Deadline: 15 February 2017
Innovate UK, and the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India is seeking proposals for its India-UK Collaborative Industrial Research and Development Programme 2016 with an aim to encourage innovative partnerships between the UK and India.
Focus Areas
- Clean Technology
- Affordable Healthcare
- Use of electronic system design and manufacture (ESDM) technologies to provide solutions to particular societal challenges, specifically:
- Large area flexible electronics and internet of things (IoT) to solve challenges related to affordable energy, affordable healthcare or affordable education provision; or to solve challenges in relation to the environment or to cities that impact the wider population of India
- Devices for internal security, specifically for natural disaster management (preparedness, prevention and recovery, including emergency communications system, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc). Note: no military-related or personal security applications are eligible.
- Medical electronics addressing the healthcare needs of remote communities
- Technological solutions for the sustainability and resilience challenges India is facing in the fields of mobility, energy and ICT
Objectives
- Enable new commercial, competitive solutions which address key societal challenges to emerge, by:
- Nurturing new India-UK science and technology (S&T) partnerships which focus on industrial outcomes;
- Accelerating the commercialisation of R&D that will benefit India (and other countries including the UK), with preference given to small and medium-sized enterprises, and on high impact projects which can show near-term results;
- Fostering the identification of new public policies that will correct market failures, to support innovation in both countries; and
- Strengthening overall bilateral S&T relations.
Funding Information
- Total UK project costs of between £350,000 to £450,000 giving rise to total UK grant of approximately £300k.
- Ideal duration of the Project should be 12-24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- An Indian registered company Project Lead (IPL), responsible for the Indian application submission, leading the Indian part of the project and communicating with the UK Project Lead and,
- A UK registered company Project Lead (UKPL), responsible for the UK application submission, leading the UK side of the project and communicating with the Indian Project Lead.
Eligible Applicants from India
- Indian companies having partnership with government-funded Indian academic and R&D institutions.
- Indian companies having in-house R&D Centre which is recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India.
- Companies that fall under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) category, as defined by the Government of India.
Eligible UK Applicants are:
- UK companies of any size, registered, based and operating in the UK.
- Academic institutions, other research organisations, public sector bodies and charities undertaking research activity in the UK are also eligible to participates per Innovate UK’s normal funding rules, but cannot lead the UK side of the project.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries: UK and India
For more information, please visit Innovate UK.
