Creation of Indian-European Social Sciences Networks
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR, India) in association with the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, The Netherlands) invite applications for joint social science networking proposals between research centres in the participating European countries and India.
The objective of the Indian-European Research Networking Programme is to promote the strengthening of the social sciences within and between the five countries, by providing additional funding to allow joint research activities for internationally excellent research in relevant areas. This funding will not cover basic salaries, but will provide top-up resources to allow established research groups in cognate areas in the different countries to work more closely together in order to develop and complete internationally advanced collaborative research and publications.
Proposals must involve at least two (and no more than four) established research groups on the Indian side, and similarly two (and no more than four) on the European side (which must be from two different European countries), but may involve up to six or exceptionally up to eight research groups in all.
Researchers from abroad may apply
Each proposal may request up to € 500,000 (on the European side) and up to INR 50 lakhs (on the Indian side) over three years. This is equivalent to up to 1 crore for six networks per year, according per international collaboration norms of the ICSSR. In line with the aims of this call, only costs for additional activity relating to closer collaboration will be permissible. Network proposals must be for three years and have a clear strategic plan for development over that period; although, where appropriate expenditure can be focussed more on the first two years.
Closing date for submitting research applications (to NWO) is 15 September 2011.
Indian Council for Social Science Research:
Additional information for German applicants:
Contacts
Contact at the NWO (Lead Agency for the submission and administration of all European proposals):
Dr. Berry J. Bonenkamp,
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO),
Division for the Social Sciences,
Senior Policy Officer, Coordinator International Affairs
Phone: +31 70 344 09 50, Fax: +31 70 383 28 41, B.Bonenkamp@nwo.nl
Postal address: PO Box 93461, NL-2509 AL The Hague, The Netherlands
Visitors address: Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië 300, NL-2593 CE The Hague
Contact at DFG
Contacts at the DFG for application of an Indo-European Network in the Social Sciences:
Dr. Corinne Flacke-Neudorfer
Kennedyallee 40
53175 Bonn, Germany
Phone +49 228 885-28752
Corinne.Flacke@dfg.de
Dr. Torsten Fischer
Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri
110021 New Delhi, India
Phone +91 11 4922-4999
Torsten.Fischer@dfg.de
First set of projects for networking and social science research cooperation between researchers in India and four European countries approved
