Online applications are invited for the IGSTC 2+2 Call 2024. Online applications are open on the official website.
About IGSTC 2+2 Call 2024
Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC), established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the Federal Ministry ofEducation and Research (BMBF), Government of Germany to promote research partnership of industrial relevance invites 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 subtopics:
- 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. anonymising 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 catalyse innovation-centric R&D&I projects by synergising the strength of research/academic institution and public/private industry from India and Germany. This Call for proposals is aimed at supporting joint R&D&I projects of industrial relevance by means of “2+2 Mode of Partnership” i.e. involvement of at least one research/academic institute and one public/private industry from both the countries. Project proposals are expected to provide insights and exploitable research results leading to new technologies, products, processes, patents and/or services.
Benefits
Funding will be provided in the form of grants amounting up to ₹ 350 Lakhs per project for Indian partners (including INR 150 Lakhs for industry) and up to € 500.000 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.
Eligibility
Applicants from public and private non-profit research organisations, public and private institutions of higher education, universities and public or private companies having R&D basesare eligible to submit an application.Principal investigators should be holding a regular/permanent position. Applications of SME´s are encouraged.
How to Apply?
- To apply for IGSTC 2+2 Call 2024 , kindly visit the following:
- Application must be submitted no later than 16 May 2024 / 11:59 PM CET. No legal claims can be derived from the submission of a proposal.
- IGSTC will execute a two-step evaluation process. Initially applicants have to submit First Stage Proposals followed by an evaluation by the Joint Scientific Committee.
- In the second step, shortlisted consortia will be invited to submit a more detailed Second Stage Proposal.
- Each evaluation stepis expected to take two to three months time.
Deadline
Deadline for submitting IGSTC 2+2 Call 2024 First Stage Proposals: 16 May 2024
For more information, please visit Basic Guidelines and FAQs.
Contact
It is recommended that applicants contact IGSTC Secretariat in India or Project Office in Germany for clarification, if any prior to submitting the application.The contact details are:
Contact – India
Dr Rupak Bhattacharya
Indo-German Science & Technology Centre
Ground Floor, Block -II (AI Block)
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi – 110016, India
Phone: +91 011 2654 3500
E-mail: rupak[dot]Bhattacharya[at]igstc[dot]org
Contact – Germany
Mr Hans Westphal
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Project Management Agency
Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1, 53227 Bonn
Phone: + 49 228 3821 1473
E-mail: Hans[dot]Westphal[dot]dlr[dot]de
