Deadline: 1 August 2017
The UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) are inviting joint applications for collaborative projects between UK and Indian researchers which seek to enhance understanding of urban challenges and issues in India and achieve economic and social understanding of concerned areas in India.
Funding Information
Proposals are invited for joint UK and Indian projects; each proposal may request £360,000 – £540,000 at 100% full economic cost (fEC) from the ESRC and INR 25 lakhs for each successful project from ICSSR over 24 months duration.
Research Topics
- Urban planning, governance and management: Research in this thematic area could consider questions around urban policymaking, the administrative and legal structures within which cities operate, financing of urban development and public services, planning and master planning, service reform and the relationship between ecological factors and policy decisions.
- Formal and informal populations: Research in this thematic area could consider how the variation and relationship between the formal and informal parts of Indian society impact upon the urban environment, in terms of (for example) the economy, employment, housing, education, and migration.
- Place and space: challenges and solutions, including health, sanitation and labour issues: Research in this thematic area could consider issues of place, space and land use, societal challenges associated with different spaces, and the diversity in problems and solutions, such as health, sanitation, labour and overall well-being.
- Small towns, dynamics of change and migration: Small towns and rural areas have intricate and varied relationships with large urban areas. The drivers encouraging migration from rural areas to small towns and cities is complex, but research questions could consider employment factors and the perceived economic and social benefits of moving in either direction.
Eligibility Criteria
Proposals submitted to this call must:
- involve researchers from the UK and India working together in partnership, and demonstrate the added benefit of collaboration for each party
- offer contributions to the knowledge and understanding of urban transformations under one or more of the priority topics
- demonstrate the ambition and novelty of the research and demonstrate how the outputs of the project will be communicated to relevant stakeholders in academia, industry and government, in both India and the UK
- ensure that knowledge exchange between partners occurs both ways and continues throughout the project in order to build upon and strengthen bilateral relationships between India and the UK.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: United Kingdom and India
For more information, please visit ESRC-ICSSR.