Within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019 between the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India, and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Portuguese Republic, a call for joint scientific research and technological development projects is launched to provide financial support for joint research and innovation activities carried out by scientists from both parties.
Biotechnology
- Energy
- Environment
- Infrastructure Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Disaster Management
- Marine Science & Technology.
Funding:
The overall funding available under the present Call for EUR 1.000.000 from the Portuguese side and funding for matching activities in Indian Rupees from Indian side.
Beneficiaries:
Research teams from the following Portuguese entities may apply, individually or in co-promotion, for funding:
Non-entrepreneurial entities of the Portuguese R&I system, namely:
- Higher education institutions, their institutes and R&D units
- State or international laboratories with head office in Portugal
- Non-profit private institutions whose main object is R&D activity
- Other non-profit public and private institutions developing or participating in scientific re-search activities
Companies of any type and under any legal form if included in SR&TD projects led by non-entrepreneurial entities from the R&I system.
Indian teams must follow the terms of this call and the DST regulations
How to apply:
Applications must be jointly prepared by the researchers in charge (PI) from both countries and submitted to the respective funding institutions. Thus, the Portuguese team must submit their application to FCT and the Indian team to DST.
Applications that are not submitted to FCT and DST will not be considered eligible.
For national teams, applications must be submitted, in English, in their own form and electronically submitted through the R&D Project Call Portal, until June 30, 2020 (17:00, Lisbon time). Applications are comprised of the electronic form, the project task scheduling file (mandatory annex) and the information file on Indian teams.
The digitization of the Declaration of Commitment for each application (signed by the PI and beneficiary institutions) must be submitted in a single document on the R&D Project Call Portal, by July 15, 2020 (17:00, Lisbon time).
For more information, it is recommended to read the Call's documents, namely: the FCT Project Regulation and the Ethics Self-Assessment Guide.
Deadlines:
Applications must be submitted by June 30th, 2020, at 17:00 (Lisbon time).
The Declaration of Commitment must be submitted by July 15th, 2020, 17:00 (Lisbon time).
Evaluation:
Proposals considered eligible will be evaluated by both Parties and subsequently analysed in a joint meeting - Joint Selection Committee, including of elements from FCT and DST, and those that are the subject of an agreement between the two institutions will be considered for funding. In addition to the scientific evaluation, other criteria may be considered in the joint decision such as the distribution by scientific domains, geographic areas of the research teams, gender balance, among others.
Each proposal will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Scientific merit and innovative nature of the project from an international standpoint in the scientific area and within the goals of the call
- Scientific merit of the research team
- Feasibility of the work plan and reasonability of the budget
- Contribution to the knowledge accumulation and competencies of the National Scientific and Technological System in the scientific areas of the call, to the feasibility of their application to improve the goals of the call, and merit of the demonstration, promotion and disclosure of the project’s outputs with interest of both nations.
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