Deadline: 10 April 2018
Applications are now open for the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology-2(IMPRINT) which is a technology development initiative of MHRD and DST, Government of India.
IMPRINT India is a multi-stakeholder mission programme aimed at bridging the gap between scientific knowledge base created through fundamental and applied research and fruitful translation of the same through engineering invention and technological innovation for the betterment of society.
IMPRINT-India initiative was both novel and unique. Despite unprecedented interest, wide spread enthusiasm and unique scope and utility of the initiative, a need was felt to sharpen the focus, streamline the process of review and allotment, and showcase the fruits of innovation pursued and achieved through IMPRINT in public domain by creating a ‘knowledge portal.
The call was made by the Honourable President and Prime Minister to address all engineering and technological challenges faced by the nation through a nation-wide unique initiative called IMPacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT)
Objectives
- Principal objective is to translate knowledge into viable technology
- About 425 projects with up to Rs 2 crore budget will be supported
- MHRD and DST are equal partners to steer the scheme
- IMPRINT-2 is open to all MHRD funded HEIs / CFTIs
- 27 ministries of GoI remain partners of IMPRINT-2
- Projects with industry support will be preferred
Scope
In order to simplify and streamline the process, attract wider participation of stakeholders including industry and sharpen the focus, a new and revised version of IMPRINT, IMPRINT Round 2 has now been envisaged which will be steered jointly by MHRD and Department of Science & Technology (DST) (through Science and Engineering Research Board, SERB). Core mandate of IMPRINT-2 will remain as:
- Develop products/processes and viable technologies for addressing the identified challenges in the different domains
- Formulate and develop focused translational projects against identified technology thrust areas by various stakeholder ministries
- Evolve new technology transfer models for enabling technology diffusion to industry and stakeholders
- Continuously monitor and refine the challenges and gaps in the various technology domains and map the same against the needs and strengths of the stakeholder ministries vis-à-vis academic and R&D institutions
- Align the programmers and projects with the needs of various industry sectors and the States of India in order to achieve end-user translation
- Facilitate building capability and competence in identified technology thrust areas in the various HEIs and universities in order to plug the demand-supply gap of human resources in specific areas of need.
- The faculty members and researchers in all Government of India funded Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), especially IITs/NITs/IISERs/IIITs/CUs, who are pursuing research in engineering and technology are eligible to submit proposals in IMPRINT-2 as the Principal Investigator (PI).
- IMPRINT-2 shall maintain an appropriate inventory of stakeholder needs and map the same against various products/technologies/knowledgebase likely to be developed under the initiative.
Eligibility
- The faculty members and researchers in all Government of India funded Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), especially IITs/NITs/IISERs/IIITs/CUs, who are pursuing research in engineering and technology are eligible to submit proposals in IMPRINT-2 as the Principal Investigator (PI).
- The PIs should be confident of developing and demonstrating new and novel technology solutions borrowing from already established and documented knowledge base.
- The following points will be given priority during the project evaluation:
- Projects which address any of the ‘themes’ identified by one of the 10 Technology Domains and ‘topics’ proposed by stake holder Ministry or Departments.
- Projects which qualify as translational research initiatives leading to viable technology, prototype or working model development.
- Projects with industry participation or startup company involvement that may lead to developing commercially viable products and thereby creating jobs.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: India
For further information, please visit DST, Govt of India.