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The Center for Research and Community Service (P3KM) of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) held the Signing of the 2023 Central and Internal Funded Research and Community Service (PKM) Contracts in the Hall on the 2nd Floor of the Politap Rectorate Building.
The contract signing ceremony was attended by the Vice Director for General Affairs and Finance of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, Yusuf, S.ST., M.T., Head of P3KM, Muh Anhar, S.T., M.T., Heads of Departments, Study Program Coordinators, as well as all research and community service team leaders. The event was opened by a moderator, followed by welcoming remarks from the Vice Director.
In his remarks, Vice Director Yusuf, S.ST., M.T. explained that 38 research proposals and 8 PKM proposals were submitted for selection. However, based on the results of the reviewer evaluations, 34 research proposals and 7 PKM proposals passed the selection. Of the 34 accepted research proposals, 1 proposal is funded under an assignment research scheme. Two Politap lecturers qualified for the Research and PKM activities centrally funded by the Directorate of Higher Vocational Education Academics for Fiscal Year 2023, namely Darmanto, S.Kom., M.Kom. and Saifudin Usman, ST., M.Tr.Kom. All proposals declared accepted have been revised according to the notes from the reviewers.
The Vice Director congratulated all Research and PKM team leaders who qualified for internal funding, and advised that the research and PKM activities be carried out in accordance with the established time schedule.
“This is a form of appreciation for you all to continue conducting research and community service according to your fields of study and expertise. Therefore, let us work together to complete this research and PKM according to the established time schedule, and moving forward, ensure that the chosen research and PKM themes address the needs of society, business, and industry, considering there are still many problems that need to be resolved and require concrete solutions, particularly in Ketapang Regency.”
The Vice Director added that, for example, several economic agencies require studies and analyses on regional markets, because most of the village markets that have been built are not functioning as they should. Thus, the local government is deemed in need of studies and strategies to determine appropriate locations for the community so that they can be functional and beneficial.
In addition, efforts will be made in the future to introduce research schemes for educational laboratory technicians (PLP) so they can conduct research in accordance with their duties and functions, enabling human resource quality to continually develop in line with the needs of science and technology in education..
Furthermore, the Vice Director advised that the funds provided to lecturer researchers and community service implementers be utilized as effectively as possible in accordance with applicable rules and regulations, so that moving forward, these research and PKM activities run smoothly and on schedule, and the promised outputs can be achieved. The resulting outputs will benefit the institution and support lecturers' academic promotion.
On another occasion, the Director of Politap also conveyed / advised
After listening to the Vice Director's remarks, the event proceeded with the signing of the research and PKM contracts by each lecturer researcher and community service implementer.