Start-up grants are the first grants given to full-time regular faculty newly recruited on tenure track or as tenured faculty, and are awarded by the Deans of the respective schools. In case the School decides not to award a start-up grants to new faculty at the beginning of their tenure stay at the university, the Sschool may institute any scheme for the promotion of research using these funds. The mMechanism for the award of the start-up grants in such a case may be documented and forwarded to the Vice Chancellor by the Dean.