ICSSR-NSTC (Taiwan) Joint Call for Research Proposals 2025

The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taipei, Taiwan jointly signed a MoU to encourage bilateral cooperation in the field of social sciences and exchange visits, exchanges of scholars and promote bilateral joint research projects. Under this bilateral agreement, the research proposals are invited for grants for joint research projects between Indian and Taiwanese researchers in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities.

This India-Taiwan (ICSSR-NSTC) bilateral Collaborative Research Project

This India-Taiwan (ICSSR-NSTC) bilateral collaborative research project must be jointly discussed and submitted by the project hosts (Principal Investigators) of India and Taiwan. Among them, the Indian host must apply to the ICSSR by the regulations of the call guideline; the Taiwanese host of their plan must apply to the NSTC.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be employed in a research or academic position in a recognized research or academic institution – either a university recognized by the UGC or ICSSR research institutes.
• They must also hold a PhD or equivalent qualification and have an interest in high-quality research which may be evident by past studies, publications, and academic background.

Areas of Collaboration:

(1) Economic/ Commerce/ Management/ Business Administration

(2) Sociology and Social Anthropology/ Social Work/ Demography/ Gender Studies

(3) Political Science/International Relations/ Geography/ Public Administration

(4) Psychology/ Education/ Criminology/ Law

(5) Linguistics (literature also included)

(6) Cultural Studies (Arts also included)

(7) Area Studies

(8) History

(9) Buddhist Studies

(10) Philosophy

Funding:

The grant amount is Rs. 12, 00,000 (Rupees Twelve Lakh only).

Number of research projects supported against this proposal – 5 (Five)

Important dates:

(1) Application period: From March 01, 2024 to May 01, 2024

(2) Completion of Peer-review: August 2024

(3) Result Announcement and approval date: December 2024

(4) The execution period of the joint project: From January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026, a period of 2 years

Key Points:

(1) This joint research project will be peer-reviewed and selected by the Indian side (ICSSR) and Taiwanese side (NSTC) after independent review.

(2) Applications with the following circumstances will not be accepted:

i. The qualifications of the Indian Principal Investigator do not meet the requirements of ICSSR and the Principal Investigator of Taiwan do not meet the requirements of NSTC;

ii. The application date exceeds the announcement deadline;

iii. Incomplete application materials;

iv. It is not submitted by the main points of the call guidelines and the method described in this application form.

(3) The Principal Investigator of both parties shall provide the mid-term/end-of-term “bilateral agreement-type expansion” before/after the end of the annual plan implementation period.

(4) When planning cooperation, the Principal Investigators of both parties shall first agree on the ownership and management of future intellectual property rights and achievements of both parties. Management and operation methods, and when necessary, the relevant project contract can be signed together

(5) Due acknowledgment of support by ICSSR and NSTC should be made in any publication resulting from the joint research projects. 

Applications must be submitted to (Contact Details):

• The project proposals completed in all respects must be received by both sides.
• Proposals submitted unilaterally shall not be considered. Applications must be submitted electronically (and in hard copy) in the given application form to ICSSR on or before 1^st May 2024 by the Indian researchers.

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