Joint Call for Proposals, 2016
between
Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Institut National
de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique(Inria)jointly withthe Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique of France (CNRS)
Under Indo-French Programme(CEFIPRA Targeted Programme)in
Information and Communication Science & Technology (ICST)
(Deadline
for Submitting Proposals: 30th September, 2015)
Department of
Science and Technology (DST) and Institut National de Recherche en Informatique
et en Automatique (Inria) jointly with the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique of France (CNRS) launch 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.
Areas
of Collaboration (targeted topic for the call)
Project proposals will be supported in
the following scientific areas:
> Distributed and
Autonomous Systems;
> Machine Learning
> Cybersecurity.
Eligibility
Applicants from both countries must
fulfil the following requirements: On the Indian side: Applicants have to 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: As per CNRS (Link 1)&Inria‘s
call for proposal(Link2).
Application
The
joint proposal shall be written in English. Proposal submitted to only one
Party will not be considered. All applicants must fulfill their national
eligibility rules for their research grant application. A format
is given for the submission of
proposal. Applicants from Indian side should ensure that French collaborator
must submit the proposal to Inria (who wants to collaborate with Inria Research
Team) or to CNRS (who wants to collaborate with CNRS Research Unit) in their
specified format.
Evaluation of Project
Proposal:
After
the closure date of call, Inria, CNRS and DST will exchange list of proposals,
received on their side.Commonly received proposals will be evaluated by DST,
CNRS 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
Based
on the scientific evaluation, national ranking, and consensus reached through
discussions, a joint committee will select the joint project (s) to be
supported.
Project funding:
Jointly selected proposals
will be funded in India by DST and in France by Inria (for Inria Research Team)
or by CNRS (for CNRS Research unit). The joint proposal must meet the criteria
of the funding agencies for consideration. Each project will be funded for a
period of three years. The indicative funding from each side will be
Euro 10000-15000 (8- 12 lakhs) per project per year. The support will be given
under the following heads.
• International
travel (including airfare (India to France & Vis-a-vis), daily allowance,
accommodation anddomestic travel in the receiving country during a
participant's stay abroad) for researchers, engineers, post-doctoral Fellows,
Ph.D Students as per CEFIPRA norms (
Link-3)
• Support for JRF /SRF / PDF (as per DST guidelines)
• Contingency Upto Rs. 30,000
per year.
The cost of accident and sickness insurance during travel
will not be supported under this Programme. Since, the project is supported
mainly for collaboration; applicants have to indicate about the status of
co-funding.
Intellectual Property:
The rights of intellectual property arising from the program
shall be, in principle, the joint property of the project participants and
their employing institutions. In respect of each result, which is to be
protected, the project participants shall decide the modalities of protecting
the rights. For each selected joint proposal, the project participants shall
prepare a joint Intellectual Property Management Plan. Fund will be released
only after receiving of the mutually acceptedIP Plan.
Guidelines for submission of
applications:
Application in prescribed Format flink-4) along with joint submission
agreement signed by both the partners and certificates duly signed by Heads of
the Institutions should be submitted to the Director, Indo-French Centre for
the Promotion of Advanced Research, 5B, Ground Floor, India Habitat Centre,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 (India) on or before 30th September,
2015. One Advanced copy must be sent by email to mail id submit<5 cefipra.ore="" span="">. Applications received after
due date or receivedon only one side will not be considered for evaluation.
(Deadline for Submitting of
proposals: 30th September, 2015)
For further information please contact: Director
Indo-French
Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research 5B, Ground Floor, India Habitat
Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 (India) Tel.: (+91-11) 24682251,
(+91-11) 24682252,Fax: (+91-11) 24688632 Website: www.cefipra.ore
