Deadline: 2 May 2017
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) / the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) are seeking proposals for its joint call for proposals under the topic “Technology for a Sustainable Healthcare: Minimally invasive techniques”.
The aim of the call for proposals is to stimulate sustainable Indian-Dutch research collaboration by funding joint research projects in the area of medical devices that have the explicit goal to contribute to a more sustainable health care either in India or in The Netherlands.
Project Aims
Three strategic questions to address are:
- How can technology support health and wellbeing of people in order to help them function and participate in society, outside of organized care? The point is to focus on health rather than healthcare. By focusing on prevention, health and wellbeing you will reduce the need for professional healthcare.
- How can technology enable care to be delivered closer to home? In many cases it is more cost effective and better for patients to deliver care outside of care institutions. Chronic care should not be managed in hospitals. Rehabilitation should take place closer to home or even at home.
- How can technology enable more efficient and personalized care? Technology enables us to do more with less. Technology can allow early and individualized diagnosis and prognosis, less invasive treatment and change work processes all together.
Funding Information
A budget up to € 1.470.000, – is available for the 2016 call on the Dutch side, this contribution will be matched by DBT. This budget covers for funding for two joint research projects, jointly funded by DBT and NWO / ZonMw.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible research teams are composed of Dutch and Indian researchers, with active involvement in the project of a senior Principal Investigator on both the Indian and the Dutch side.
- Any Dutch or Indian Principal Investigator may be involved in one application / project only. One person can be involved in a maximum of two applications, but only in one of these applications as Principal Investigator.
- For the Dutch scientists the NWO / KNAW eligibility criteria are applied, i.e. the Dutch Principal Investigator should be affiliated to:
- a Dutch university or University Medical Centre
- an institute affiliated to NWO
- an institute affiliated to KNAW
- the Netherlands Cancer Institute NKI
- the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen
- the DUBBLE Beamline at the ESRF in Grenoble
- Naturalis NBC
- the Advanced Research Centre for NanoLithography (ARCNL)
- have an employment contract for at least the duration of the application procedure and the duration of the research the grant is applied for
- have at least a PhD or an equivalent qualification
- For the Indian scientists patterning with the Dutch Scientist, the Indian Principal Investigator should be researcher from public or private nonprofit institution that develop and perform R&D activities. This includes universities and other academic institutions, research institutions, hospitals, nongovernmental organisations and public foundations.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: India and Netherlands
For more information, please visit DBT-Netherlands.