Towards
enhancement of linkages between India and UK,
the Department of Science & Technology (DST),
New Delhi and Research Councils (RC) UK are in
process of instituting a Science Bridges Award
Program. The Program shall aim at raising the
impact & profile of collaborative activity
and facilitate innovation from existing research
between these two countries. Moreover, these awards
will also accelerate the deployment of research
knowledge, deepen & strengthen current research
links, enable the acquisition of new skills and
encourage wealth creation through improving transfer
of research and expertise from the research base
to businesses and other users by building science
and innovation bridges with world-class universities
and high-tech businesses.
The details of Guidance
for Outline Applications are provided within the
Call Notice, downloadable from the website of
Research Councils of UK (RCUK) (www.rcuk.ac.uk/international/sciencebridges.htm).
The proposals submitted to this Award will undergo
a two-stage peer review process. In the first
stage i.e. Stage 1: Outline Proposals
will be assessed & short-listed and in the
second stage i.e. Stage 2: Full
Proposals will be submitted in a comparable format
by the Investigators short-listed at Stage 1 to
be assessed by a joint India & UK domain Expert
Panel.
At Stage1,
the Indian Lead Investigator will work with the
UK partner to jointly produce a Case for Support,
not more than 3 pages of A4 (font size Arial 11
or equivalent). This Case for Support should conform
to the Science Bridges Awards Specific Assessment
Criteria (Appendix 1) outlined in the Call Notice.
This document must be uploaded to a Joint electronic
Submission system by the UK partner by the deadline
of 15th May. In addition to this the Indian partner
will provide information in an Outline Application
Form, detailing the name and position of the persons
involved in the proposal and the Institution and
funds requested from the DST. This should also
give a summary of the nature of the partnership,
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