In the framework of the India-Argentine scientific and technological cooperation, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Argentine Republic (MINCyT) are glad to invite researchers and scientists to submit joint proposals for research projects carried out by scientists from both countries until April 30, 2023.
The aim of this program is to support the development of scientific and technological cooperation between Indian and Argentine researchers and to strengthen the scientific partnership between research groups from both countries by establishing bilateral research networks, enhancing research cooperation, and promoting the exchange of knowledge between Argentine and Indian scientists.
AREAS OF COOPERATION
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of India, and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Argentine Republic (MINCyT) provide financial support to joint research activities carried out by research groups in both countries. Indian-Argentine research groups are hereby invited to submit joint proposals for research projects in the following topics:
a) Biotechnology
b) Energy Transition
Indo-Argentina Joint Call 2023
Cooperation will consist in conducting joint research as well as mutual visits between laboratories for the purpose of facilitating the research.
Cooperation may also take the form of:
Joint research activities in which interdependent subprojects of a single project are conducted in Indian and Argentine and laboratories.
Complementary methodological approaches to a common problem.
Joint use of research facilities, materials, equipment and/or services by cooperating scientists.
Principal Investigators/ Co-Investigators and young researchers (PhD students and/or Postdoctorates) visits.
ELIGIBILITY:
Indian and Argentine collaborative research groups that submit a research project in the above cooperation areas are eligible. Each research group must be led by a National Project Manager, who must be a member of an academic or research institution or a professor emeritus who is still conducting research at an academic or research institution. The led researcher should not be retired/superannuated during the duration of the said project.
In addition, each research group must be composed of two (2) or more researchers, preferably young researchers.
Those directly involved in the organization of the call or in the evaluation of the projects, or their immediate family members, are not eligible for this call.
PROJECT DURATION
Selected projects will have a duration of up to two years from the beginning of their execution, according to the schedule of this call.
PROJECT FUNDING
Both parties will fund up to FOUR (4) joint research projects. Both parties will make separate financial arrangements and provide funding to successful applicants in accordance with their own relevant regulations.
SCHEDULE
Activity Estimated Period
Submission Deadline: 30 April 2023
Country-Level Evaluation Period: 1 May – 31 July 2023
Final Joint Selection: August 2023
Communication of Results: August – September 2023
Project Execution in Argentina – Start Date: September – October 2023
Project Execution in India – Start Date: September – October 2023
For more INFORMATION
Additional information can be obtained from the following contact persons:
ARGENTINA:
For administrative inquiries: [email protected]
INDIA: [email protected]
