What are the criteria for strong research group leaders in higher education institutions in Vietnam? Criteria for key members of strong research groups in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

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• Criteria for strong research group leaders in higher education institutions in Vietnam?
• Criteria for key members of strong research groups in higher education institutions in Vietnam?
• Criteria for other members in strong research groups in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

Criteria for strong research group leaders in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

In Clause 1, Article 9 of Decree No. 109/2022/ND-CP stipulating strong research group leaders in higher education institutions, the group leader is a permanent lecturer of a higher education institution who simultaneously meets the following criteria:

- Having led 01 national science and technology task or 02 science and technology tasks of ministerial or provincial level which have been tested and accepted as passed or higher in the last 5 years;

- Being the author of 01 monograph or 02 university books and textbooks;

- Having an h-index of 10 or more (according to the Scopus database);

- Being the main author of at least 10 works published in scientific journals in the WoS database or the author of at least 02 inventions or 05 utility solutions, or 02 plant variety patents or being the author of a scientific and technological work winning the first prize at the ministerial or provincial level or the Ho Chi Minh Prize, the State Prize in science and technology;

- Having successfully supervised at least 02 postgraduate students;

- Having experience in cooperating with domestic and foreign organizations in implementing scientific and technological activities, trial production or successful commercialization of scientific and technological products in provinces and central-affiliated cities and foreign countries;

- Fit for work as prescribed by labor law, still eligible for professional work for at least 5 years before retirement age as prescribed by labor law to complete the research orientations.

At the same time, Clause 2, Article 9 of Decree No. 109/2022/ND-CP stipulates that the co-leader is a reputable scientist invited from abroad, responsible for the academic content, has a research orientation in line with the research orientation of the group leader, and also meets the standards in Points c, d and dd Clause 1 of this Article or has won prestigious international awards in the field of research.

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Criteria for key members of strong research groups in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

In Clause 4, Article 9 of Decree No. 109/2022/ND-CP stipulating that the criteria for key members of strong research group in higher education institutions, key members are lecturers of higher education institutions or researchers of domestic research institutes, and concurrently satisfy the following criteria:

- Having a research orientation suitable to the research orientation of a strong research group in a higher education institution and having a commitment to register to join the strong research group;

- Having led 01 ministerial- or provincial-level science and technology task, which has been tested and accepted as passed or higher in the last 5 years;

- Having an h-index of 5 or more (according to the Scopus database);

- Being the author of 01 monograph or 01 university textbook;

- Being the main author of at least 05 works published in scientific journals in the WoS database or the author of at least 01 inventions or 02 utility solutions, or 02 plant variety patents or being the author of a scientific and technological work winning the first prize at the ministerial or provincial level or the Ho Chi Minh Prize, the State Prize in science and technology;

- Having successfully supervised at least 01 postgraduate student;

- Having experience in cooperation in research implementation, pilot production to create scientific products that are applied to serve the community and having at least 01 research cooperation with a domestic or foreign research group.

In addition, Clause 5, Article 9 of Decree No. 109/2022/ND-CP also stipulates that key members are reputable scientists invited from abroad, fully meeting the criteria at Points a, c, dd and e, Clause 4 of this Article, or scientists from enterprises or other organizations which fully satisfy the criteria at Points a, c, dd and g, Clause 4 of this Article.

Criteria for other members in strong research groups in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 7, Article 9 of Decree No. 109/2022/ND-CP on the criteria for other members of strong research group in higher education institutions, other members are lecturers, researchers and students of domestic and foreign higher education institutions or research institutes, and concurrently satisfy the following criteria:

- Having a research orientation suitable to the research orientation of a strong research group in a higher education institution and having a commitment to register to join the strong research group;

- Having had a scientific work published jointly with the group leader or key members in an international scientific journal or in a prestigious domestic scientific journal.

Decree No. 109/2022/ND-CP takes effect from March 1, 2023.