10th Call for Proposals: Australia-India Strategic Research Fund 2016

Deadline: 19 October 2016

The Department of Science & Technology is seeking proposals for its 10th round of the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) 2016 with an aim to build linkages between premier research institutions in both countries.

Objectives

Increase the uptake of leading-edge science and technology (S&T) by supporting collaboration between Australian and Indian researchers in strategically focused, leading-edge scientific research and technology projects, and strengthening strategic alliances between Australian and Indian researchers.
Facilitate Australia’s and India’s access to the global S&T system.

Priority Areas

Advanced manufacturing and innovative technologies
- Material sciences and nanotechnology, including smart materials, energy materials, composites, alloys and polymers
- Smart cities and infrastructure technologies (including urban design, sensor technologies, real time data and spatial analysis, transport systems, cold chain logistics and storage, and waste management)
Survey, exploration and mining of natural resources (land and marine)
- Mine safety, environmental impact mitigation and waste management
- Mining technology development, survey and exploration techniques

Benefits

International economy excursion class return airfares for Indian researchers travelling to Australia to participate in collaborative research projects
Living expenses, including accommodation and meals, for Australian researchers travelling to India to participate in collaborative research projects and workshops.
Indian side will contribute a maximum of Indian Rs. 1000/ per person per day or Indian Rs. 25,000/- per person per month whichever is the lesser amount and Guest House Accommodation Charges

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply for funding under the Indo-Australian S&T Fund, the Indian applicant must:
- Seek support for a bilateral collaborative research project in one of the priority areas of research
- Have obtained the agreement of their proposed Australian research partner to undertake the project activities
- Be one of the following ‘eligible organisations’ (or a consortium of eligible organisations):
  - Education institution
  - UGC recognized Universities/ Deemed Universities
  - Academic Institutes and National Research & Development Laboratories/Institutes
  - public sector research agency
  - private, not for profit, research organisation (Recognised by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India organisation as S&T organisation)
- Address each of the Assessment Criteria
- Seek funding for eligible expenses; and
- Not seek funding for activities funded under another Indian Government program.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit their completed application forms and all relevant, clearly labelled attachments in a single email in one MS word file (file name must indicate applicant name and area code) via email available on the given website.

Eligible Countries: India and Australia

For more information, please visit Australia-India Strategic Research Fund.