Deadline: 28 February 2024
Proposals are now being accepted for the Green Innovation Fund, implemented by Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC).
In line with the national vision and goals for promotion and development of green technologies, a Green Innovation Fund has been introduced by Govt of Assam in Assam Budget 2023-24 to promote green technology-based innovations in the State to strengthen and improve the R&D ecosystem. It is mainly focused on promoting green technology-based innovations and entrepreneurships in the State, creating social-awareness among students and common people.
Objectives
- To promote green sustainable technologies of the State through exploring, generating, and nurturing grassroots innovations using the naturally available resources of the state
- To ensure the emergence and diffusion of green grassroots innovations and to fulfil the society’s socio-economic and environmental needs
- To promote self-sufficiency through innovation-based firms and the use of green technologies
- To inculcate scientific temperament among the students on green technologies/innovations for inducing environment friendly consciousness
- To promote wider social awareness and exposures into the benefits of green technologies in commercial or social applications in the state
Components
- R&D for Green Technologies (RDGT)
- Green Technology & Innovation Implementation (GTII)
- Awareness and Green Capacity Building (AGCB)
Focus Areas
- R&D for Green Technologies (RDGT)
- Addressing climate vulnerabilities and regional climate forecast
- Traditional knowledge-based technologies
- Use of disruptive technologies
- Climate resilient agriculture techniques
- Eco-tourism related technologies
- Green-energy based technologies
- Green Technology & Innovation Implementation (GTII)
- Waste-management & waste-based products & technologies
- Renewable energy-based products & technologies
- Green Infrastructure Development
Eligibility Criteria
For Proposals Under RDGT & GTI
- R&D for Green Technologies
- R&D proposals based on green technologies that are in their initial ideation stage relevant to the society
- R&D/academic institutions/govt. & non-govt. institutions of the State are eligible to apply.
- Individual innovators of the state may also apply only through a R&D/academic institution/NGO’s of the State The final outcome of the project should be associated with the development/upgrade of technologies/products with the scope for industrial linkage
- Green Technology & Innovation Implementation
- Proposals in the stage of Proof of Concept/Prototypes green technologies relevant to society will be supported
- R&D/academic institutions/govt.& non-govt. institutions of the state are eligible to apply. Individual innovators of the State may also apply only through a R&D/academic institutions/NGO’s of the State
- The projects should be focused on upgrade of prototypes in accordance with market demand and capturing their respective market share
- The projects should generate products/technologies of scalable nature to satisfy market demand.
For more information, visit ASTEC.
