Jakarta, October 2025 – The Institute for Research and Community Service (LRPM) of Dian Nusantara University (UNDIRA) virtually conducted a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) event for the progress reports of the 2025 Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (MoECRT) Research Grant Program on October 2nd and 3rd, 2025.

The event was attended by UNDIRA lecturers who had received funding from the 2025 research grant, covering a total of 12 research titles from the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (FBIS) and the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics (FTI).

The event featured four experienced and qualified reviewers in their respective fields: Dr. Yudhi Herliansyah, Dr. Mujiono Sadikin, Dr. Robby Kurniawan Harahap, and Prof. Dr. Ulani Yunus, Dra., M.M. The reviewers provided evaluations and constructive feedback to enhance the quality of the ongoing research.

Also in attendance was Basuki Toto Rahmanto, S.E., M.M., M.Ak., the Head of UNDIRA's LRPM Bureau. In his opening remarks, he emphasized that research is an essential pillar of the university's development and serves as a means for both lecturers and students to make tangible contributions to society and the industrial world.

In addition to lecturers, the event also involved students as research members and external partners who play a role in the development and implementation of the research outcomes.

The reviewers offered several key recommendations, including the need to strengthen research methodologies, increase the Technology Readiness Level (TRL), improve the quality of publications in reputable journals, and optimize collaboration with partners to ensure the research outcomes have a broader impact.

Based on the presentations, the majority of the research projects showed promising progress. However, further efforts are still needed to ensure that the research outputs extend beyond academic circles and provide direct benefits to the community and national development.

Through this progress report Monitoring and Evaluation, it is hoped that the research conducted by UNDIRA's lecturers will continue to improve in quality, result in reputable publications, and create innovations relevant to contemporary needs.