Deadline: 28 November 2017
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is seeking proposals for its 2017 BRICS Multilateral Research and Development Projects with an aim to support excellent research on priority areas which can best be addressed by a multinational approach. The initiative should facilitate cooperation among the researchers and institutions in the consortia which consist of partners from at least three of the BRICS countries.
Thematic Areas
- Prevention and monitoring of natural disasters
- Water resources and pollution treatment
- New and renewable energy, and energy efficiency
- Biotechnology and biomedicine including human health and neuroscience
- Information technologies and high performance computing
- Material science including nanotechnology
Funding Information
Maximum Indian support for each Project:upto Indian Rupees Rs. 50 lakhs approx. for 3 years’ duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Indian Partners: Eligible Indian partners can be legal research entities from public funded academic institutions, national R&D laboratories or R&D entities having recognition as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under the Scheme on Recognition of Scientific and Industrial Research Organisations (SIROs), 1988. The R&D performing
- Indian industry may participate voluntarily in this call with participating Indian industry has to invest its own resources.
- Consortium: A joint project will comprise of at least one PI from each of the participating countries, and a project coordinator or the leading PI acting as the project coordinator. Project consortia should consist of partners from at least three BRICS countries.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
For more information, please visit BRICS Call for Proposals.