Apply for Newton Bhabha UK–India Industrial Waste Challenge 2017!

Deadline: 11 September 2017

Applications are open for “Newton Bhabha UK–India Industrial Waste Challenge 2017” with an aim to encourage partnerships between the UK and India.

Projects should address reducing industrial waste and pollution, and improve value recovery from waste using biotechnology in one or more of these 5 sectors:

leather/tanning/textiles
municipal solid waste
paper and pulp
sewage
sugar cane

Innovate UK and Research Councils, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), are investing up to £8 million in projects that use cutting-edge solutions to reduce industrial waste in India.

Funding Information

In the UK, Innovate UK and the Research Councils have allocated up to £8 million to fund projects in this competition.
India’s DBT has allocated matched project funds.
Innovate UK and the Research Councils will fund the UK project partners, and DBT will fund the Indian project partners.

Eligibility Criteria

To apply to this Newton Fund call, applicants’ project consortium must include, as a minimum:
- a UK-based business
- a UK higher education institution or research council institute eligible for BBSRC/EPSRC funding
- a Government of India supported or recognised academic institution or research organisation
Preference will be given to project consortia that also contain an Indian business partner or an Indian urban or other local government body who would be the end user of the solution, for example in municipal solid waste or sewage, although this is not mandatory.
The project must show how it meets the scope of this competition, including:
- that India is the primary target market for the project
- how it fits within official development assistance (ODA) criteria
The project consortium must be led by:
- either a business or a research organisation in the UK
- an academic institution or research organisation in India