Deadline- 22 May, 2013
Proposals are invited for the program Smart Grids, Cooperation in Research between India and the Netherlands. This program is joint initiative of The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) offering funding opportunity for bilateral research cooperation between Dutch and Indian research groups.
This programme will contribute to the further enhancement of bilateral innovative research on new, Smart Grids that are aimed at solutions for challenges faced regarding current and future society. Projects should contribute and foster the collaboration between the best research institutes/ groups in both countries.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Eligible research teams are composed of Dutch and Indian researchers, with active involvement in the project of a senior Principal Investigator on both the Indian and the Dutch side. As the programme is aimed at scientific collaboration between institutes, in each country at least two groups or institutes with complementary expertise should be involved.
- Dutch professors, associate professors and assistant professors as well as other researchers holding a similar position can apply if they-
- are employed at a Dutch University or a research institute acknowledged by NWO
- have an employment contract for at least the duration of the application procedure and the duration of the research project the grant is applied for
- have at least a PhD or an equivalent qualification
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