Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC), established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Government of Germany to promote research partnerships of industrial relevance invites the First Stage Proposals for joint R&D&I projects of industrial relevance in 2+2 Mode of Partnership in the thematic area AI for Sustainability with IGSTC Call 2024.
IGSTC 2+2 Call 2024 on overall thematic area “AI for Sustainability”
- AI-assisted understanding of extreme weather events
- Climate models informing agriculture production systems and agricultural management practices
- AI-based extreme events detection and understanding
- Ethical & Fair AI, e.g., bias-free AI (avoiding transfer context, algorithmic focus, and emergent bias), privacy-compliant AI (e.g. anonymizing implicit social structural data)
- Infrastructure planning
- AI across disciplines to model and plan sustainable and climate-resilient cities
- Rural/agricultural land use planning
2+2 Mode of Partnership
IGSTC intends to catalyze innovation-centric R&D&I projects by synergizing the strength of research/academic institutions and public/private industry from India and Germany.
This Call for proposals aims to support joint R&D&I projects of industrial relevance using a “2+2 Mode of Partnership” i.e. involvement of at least one research/academic institute and one public/private industry from both countries. Project proposals are expected to provide insights and exploitable research results leading to new technologies, products, processes, patents, and/or services.
Funding Support – IGSTC Call 2024
Funding will be provided in the form of grants amounting to up to ₹ 350 Lakhs per project for Indian partners (including INR 150 Lakhs for industry) and up to € 450.000 per project for German partners, for a period of up to three years, to cover project-related costs including research staff. An additional funding period of up to two years may be granted in exceptional cases.
Who can Apply
Applicants from public and private non-profit research organizations, public and private institutions of higher education, universities, and public or private companies having R&D bases are eligible to apply. Principal investigators should be holding a regular/permanent position. Applications of SME´s are encouraged.
How to Apply
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Application must be submitted by April 30, 2024 / 11:59 PM CET. No legal claims can be derived from the submission of a proposal.
