Call for Applications: DST- Inria Targeted Programme (India and France)

Deadline: 31 October 2024

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria) has launched a joint call for proposals to foster collaboration between scientific Communities of two countries in the area of Information and Communication Science & Technology.

In India, on behalf of the Department of Science & Technology, Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) invites proposals from the Indian scientists researchers, organize expert & review committee meetings for management disbursement of funds to the approved projects, etc.

Focus Areas

The Project proposal will be supported in the following scientific areas:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Advanced Communication and other relevant digital Technologies
- Digital Health

Funding Information

The indicative funding from each side will be up to Euro 10.000-15.000 (Rs.10- 15 lakhs) per project per year. The support will be given under the following heads:
- International travel (including airfare (India to France & vice-versa), daily allowance, accommodation and domestic travel in the receiving country during a participant’s stay abroad) for researchers, engineers, post-doctoral Fellows, PhD Students, as per CEFIPRA norms
- Support for JRF SRF RAPDF
- Contingency up to Rs. 50,000 per year
- Over Head to institute as per DST norm

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants from both countries must fulfil the following requirements:
- On the Indian side: Applicants have should hold a permanent position as scientists faculty members in universities deemed universities, academic institutes and national research and development laboratories institutes.
- On the French side: Applicants have to carry out their research activity in an Inria project-team.

Evaluation Criteria

Commonly received proposals will be evaluated by DST CEFIPRA, and Inria according to their own evaluation rules, and will rank the proposals based on scientific quality and interest.
- The evaluation criteria will be based on the following:
  - Relevance of the proposal to the call
  - Technical and Scientific quality of the proposal
  - Quality of the project management & methodology
  - Global Impact of the proposal
  - Quality of the consortium and good synergies between the partners
  - Mobilization of resources
  - Added value to be expected from French-Indian research collaboration
  - Balanced Scientific and Financial contribution