Each doctoral student is expected to have their own Research Advisory Committee, or some other comparable group as outlined in the institution's governing documents. This Committee should be convened by the Scholar's Research Supervisor.

 

The duties of this Committee shall be as follows:

 

The purpose of this guide is to help the research scholar figure out what classes he or she would need to take in order to complete the research project. Once every six months, a research scholar is expected to report the results of his or her work to the Research Advisory Committee for feedback and direction. The Research Advisory Committee is responsible for submitting semiannual progress reports to the Institution and providing the research scholar with a copy. In the event that the research scholar's development is deemed poor, the Research Advisory Committee will document the causes of this and provide recommendations for improvement. The Research Advisory Committee may that the scholar's registration be canceled if they do not take these remedial actions.
University Research Committee (URC), 

Department Research Committee (DRC), 

and Research Advisory Committee (RAC)

• Advisory Committee for Research (RAC) -:

The Vice Chancellor serves as the Committee's Chair and the RAC's internal and external members come from a wide range of academic fields. The Research Advisory Committee's principal responsibilities are to advise on, support, and promote all University research and evaluation activities including their design, execution, review, and dissemination.
The Vice-chancellor presides over the University Research Committee (URC), which consists of both tenured and tenure-track faculty members from a variety of departments and disciplines, as well as outside specialists from various research institutions. URC oversees all research-related policies, outputs, and concerns. 

The URC/RAC is responsible for assessing the quality of the university's research as a whole and allocating resources effectively to support individual research initiatives. URC's key roles include:

 • Assessing the efficacy of current research and administrative policies and processes, and providing advice to project investigators on how these might be improved.
• Fostering a culture of innovation in research via consultation and promotion.
• Educating professors about potential sources of extramural funding and intramural assistance for research.
• Suggesting that the appropriate authorities provide seed funding for internal research initiatives.
 

Department Research Committee decisions/recommendations on open subjects.
 

Each graduate program has its own research committee known as the Department Research Committee (DRC), which is made up of both graduate program professors and outside experts in the field. The department's HOD serves as the committee's chair.

 The DRC has a two-year term. DRC's main responsibilities include: 

• Reviewing research proposals; 

• Shaping projects;

 • Designing and developing research methodologies.
• Semiannually reviewing the research projects of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows.
• Taking stock of where they are and offering advice on how to get where they want to be.
• Analysis and advice in preparation for submitting a doctoral dissertation.
 

The University Research Committee must be kept in the loop when plans for new facilities, machinery, and other research-related constraints are formulated.
The mission of the research guidance cell is to encourage faculty and students to engage in research at our institution.
Purposes: To encourage team members to apply for and accept research funds as soon as they become available from a variety of funding sources. Staff research efforts will be encouraged by the timely distribution of downloaded application materials. Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships, and Sponsorships are available for post-graduate and doctoral students, and the goal of this course is to encourage these students to apply for them. Help faculty and students get their research published in peer-reviewed journals by providing encouragement and direction. Staff and researchers should be encouraged to attend and present papers at conferences and seminars on a state, national, and worldwide level. Inspire the team to put up suggestions for both large and small scale research initiatives. Spreading the word about how to get grants and other financial support to put on events like seminars, symposia, conferences, and workshops.
Ethics Board
 

Each research division should establish its own ethics review board tailored to its own field of inquiry.
 

1. The members of the Ethical Committee should come from a variety of fields and industries. In addition to the Principal, Vice-Principal, Research Coordinator, and Head of Department, the Committee should include a Chairperson, scientists/experts from the area of study, one legal expert, and one representative from the community.

 2. The Ethical Committee's Duties: 

a) The Committee will assess all research proposals involving animal/human participants with an eye on protecting the participants' rights, welfare, and privacy.
b) Informed consent, minimization of risk to participants, confidentiality, and avoidance of deceptive techniques in designing, conducting, and reporting the findings of the proposed study are some of the cardinal principles of research ethics that the Committee must assure.
c) The Committee must be abreast of new national and international regulations regarding the use of animal and human samples.
d) The departmental ethical committee will review the application and let the researcher know whether or not their proposal has been approved, modified, postponed, or rejected.
e) The Committee will provide guidance to the scholar till the research project is finished.
Each Ph.D. candidate is required to have their own Research Advisory Committee. This Committee should be convened by the Scholar's Research Supervisor.

 

The role of the Research Advisory Committee is twofold:

 (1) to evaluate the research proposal and (2) to settle on a specific subject for study.
• To direct the research scholar in the creation of the study design and methods of research, and the determination of any necessary training programs.
• To check in with the research scholar on occasion to see how things are going and provide any necessary guidance.
•Once every six months, a research scholar is expected to report the results of his or her work to the Research Advisory Committee for feedback and direction.
•The Research Advisory Committee is responsible for submitting semiannual progress reports to the Research Centre and providing the scholar with a copy.
•In the event that the research scholar's development is deemed poor, the Research Advisory Committee will document the causes of this and provide recommendations for improvement. If the research scholar does not take these remedial actions, the Research Advisory Committee may propose that the Research Centre deregister the research scholar and provide their reasons for doing so.

When PAC meetings will be held
During their time as students at the MPIA, all students are required to meet with the PAC on a yearly basis. Each of these conferences serves a unique purpose in addition to the aforementioned mediation role. The first gathering ought to take place by year's end at the latest. Its objective is to assess whether or not the PhD candidate's initial research aims can be realized and how well the candidate has adapted to the working and social environment at MPIA (and to his or her group). More gatherings need to take held at the two- and three-year marks. Discussion at the last meeting will center on strategies for finishing the thesis in the allotted time and becoming ready for the job market. The PAC chair will notify all students individually before the next meeting is scheduled. If you believe you should be included in a meeting, please contact the PAC chair as soon as possible (contact information may be found in the table below). The PAC meeting is mandatory attendance for both the student and one of their superiors. Two representatives from the PAC will usually be present as well.
 

Meeting the PAC's requirements:
A PAC report, in the downloadable LaTeX format, must be completed by the student before each PAC meeting. No later than one week before the meeting, send the PAC (pac@mpia.de) and your supervisor(s) your completed LaTeX form (both the LaTeX file and a ps/pdf file).
When the PAC usually gets together, they do things like:
The student will begin the PAC meeting with a brief (5 minute) overview of the thesis (no ppt presentation). 1) What is the actual scientific purpose of the thesis? 2) What is the strategy for getting there? Thirdly, what resources, information, and programming language are in use? 4) What major milestones have you accomplished thus far, and how many are still left? After this overview, the student and advisor have a conversation, the student and PAC have a conversation alone, and finally the supervisor and PAC have a conversation alone. Following the meeting, the PAC will compile their findings and send them together with the student's report to the student, the adviser, and the institute's administrators. No one outside of the PAC meeting will see this report or its contents without the unanimous consent of all attendees. If the student or advisor has asked that some information remain private, it will not be included in the report.
 

Extraordinary PAC Gatherings:
Members of the PAC are available to students outside of scheduled sessions to help with anything from basic questions to emergencies involving their thesis or adviser. Managers may also consult the PAC if they are concerned about an issue and would prefer a second perspective. All conversations of this kind, with either students or teachers, shall be held in the highest confidence.