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 of Education and Research (BMBF), Government of Germany, 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 following 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
- Climate models informing agriculture production systems and agricultural management practices
- 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
Deadline for Submitting First Stage Proposals: 16 May 2024
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 countries. Project proposals are expected to provide insights and exploitable research results leading to new technologies, products, processes, patents and/or services.
Evaluation
IGSTC will execute a two-step evaluation process. Initially, applicants have to submit a 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 step might take up to two to three months time.
Funding Support
Funding will be provided in the form of grants amounting up to € 500.000 per project for German partners and up to ₹ 350 Lakhs per project for Indian partners (including up to ₹ 150 Lakhs for industry partner), for a period of up to three years, to cover project-related costs including manpower. An additional funding period of up to two years may be granted in exceptional cases.
Who can Apply
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 bases are eligible to submit an application. Principal investigators should be holding a regular/permanent position. Applications from SME´s are encouraged.
It is preferred to have DSIR recognized Indian industry partner in the consortium. In the absence of DSIR recognition certificate, IGSTC shall perform check for the technical competency and financial stability of the Indian industry partner following IGSTC’s own norms.
How to Apply
The proposals must be submitted in the portal. Please visit www.igstc.org for more info.
Contacts
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 addresses are:
India
Dr Rupak Bhattacharya
Indo-German Science & Technology Centre
Ground Floor, Block -II (AI Block),
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi – 110016, India
Tel: +91-011-26543504
E-mail: rupak.bhattacharya@igstc.org
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.Westphal@dlr.de
