Externally Funded Research Projects: January 2018 through February 2024
Sl. Name of PI Department/ Institute Project/ Workshop Title Funding Agency Project Duration Status
01 Dr. Minhaz Mohammad Shahriar Civil & Environmental Engineering Supporting coastal communities in coping with continuous sea-level rise and managing flood and soil erosion with the application of polymer fiber composite strips (PFCS) in coastal embankments High Commission of Canada to Bangladesh [CFLI Funded] 2022-2024 Ongoing
02 Dr. Ishrat Zakia Sultana Political Science and Sociology Economic Recovery Policies for Sustainable and Equitable Digital School Teaching and Tutoring in Canada and Bangladesh University of Waterloo, Canada 2023-2026 Ongoing
03 Dr. Asad Karim Khan Priyo Economics Experimental evaluation of life-skills curriculum for vulnerable students in Dhaka SSHRC Insight Development Grant funded by the Government of Canada 2023-2026 Ongoing
04 Prof. Mamun Molla Mathematics & Physics GPU Optimized Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer and Entropy Production of Two-Phase Nanofluids Ministry of Science and Technology 2022-2023 Ongoing
05 Prof. Nazrul Islam Economics Assessing Adoption and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Bangladesh Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bangladesh 2022-2023 Ongoing
06 Prof. Mamun Molla Mathematics & Physics Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer of Hybrid Nanofluids using GPU Computing The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 2022 Completed
07 Dr. Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader Public Health Building Capacity to Study Mixed Metal-Induced Neurotoxicity in Bangladeshi Children NIH 2021-2026 Ongoing
08 Dr. Preetom Nag Mathematics & Physics Optimization of Convective Heat and Mass Transfer of Bio-Nanofluid Through A Porous Medium with The Presence of a Magnetic Field: A Numerical Study Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 2021-2023 Ongoing
09 Dr. Md. Shamim Talukder Management Facilitators and Inhibitors of Digital Municipal Service System Using Behavior in Emerging Economics: The Case of Bangladesh North South University (NSU) and United International University (UIU) Joint Research 2021-2022 Ongoing
10 Dr. Rajesh Palit Electrical & Computer Engineering Performance Analysis of loT Networks with lnnovative lmplementation Schemes North South University (NSU) and United International University (UIU) Joint Research 2022-2023 Ongoing
11 Prof. Hafiz Abdur Rahman Electrical & Computer Engineering Remotely Accessible Cyber-Physical System Testbed and Open Architecture Synchrophasor Systems for Bangladesh's National Power Grid's Cyber Security and Reliability Energy and Power Research Council (EPRC) of the Government of Bangladesh 2020-2022 Ongoing
12 Dr. Nova Ahmed Electrical & Computer Engineering Research on Intersections of Gender and Technology Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2020-2022 Ongoing
13 Dr. Mohammad Hossain Shariare Pharmaceutical Sciences Antibiotic Resistance Prevention Using Liposomal Nano Drug Delivery System of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) BANBEIS, Education ministry, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 2020-2022 Completed
14 Prof. Mamun Molla Mathematics & Physics Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Areas with Three-Dimensional Building Arrays in the City of Dhaka Grant for Advanced Research in Education (GARE), Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics (BANBEIS), Ministry of Education, Bangladesh. 2019-2022 Ongoing
15 Dr. Muhammad Maqsud Hossain [Co-PI] NSU Genome Research Institute (NGRI) Can Face Masks Reduce Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh? A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial GiveWell ( in collaboration with Yale, Stanford, and IPA) 2021 Ongoing
16 Dr. Muhammad Maqsud Hossain [Co-PI] NSU Genome Research Institute (NGRI) Fighting Covid-19 in Bangladeshi and Rohingya populations with endemic bacterial diarrhoea and antimicrobial resistance Global Challenges Research Funds (GCRF), University of Nottingham, UK 2021 Ongoing
17 Dr. Muhammad Maqsud Hossain [Co-PI] NSU Genome Research Institute (NGRI) CARE Bangladesh: Cholera Antibiotic REsistance in Bangladesh: big data mining and machine learning to improve diagnostics and treatment selection. Global Challenges Research Funds, University of Nottingham, UK 2019-2021 Ongoing
18 Prof. Biswas Karabi Farhana Environmental Science & Management German-Bangladesh University Cooperation in Textile and Clothing Sector 2018-19' within the framework of 'German-Bangladesh Higher Education Network for Sustainable Textiles [HEST] German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) [co-managed by DAAD, UGC-Bangladesh and GIZ-Bangladesh] 2018-2021 Project completed but thesis ongoing
19 Dr. M Jashim Uddin Political Science and Sociology The reflection of Rohingya Voice in various initiatives towards their repatriation including Implementation of the Bilateral Agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) 2021 Completed
20 Dr. Ahmed Hossain Public Health Baseline Study on Delivering Health, Nutrition and Livelihood, and Protection services for Rohingya Refugees and vulnerable host communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. International Rescue Committee (IRC) 2021 Completed
21 Dr. Mohammad Monir Uddin Mathematics & Physics Developing Mathematical Algorithms and Softwares for the Model Reduction of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems BANBEIS 2019-2022 Completed
22 Prof. Mamun Molla Mathematics & Physics Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement of CuO/Al2O3 -Ethylene Glycol Nanofluids using High-Performance GPU Computing The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 2021 Completed
23 Dr. Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman Management Green marketing Vis–a–Vis Sustainable Development: Solid Waste Management in Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh 2020-2021 Completed
24 Prof. Sk. Tawfique M. Haque South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) Citizens' Trust and Covid Management Survey (CTCMS) in South Asia Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway 2020-2021 Completed
25 Segufta Dilshad Public Health Level of health literacy among adults of Dhaka city, Bangladesh Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) 2019-2020 Completed
26 Prof. Sk. Tawfique M. Haque South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) Education policy recommendations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: supporting sustainable refugee return and reintegration through education and skills building Danish Refugee Council 2019-2020 Completed
27 Dr. Manik Chandra Shill Pharmaceutical Sciences Investigation of Colocasia affinis leaf extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats for the mitigation of diabetes and diabetic complications. R&D Project Supported by the Ministry of Science & Technology 2019-2020 Completed
28 Prof. Sk. Tawfique M. Haque South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) Attitude of the Most Vulnerable Regarding Climate Finance: Bangladesh in Comparative Perspective World Bank 2019-2020 Completed
29 Prof. Sk. Tawfique M. Haque South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) Cross Country survey on Accountability and Trust in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway 2019-2020 Completed
30 Prof. Md. Jakariya Environmental Science & Management Mainstreaming Climate Change Issues and Adaptive Strategies to Secure Livelihoods of Coastal Communities in Bangladesh Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, Government of Bangladesh 2018-2020 Completed
31 Dr. Ahmed Tazmeen Economics Development of Bangladesh Qualifications Framework International Labour Organization (ILO), Dhaka, Bangladesh 2019-2020 Completed
32 Prof. Gias U. Ahsan NSU Global Health Institute (NGHI) A Baseline Public Health Situational Analysis for Implementing a “Healthy City” Project to Combat Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Municipalities of Bangladesh Non-Communicable Disease Control Programme, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh 2019 Completed
33 Dr. Nova Ahmed Electrical & Computer Engineering ACM SIGCHI Grant, 2019 ACM (Associaion of Computer Machineries) 2019 Completed
34 Prof. Kazi Nadim Hasan Biochemistry & Microbiology Evaluation of the Detection of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotypes and Subtypes by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Sanger Sequencing: a comparative study Special Allocation Grant for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 2018-2019 Completed
35 Dr. Mohammad Hossain Shariare Pharmaceutical Sciences Nano Drug Delivery System of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) For Combating Antibiotic Resistance Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 2018-2019 Completed

Updated on 11 January 2024