Context and call
for proposals objectives
Following the
meeting of the Indo-French Joint Committee of Science and Technology (JCST)
which took place in Delhi NCR on January 18th, 2024, an initial call dedicated
to "Green hydrogen innovations for sustainable energy solutions" was
launched in 2025.
In order to strengthen the Indo-French
scientific partnership, the Department of Science and Technology (DST),
Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and the French National Research Agency (ANR)
are launching a second call for proposals in February 2026, dedicated to
Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence.
The aim of this second call is to consolidate Indo-French research
networks in Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence and create new
ones. Through bilateral funding, both organizations seek to fund innovative
binational projects that demonstrate strong synergy between the teams in each
country and real integration of joint work, i.e. effective cooperation between
the Indo-French partners. Partners will work together as a joint team with
complementary competencies in one common project, creating a joint output.
Each side will allocate a maximum of 1.5
million EUR, to support joint research and innovation projects. The financial
requirements should align with the project's goals and the number of applicants
involved.
Each funding agency will cover expenditures
for their respective country’s teams according to its own rules. Details can be
found in the underlying call text in the “Funding Regulations” section (§ 6).
As far as possible, the project starts, and end dates should be the same for
the French and Indian partners. The projects will be funded for up to three years.
As both countries intend to encourage
researchers’ mobility and knowledge exchange between France and India,
consortia are asked to include concepts for integrated collaboration between
partners from both countries and cross-border networking (e.g. regular meetings
of participating work groups, common workshops, exchange of personnel between
research organizations, joint publications, visas, medical insurance etc.).
