
2. Performance reports must be reported periodically along with submitting evidence of research publications to KMITL.
3. When a foreign professor or researcher has completed academic and research work at KMITL, KMITL professor or researcher is required to submit the following documents to KMITL Research and Innovation Services (KRIS) within 45 days:
   • Money expenditure summary report
   • A copy of the receipt of all project expenses (the professor or researcher must keep the original documents ready for the institute to inspect if there is a call for an inspection)