Funding Opportunities for Indo-Norwegian CollaborationInger Midtkandal

S&T Counsellor to India

Innovation Norway / Research Council of Norway

ReFood symposium

Mumbai 29 Nov 2018

Indo-Norwegian Research Collaboration

• National funding • Norway: Research Council of Norway and Innovation Norway• India: DBT, DST etc..• New scheme: SPARC Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration

https://sparc.iitkgp.ac.in/

• Bi-lateral funding• Nanotechnology:

https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Funding/NANO2021/1254038074050/p1184150364108?visAktive=true

• Multilateral funding• Co-funding from DBT to 15 H2020 calls: http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/cooperation-on-

research-innovation-between-dbt-and-the-eu-in-horizon-2020-work-programmes-2018-2020/

Funding opportunities for Indo-Norwegian R&I Collaboration

• Top 100 Indian institutions• Top 500 universities from 28 countries• Four Norwegian Institutions:• NTNU• University of Oslo• University of Bergen• University of Tromsø

• IIT Kharagpur is secretariat for SPARC• JNU is contact point for Norway:

Professor Sharad K Soni: sksoni@mail.jnu.ac.in / sharadksoni@gmail.com

2 year project: 50-100 lakhs

• Visits and long-term stay both ways• Visits by Indian students abroad • Joint development of niche courses, world-

class books and monographs, patents, demonstrable technologies or action research

• Consolidation of bilateral cooperation through workshops in India

• Publication, Dissemination and Visibility through a high profile annual International Conference in India

SPARC : Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration

• renewable energy;• environment and climate;• improving health and promoting new medical

technology;• increased value creation and innovation based on

natural resources of importance in both India and Norway;

• greater insight into the impacts of nanomaterials on human health and ecosystems.

Deadline 13 February 2018

NOK 30 millions to joint Indian-Norwegian researcher projects onnanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials

• CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea • CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles: B.[2019] Bio-based fertilisers

from animal manure (IA) • SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production: B. [2019] Alternatives to

anti-microbials (IA) • C-RUR-11-2019-2020: Sustainable wood value chains • SFS-05-2019: New and emerging risks to plant health • SFS-28-2019: Genetic resources and pre-breeding communities: B. [2019]: Adding

value to plant GenRes (RIA)

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy - Deadline 23 January 2019

• SFS-08-2019: Improving animal welfare: B. [2019] Precision livestock farming (IA)

• LC-SFS-19-2019: Climate-smart and resilient farming • LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed • LC-CLA-06-2019: Inter-relations between climate change, biodiversity and

ecosystem services Feb 19th 2019• CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic fertilisers from biogas digestate • CE-BIOTEC-05-2019: Microorganism communities for plastics bio-degradation

(RIA) March 19th 2019• BIOTEC-02-2019: Boosting the efficiency of photosynthesis (RIA) Jan 22nd 2019

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy - Deadline 23 January 2019

Thank you for your attention!

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inger.midtkandal@innovationnorway.no