About Doctoral Dissertation Research
Research Criteria
Outputs
Technology Readiness Level
Special Requirements
Criteria and General Requirements
Procedure for Research Proposal Submission

Research Criteria

The criteria for Doctoral Dissertation Research are as follows:

  1. The research proposal is part of the overarching research supervised by the doctoral program advisor, which constitutes the dissertation theme for the student.
  2. The research duration is 1-2 years with a maximum funding of Rp 30.000.000/proposal to finance the student's dissertation research under their supervision.

Outputs

The mandatory outputs for Doctoral Dissertation Research is one article published in a reputable international journal (with the student as the first author and the research advisor as the corresponding author) indexed in Scopus with an SJR>0.2.

Note: Researchers are required to acknowledge the UMS Research and Innovation Office by including the Assignment Letter Number in every publication they make.

Technology Readiness Level

Every research proposal submitted must include the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) as follows:

  1. Basic research: TRL 1, 2, or 3.
  2. Applied research: TRL 4, 5, or 6.
  3. Development research: TRL 7, 8, or 9.

Special Requirements

Requirements for proposers are as follows:

  1. Research team leader must be a permanent lecturer of a higher education institution, holding a doctoral degree (Ph.D.), and supervising doctoral students, both from within and/or outside the country, in both doctor by course and doctor by research programs.
  2. Research team leader must have a minimum of one published article as the first author or corresponding author in a reputable international journal (SJR > 0.2) within the last 2 years.
  3. The team members should include a co-supervisor and one doctoral student under their supervision.

Criteria and General Requirements

  1. Research team leader must be a permanent lecturer at UMS Postgraduate Program (as proven by a Teaching License or a certificate from the Director of Postgraduate Program), have an NIDN, hold a PhD degree, and have supervised at least 1 master's or doctoral student.
  2. The team members consist of a maximum of 1 permanent lecturer at UMS Postgraduate Program (as proven by a Teaching License or a certificate from the Director of Postgraduate Program), have an NIDN, and hold a PhD degree.
  3. This research scheme is oriented towards strengthening and developing collaboration of internal lecturers' resources through joint research with master's or doctoral students to boost publication outcomes based on theses/dissertations. Therefore, proposals should not involve lecturers from other universities.
  4. Preference will be given to lecturers in the respective field to support curriculum development and the teaching-learning process in related study programs.
  5. Each lecturer is eligible to propose one project in the same scheme and year, either as a team leader or a team member. However, lecturers with two or more published articles in reputable international journals with an SJR > 0.5 (also classified as high impact factors by Web of Sciences) may propose up to two projects per year.
  6. Research team members from master's or doctoral students must be active students with a student registration number (NIM) and certified with a letter from the Director of the Postgraduate Program. The minimum number is 1 master's student or 1 doctoral student.
  7. Research proposals must have a research or technology roadmap, not just a compilation of postgraduate students' research topics that are not interconnected.
  8. Research team leader must not have any outstanding research reports from previous periods.
  9. The maximum proposed funding amount is Rp30.000.000 per dissertation proposal.
  10. After the research is completed, the researcher must present the research results in a research dissemination forum such as an international seminar outside the country or publish it in a reputable international scientific journal

Procedure for Research Proposal Submission

Research Proposal for Postgraduate Programs is submitted by completing the proposer's identity and uploading the proposal on the following page https://mybima.ums.ac.id/

Steps to be followed are as follows:

  1. Log in to MyBima using your UniI ID username and password.
  2. Select "Riset" (Research) and click on "Riset Batch Aktif" (Active Research Batch), then click "Ajukan Usulan baru" (Submit a New Proposal).
  3. Choose the scheme you want to submit and click "Riset Pascasarjana" (Postgraduate Research).
  4. The screen will display the "Persyaratan Usulan Riset Pascasarjana" (Requirements for Postgraduate Research Proposals).
  5. Make sure all the listed requirements can be fulfilled and check the boxes provided.
  6. Fill in all the fields and selections in the available form.
  7. Ask team members to approve their participation by logging into MyBima with their UniI ID.
  8. Download the approval sheet from the MyBima page.
  9. Complete the approval sheet from LRI and combine it with the complete proposal, then upload it.
  10. Click "Ajukan Proposal" (Submit Proposal) and attach the soft file of the proposal (in document (doc) or PDF format) to the proposal document icon. This will register the Postgraduate Research Grant proposal as a proposer in the current batch/period.
  11. If the proposal passes the desk evaluation, the proposer will be invited to present and discuss the Postgraduate Research Proposal, the time of which will be scheduled by LRI UMS.
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