Deadline: 31 March 2018
The India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability (IC-Impacts) is seeking applicants for its new round “Innovative Technology Demonstration Initiative”.
Objectives
- Encourage the transfer of technology and knowledge resulting from India-Canada research and technology development partnerships.
- Foster Canada-India collaborative research and trade development activities.
- Demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative technologies for the Canadian and Indian marketplace.
- Improve the health, safety and prosperity of communities through the introduction of new technologies in Canada and/or India.
- To improve Canada-India economic ties.
Types of Eligible Projects
IC-IMPACTS is seeking project proposals in three categories of projects in the deployment-ready stage of development related to IC-IMPACTS themes on safe and sustainable infrastructure, integrated water management and public health and disease prevention:
- Technology Indigenization or Product Adaptation
- Technology or Research Validation
- Technology Replication
Eligibility Criteria
All projects must be based on excellence in research and have the following additional elements:
- Include Canadian academic team member(s)
- Include Canadian graduate student involvement
- The application must include an industry partner which is committed to the project and can provide both in-kind and cash support. Cash support from industry must be 50% or more of their total support.
- Include commitment from a community context or testing site agreeing to the deployment of the technology
- Fit the strategic priorities of Indian or Canadian communities
- Be tailored to the market within which the technology is being deployed to ensure the potential for successful technology uptake (i.e. in terms of complexity, maintenance and price-point)
- If a project does not have a team member from India (academic, industry, community partner) the application must clearly indicate a strategy for knowledge sharing from the demonstration to Indian target audience
How to Apply
- Documentation must include the following items:
- Application Form
- Budget Form
- CVs of all Research Team Members
- Letter(s) of Support from Industry and/or Appropriate Other Partner(s)
- Letter(s) of Support from Community or Testing Site Partner(s)
- IP Agreement between Collaborating Partners and Researchers
- Canadian scientists must also include the following:
- Conflict of Interest Form
- Consent to Disclosure Form
- Acknowledgement to Network Agreement Form
- Investigator Environmental Impact Assessment Form
- Approval from their University’s Office of Research Services
- Applications must be submitted via application portal.
Eligible Country: India and Canada
For more information, please visit IC-Impacts.