Joint Research Projects @ Department of Science and Technology

Eligibility The joint application must include one Indian and one Canadian Principal Investigators, who would be responsible for technical as well as administrative co-ordination of the project and its periodic scientific and financial reporting to DST and IC-IMPACTS respectively. The Principal Investigator (PI) and other investigators in India should be scientists/ faculty members working in regular capacity in UGC recognized Universities / Deemed Universities / Academic Institutes and National Research & Development Laboratories / Institutes. It is preferred that a member of the project team may be designated as Co-PI. Any Canadian Researcher eligible to receive funding from IC-IMPACTS and Tri-Council Agencies in Canada is eligible to apply as a principal investigator or research team member from Canada. Scholarship details ST provides the following support under the programme: For Indian researchers: International Travel to Canada: Domestic Travel within India: Solely for the purposes of sampling, testing and deployment of research solutions within community contexts Field work connected with the project Support for Research Manpower (JRF/SRF/RA): Support for India graduate students at the Doctoral and Post-Doctoral level (as per DST norms) (JRF/SRF/RA) Research Equipment: Small equipment and only if it is not available in the institution Components, sub-systems, fabrication and prototype development costs to be used by Indian researchers as required by the project Consumables to be used by Indian researchers’ as required by the project Overheads as per DST norms How to apply The online application will be sent to both DST and IC-IMPACTS together with all funding organization specific documents submitted as part of the online application process Online application website at: http://call-dst.ic-impacts.com Last date: 27th January, 2015-01-05 For more details, please visit: http://ic-impacts.com /dst-ic-impacts-joint-call-information/