DBT-Horizon2020: Call for Proposals for 15 projects 3202 views

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the European Commission (EC) has established a Co-Funding Mechanism (CFM) by which, subject to certain conditions and modalities, DBT agrees to fund the successful Indian partners in a Horizon 2020 collaborative project. Indian researchers, universities, research organisations and enterprises can team up with European partners to participate in collaborative projects under ‘Horizon 2020’, the funding programme for research and innovation of the European Union for the period 2014-2020.

List of Calls Selected For Co-Funding By DBT:

Health

1. SC1-DTH-01-2019: Big data and Artificial Intelligence for monitoring health status and quality of life after the cancer treatment single-stage; Deadline: 24-April-19

Food security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy

2. CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea single-stage; Deadline: 23-January19
3. CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles: B.[2019] Bio-based fertilisers from animal manure (IA) single-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
4. LC-RUR-11-2019-2020: Sustainable wood value chains single-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
5. SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production: B. [2019] Alternatives to anti-microbials (IA) single-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
6. SFS-05-2019: New and emerging risks to plant health two-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
7. SFS-28-2019: Genetic resources and pre-breeding communities: B. [2019]: Adding value to plant GenRes (RIA) two-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
8. SFS-08-2019: Improving animal welfare: B. [2019] Precision livestock farming (IA) single-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
9. SFS-05-2019: New and emerging risks to plant health two-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
10. LC-SFS-19-2019: Climate-smart and resilient farming two-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
11. LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed single-stage. Deadline: 23-January19
12. LC-CLA-06-2019: Inter-relations between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services two-stage. Deadline: 19-Febuary19
13. CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic fertilisers from biogas digestate single-stag. Deadline: 23-January19

Biotechnology

14. CE-BIOTEC-05-2019: Microorganism communities for plastics bio-degradation (RIA) single-stage. Deadline: 5-March-19
15. BIOTEC-02-2019: Boosting the efficiency of photosynthesis (RIA) two-stage. Deadline: 22-January19

Eligibility

The participating entities/organisations have to be a legal entity as per Indian law (Indian applicants) and Horizon 2020 rules of participation (European and Indian applicants).

India – Entities eligible to participate:

• Government of India supported or recognised (Public or Private) academia; research organisations and urban or other local bodies;
• Government of India recognised not-for-profit, NGO(s)/ VO(s)/ Trust(s)/ Research foundations, having research as one of the imperative mandates;
• Indian Industry can be a partner in the consortium and are eligible for funding subject to fulfilment of DBT’s technical, administrative and financial norms.

Europe – Entities eligible to participate

• Any natural or legal person7 (e.g. any company, big or small, research organisations, universities, non-governmental organisations, etc.) regardless of their place of residence or establishment in Europe;
• They must possess the operational and financial viability to carry out the research tasks that they propose.

Funding:

• DBT will fund the Indian consortium members as per requirement of the project, for the project duration up to 5 years.
• Budget should be commensurate with the workload, objectives of the project and cost of participation.