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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
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INTRODUCTION
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1. MUNIS REP GOVERNANCE
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2. MUNIS REP GRANT FUNDING PRINCIPLES
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2.1. REP objectives
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2.2. Grants funding criteria
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2.3. Host Institution (HI)
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2.5. Funding
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2.6. Ethics
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2.7. Environmental and Social Framework
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2.8. Call for Proposals
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2.9. Deadline for submission of grant proposals
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3. PROPOSALS ELIGIBILITY PRINCIPLES
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3.1. Eligible Principal Investigator (PI)
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3.3. Language of proposals
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3.4. Submission restrictions
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4. EVALUATION AND ADMISSIBILITY PRINCIPLES
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4.1. Peer-reviewers
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4.2. Evaluation and peer-review process
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5. AWARD AND GRANT AGREEMENT
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6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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7. CLOSING
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8. Annexes
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Annex A: Preliminary Proposal Template
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Annex B: Full Proposal Template
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Annex C: Host institution and Principal Investigator Joint Declaration
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Annex D: MUNIS Team Members Roles and Responsibilities Form
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Annex E - SRG/JRG Grant Program Sub-project Selection Process
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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
CEM
Co-executing
institute manager
CfP
Call for Proposals
Co-PI
Co-Principal Investigator
CS
Commercialization Specialist
ESF
Environmental and Social Framework
ESMF
Environmental and Social Management Framework
ESS
Environmental and Social Standards
FA
Financing Agreement
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GFM
Grant Fiduciary Manual
GPM
Grant Program Manual
HEI
Higher Education Institution
HI
Host institution
JRG
Junior Research Grants
IEB
International Expert Board
IPR
Independent peer reviewer
MID
Ministry of Innovative Development
MUNIS
Modernizing Uzbekistan National Innovation System
NIS
National Innovation System
PDO
Project Development Objective
PI
Principal Investigator
PIU
Project Implementation Unit
POM
Project Operations Manual
PRO
Public Research Organization
PRI
Public Research Institute
PRIM
Public Research Institutes Modernization Program
R
Researcher
RCP
Research Commercialization Program
RCs
Research Centers
REP
Research Excellence Program
RI
Research Institution
RUZ
Republic of Uzbekistan
SDG
Sustainable Development Goals
SRG
Senior Research Grants
STI
Science, Technology, and Innovation
TD
Technology development
WB
World Bank
