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viii.   Services - covers printing, hospitality, honorarium, reimbursement to the research
                        participants or subjects, service-based input, and others; training costs related to
                        research such as workshops and others should be provided with strong justification to
                        be supported by the JPP-NIH review panel and approved by the Grant Review Panel;
                        **Funding must not be used to pay for expenses incurred to attend seminars or
                        conferences and publication fee
                  ix.   Contract Personnel - salary and allowance for short-term personnel, which will be hired
                        based on the research; and
                  x.    Equipment and accessories - the amount allocated for this category should not
                        exceed 40% of the approved total budget. Should any application exceed this limit, PI
                        must provide strong justifications, specifications, quotations, and estimations for the
                        purchase to the grant committee.

                  **For  the  purchasing  of  any  ICT  software  and  equipment,  PI  is  required  to  seek
                  professional advice from the ICT department at their locality prior to the JPP-NIH panel
                  review meeting. The technical input from the ICT Department needs to be sent together
                  with the application as supporting documents. Their evaluation must cover the plan and
                  maintenance for related software and equipment during and after the completion of the
                  research.
            8.9.   Amendment to Grant Allocation


                  Any amendment to the allocation must be approved by the Deputy Director-General of Health
                  (Research and Technical Support) who is also the Chairman of the MOH Research Grant (MRG)
                  Review Panel. The completed form must be sent to the MRG Secretariat, NIH for approval.
                  Please refer to Lampiran Pindahan Agihan (Appendix 14).

            8.10.  Implementation and Research Conduct

                  All research must be carried out based on the approved methodology and allocation within the
                  stipulated time. Approved research will be monitored by the MRG Secretariat based on the
                  following aspects:

                  i.    Financial performance;
                  ii.   Research performance; and
                  iii.   Outcome or Output.

            8.11.  Research Monitoring

                  PI is responsible for completing and submitting the financial reports and performance of
                  research under his/her supervision as follows:
                  i.    Research financial report - must be sent to the MRG Secretariat every month of no later
                        than 15th of the following month;
                  ii.   Research progress report - reports must be submitted semi-annually (on the 15  July
                                                                                        th
                        and 15  January of the following year);
                             th
                  iii.   Research findings monitoring report - reports must be submitted every fourth quarter
                                th
                        before 15  January of the following year. Please refer to  Lampiran Pemantauan
                        Projek (Appendix 15); and

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