Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG), co-chair by the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC) and Business Mauritius (BM) is inviting local companies to submit proposals for innovative collaborative research and development projects with commercial potential, in partnership with local Academic/Research/Tertiary Education Institutions(s).
The Collaborative Research and Innovation Grant Scheme (CRIGS) aims to improve the competitiveness of Mauritius through collaboration between Research and Industry.
Objectives
- CRIGS expands the Research/Industry Partnership to establish sustainable joint venture opportunities for Mauritian companies. The RDWG encourages synergism in the proposed research project where a multi-disciplinary team approach is required, in which the project leader is from the local company and the project investigator(s) is/are from local and/or overseas research institution(s). CRIGS aims to combine the strength of all participating entities by coupling entrepreneurial skills to high technology research efforts.
- The ultimate objective of the project will be to develop innovative products, processes, and/or techniques for commercial competitiveness and sustainability of enterprises.
Priority Areas
- Applications should be in line with the following priority areas:
- Renewable Energy
- Ocean/ Marine Technology, Resources and Services
- ICT/BPO/Telecommunications (including High Performance Computing and Cloud Computing)
- Life Sciences (including Health, Medical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology)
- Manufacturing
Funding Information
- The MRIC anticipates awarding a matching grant of up to Rs 5M per project to successful applications for a project duration of normally up to 24 months.
- The applicant has to mandatorily contribute the equivalent of the requested amount.
Eligibility Criteria
- The main applicant must be a local/private company and it should be registered at the Registrar of Companies in the Republic of Mauritius for at least 1 year.
- The main applicant must have a research collaborator from the public and/or private Academic/Research/Tertiary Education Institution(s) which is involved in research.
- The prime objective of the local Company and collaborating entities should be in line with the ultimate objective of this scheme as define.
- Under this scheme, a local Company (Micro, Small, Medium, Large) wishing to undertake a project must partner with a local Academic/Research/Tertiary Education Institution(s), either private and/or public.
- The local Company may also wish to collaborate with:
- any other Academic/Research/Tertiary Education Institution(s) located locally and/or internationally;
- any other local/overseas Company(ies) (Micro, Small, Medium, Large).
- Non-Governmental Organisation(s) (NGO(s))
- Any proposal submitted under this scheme should comprise of one local Company and at least one partner from a local Academic/Research/Tertiary Education Institution(s)
- No awards will be made to applicants who are already recipient of full project funding from other agencies for the same or any similar project.
- Eligibility of Applicant – The local Company
- Only companies registered in the Republic of Mauritius, including Micro, Small and Medium enterprises, and large companies are eligible to submit proposals under this scheme. The applicant should outline how the collaboration will increase the likely impacts of the research and innovation.
- The company should provide a copy (hard or soft) of the last audited financial statements (income and expenditure) within the last two years, signed and certified by an independent third party. New enterprises (between one to three years) should give an estimate of their previous and current year’s budget (income and expenditure).
- Eligibility of Research Collaborating Partner
- The Research Collaborating Partner (as defined in Section 4.6), will be a public and/or private Academic/Research/Tertiary Education Institution(s) which is involved in research.
- Eligibility of the Project Leader
- The Project Leader must be employed by the local Company submitting the project proposal. The individual who is proposed as the Project Leader at the time of the submission of the proposal is expected to be the Project Leader at the time of the inception of the project. A change in Project Leader prior to an award could affect whether an award will be made.
- Other Eligibility Criteria
- The application should also meet the following criteria for eligibility:
- Relevance to the objective of the scheme
- Priorities of the Call for Proposals
- Relevance to the particular needs of the Private Sector
- Particular added-value elements
- Capacity to innovate
- Capacity Building
- Management of the Collaborative Research and Innovation Grant Scheme
- The local Company must provide satisfactory evidence that it will exercise management, control and audit of the performance of the funds to be allocated under this grant. Regardless of the proportion of the work or funding of each of the participants under an award, the local Company is to be the grantee with overall responsibility for performance.
For more information, visit CRIGS.