DBT-Netherlands Joint Call for Proposals 1334 views

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) / the Netherlands organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (DBT-Netherlands) opens a joint call for proposals. This programme offers funding opportunities for joint research cooperation between Dutch and Indian research groups.

Research areas:

The topic of the call is Technology for a Sustainable Healthcare: Minimally invasive techniques.

Budget:

• A budget up to € 1.470.000, is available for the 2016 call on the Dutch side, this contribution will be matched by DBT.

Number of awards: This budget covers for funding for 2 joint research projects (jointly funded by DBT and NWO / ZonMw).

Eligibility:

• Eligible research teams must be composed of Dutch and Indian researchers, with active involvement in the project of a senior Principal Investigator (PI) on both the Indian and the Dutch side.
• Active collaboration of applicants and undertakings are encouraged.
• Any Dutch or Indian Principal Investigator may be involved in one application / project only.
• One person can be involved in a maximum of 2 applications, but only in one of these applications as PI.

For the Dutch scientists the NWO / KNAW eligibility criteria are applied, i.e. the Dutch Principal Investigator should be affiliated to:

• a Dutch university or University Medical Centre; or
• an institute affiliated to NWO; or
• an institute affiliated to KNAW; or
• the Netherlands Cancer Institute NKI;
• the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen; or
• the DUBBLE Beamline at the ESRF in Grenoble; or
• Naturalis NBC; or
• the Advanced Research Centre for NanoLithography (ARCNL);
• TNO – Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek;

AND

• have an employment contract for at least the duration of the application procedure and the duration of the research the grant is applied for

AND

• have at least a PhD or an equivalent qualification
• For the Indian scientists patterning with the Dutch Scientist, the Indian Principal Investigator must be researcher from public or private nonprofit institution that develop and perform R&D activities (this includes universities and other academic institutions, research institutions, hospitals, nongovernmental organizations and public foundations).

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