Synthetic
biology – research programme (FINSynBio)
Funding
cooperation with Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Academy of
Finland have agreed on funding cooperation to promote Indo-Finnish research cooperation
within the synthetic biology research programme. The four-year projects can
cover for example the following topics: modelling and simulation of biological
reactions and systems; synthetic biology: tools and production systems and
socio-cultural issues relating to synthetic biology. DBT will fund researchers in India and The
Academy of Finland will fund research teams in Finland. Both partners apply funding from their
national organisations.
Joint
project planning
The Indian and Finnish co-applicants will develop one
joint research plan that will be sent both to the DBT and Academy of Finland
using their respective forms. The applications must include a statement on how
the proposed collaboration is expected to bring added valued to both countries.
The project budget must clearly delineate justified Indian
and Finnish costs. The costs of the Indian partner must be eligible in
accordance with the guidelines of the DBT.
Accordingly, the costs of the Finnish partner must be eligible in
accordance with the guidelines of the Academy of Finland. Applicants are reminded to include sufficient
budget for travel between Finland and India to ensure successful collaboration.
Submission
of Application on Indian side
Applications shall be made in accordance with the DBT’s
procedure for international collaboration and on application form available
alongwith the call on the DBT website at http://dbtindia.nic.in.
Five copies of the jointly agreed collaborative
research project on the appliction format should be sent on or before 6th
February, 2012 to Dr. Shailja V. Gupta,
Director, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Block – 2 ,CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, INDIA. Tel: 2436 3748;
Fax : 2436 2884; E-mail : shailja@dbt.nic.in; Website : www.dbtindia.nic.in
Programme
memorandum
The
programme memorandum contains
more detailed information
on the programme’s background,
aims, themes and
review criteria. The
programme memorandum is available
on website http://www.aka.fi/finsynbio
or upon
request from Registrar’s Office.
Applicants are requested to carefully
read the programme memorandum in order to submit a
competitive application.
Submission of Application of Finnish side
The Indo-Finnish joint projects do not submit a letter
of intent, as in FINSynBio national call in September 2012, but submit a full
application in the online services no
later than 6
February 2013 at
16.15 (select Open calls > FinSynBio 2012). The deadline is
non-negotiable.
In the call, the full cost model applies to the
calculation of the costs of a research project. See guidelines on how to enter
the costs in the application on our website under Full cost model.
If the Finnish applicant is
a consortium, see
detailed guidelines on
our website under Consortium application.
The application of
the whole consortium
can be processed only if
the applications of
all consortium sub-projects
have been submitted
by the deadline. The composition
of the consortium cannot be changed after the deadline.
More detailed application guidelines are available on
Academy’s web pages > How to apply.
Appendices
Appendix 1C, Appendices to applications in
international joint project calls
More
information
DBT
·
Dr
Shailja Gupta, Director, International Collaboration, DBT. Ph: 011-24363748; Email: shailja@dbt.nic.in
Academy of Finland
·
programme
manager Jukka Reivinen (programme unit), tel. +358 295 33 5099
·
programme
manager Tiina Jokela (programme unit), tel. +358
295 33 5046
·
project
secretary Sanna Hytönen (programme unit), tel. +358
295 33 5032
