ICMR and DFG announce Call for Proposals in Toxicology

(10.06.22) Are you a researcher in the field of toxicology? Would you like to start or upgrade an Indo-German research collaboration in your field – either as a researcher in Germany co-operating with a colleague in India, or as a researcher in India co-operating with a colleague in Germany? If so, our new Call for Proposals may be of interest to you.

DFG and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are happy to announce a new funding initiative, with this year’s pilot call targeting projects in toxicology. Projects to be funded in this initiative will have an Indian and a German part, run for up to three years and can include funding items from staff (doctoral or post-doctoral researchers), consumables, small devices, workshops, travel or other needed items.

“This is the first joint ICMR-DFG funding activity since the signing of the MoU late last year”, DFG India Office Director Matthias Kiesselbach explains. “We’re hoping for many great project ideas in this field as there is a solid synergy potential between India and Germany in the field of toxicology. These Indo-German collaboration projects may bring new approaches into the research scene in both countries.”

Interested researchers can find detailed information here:

Please note that the deadline for submissions is 30 September 2022.

ICMR is the apex body in India for the formulation and coordination of biomedical research. It is an autonomous body under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. Its research priorities coincide with the national health priorities towards prevention of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases; improving reproductive and child health and nutrition; promoting basic medical sciences and drug research including traditional medicines. ICMR promotes biomedical research in the country through intramural and extramural research.

DFG is the central self-governing research funding organization in Germany. It serves all branches of science and the humanities and especially promotes interdisciplinary cooperation among researchers. The DFG promotes excellence by selecting the best research projects on a competitive basis and facilitating national and international collaboration among researchers.