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UKIERI PRE-BID

WORKSHOP

SEPTEMBER 2017

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WE AIM TO COVER

• Overview: UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI)

• UKIERI Phase 3

• UKIERI Call for Research Proposals 2017-18

• Application Process

How to apply (Link to application form)

Grant Mobility Tool ( Online submission Platform)

Glance through application form

Deadlines and Submissions

Evaluation Process

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UKIERI OVERVIEW

• UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) started in April 2006 with the aim of enhancing educational links between India and the UK. It has been recognized as a key multi stakeholder programme that has strengthened the educational relations between the two countries and been successful in covering all segments of the education sector.

• UKIERI Phase 1 (2006-2011)- Established UKIERI as a framework to enable a step-change in the UK-India relationship in education and research.

• UKIERI Phase 2 (2011-2016) - Focused on 4 Thematic areas agreed which included Leadership Development, Innovation Partnerships, Skills Development and Enhancing Mobility.

• UKIERI Phase 3 (2016-2021) – aims to build on the achievements of the previous two phases through a targeted approach focused upon maximizing impact. Fewer, long term activities will be undertaken to enhance the quality of education and research links across the two countries and these will be driven by and for practitioners.

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UK FUNDING PARTNERS

• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• Department for Education

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• British Council

• The Scottish Government

• Department for the Economy – Northern Ireland

• Welsh Government




INDIAN FUNDING PARTNERS

• Ministry of Human Resource Development

• Department of Science and Technology

• Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship

• University Grants Commission

• All India Council for Technical Education




DELIVERY PARTNERS

• Association of Colleges UK

• Universities UK International




UKIERI 3 KEY FOCUS AREAS

• Leadership and Faculty Development

• Integration of Skills in Education

• E-Partnership and Research Incubation




LEADERSHIP AND FACULTY

DEVELOPMENT





DEVELOPMENT

Focus of strand is to develop strategic leadership initiatives which will

provide a strong institutional framework leading to high impact





DEVELOPMENT

Key Programmes

Higher Education Leadership Development Programme

AICTE Technical Leadership Development Programme

MSDE ITI Leadership Development Programme

Faculty Development and Teacher Training Programme under Pandit Madan

Mohan Malviya National Mission for Teachers and Teaching

Capacity building on Massive Open Online Courses




INTEGRATION OF SKILLS IN

EDUCATION





EDUCATION

Focus of the strand is to create high impact and long term partnerships across

priority areas of skill development including supporting public private

partnerships, apprenticeships, curriculum development, Assessment and

Certification.





EDUCATION

• Thematic Institutional Partnerships

• Sector Skills Collaborations

• Apprenticeship Development

• Assessments and Certifications

• Centres of Excellence




E-PARTNERSHIP & RESEARCH

INCUBATION





INCUBATION

The focus of the strand is on developing jointly funded research and Innovation

programme with core societal benefit outcomes on the themes of Science ,

Technology, Humanities and Socials Sciences.





INCUBATION

Key Programmes

UGC-UKIERI Thematic Partnerships

DST–UKIERI Thematic Partnerships

Global Initiative of Academic Networks




CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS ARE OPEN

UNDER E-PARTNERSHIP AND RESEARCH STRAND

UGC UKIERI CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS

DST UKIERI CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS


DST UKIERI CALL FOR RESEARCH

PROPOSALS 2017-18

Call for applications from India and UK Research and Higher Education Institutions are invited to apply

for Research Grants.

• DST - UKIERI Call for Research Proposals 2017 are open for mentioned themes

• Cyber Physical Systems

• (Cyber security & Big data focusing on Cities and Urbanization)

• Environmental Sciences

• (Circular economy – impact of climate change on coastal communities, including erosion

and flood risk, water quality and pollution risk, and food security)

• Future Manufacturing

• Future Mobility (including alternative fuels)





PROPOSALS 2017-18 …CONTD

Qualifying Criteria for Indian Institutions:

• Indian institutions receiving research grants from DST are eligible to apply

under the programme.

• Prior to submission of the project, it is mandatory for Indian coordinators to

register online through the DST portal (http://onlinedst.gov.in/Login.aspx)

• Indian Lead Applicants, who are presently implementing two or more

projects supported by the International Division of Science & Technology, are

not eligible to apply.



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PROPOSALS 2017-18..CONTD

Qualifying Criteria for UK Institutions :

• UK Lead Applicants should be UK citizens employed by a recognised UK university (https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies) or not-for-profit UK research organisation (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/eligibilityiros-pdf/).

• EU citizens may apply provided they hold a permanent position in a UK institution. Non-EU citizens may apply provided they have held a permanent position at a UK institution for at least three consecutive years.

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PROPOSALS 2017-18

Duration of Partnership : Two years

Total Funding available : GBP 50 K




UGC UKIERI CALL FOR RESEARCH

PROPOSALS 2017-18

• Call for applications from India and UK Research and Higher Education Institutions are invited to apply for Research Grants

• UGC - UKIERI Call for Research Proposals 2017 Open across all themes of Science & Technology, Social Sciences and Humanities.





PROPOSALS 2017-18

Qualifying Criteria for Indian Institutions:

• Indian institutions which receive development grants from UGC and MHRD funded institutions are eligible to apply.

• A letter confirming the eligibility of the Indian institution issued by the UGC is required. The confirmation letter should be signed by Section Officer, IC section, University Grants Commission. The Indian applicant shall apply to the UGC for eligibility letter at email id: [email protected]



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PROPOSALS 2017-18

Qualifying Criteria for UK Institutions :

• UK Lead Applicants should be UK citizens employed by a recognized UK university (https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies) or not-for-profit UK research organization (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/eligibilityiros-pdf/).

• EU citizens may apply provided they hold a permanent position in a UK institution. Non-EU citizens may apply provided they have held a permanent position at a UK institution for at least three consecutive years.
















PROPOSALS 2017-18

Duration of Project : Two Years

Total Funding available : GBP 50 K




HOW TO APPLY


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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA




ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA




APPLICATION FORM




ANNEXURE 1– WORK PLAN


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ANNEXURE 2 – FINANCIAL PLAN




• Long Term Sustainability: Indicate how you will seek to ensure that the activities under the thematic project will be sustainable after the UKIERI project funding has finished.

• Mutuality and Complementarity: Indicate the likely benefits of the thematic project to the two nations - India and UK. Also indicate the scale and scope of the anticipated benefits.

• Inclusion and Capacity Building: Indicate the methods/tools used for social inclusion and capacity building through this thematic project.

• Industry Engagement: List clearly details of association with businesses, industry and corporate through the project.

• ICT, Digital tools and Innovation: List clearly details of how you would incorporate ICT, digital platforms and concept of innovation to outreach in the project.


UKIERI SPECIFIC CRITERIA


ATTACHMENT - SIGNATURES




SUBMISSION CONFIRMATION




KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER

• UKIERI cannot facilitate in finding partners.

• Eligibility criterion is jointly agreed with funding partners and needs to be strictly adhered.

• Duration and total funding is clearly detailed in the Call guidelines.

• Focus on quality, methodology and feasibility rather than budget allocations.

• No applications will be rejected on financial miscalculation/assumptions.

• Mutuality of Benefit, Sustainability, Inclusion and capacity building, Industry Engagement and ICT, Digital tools and Innovation




KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER

Continued…….

• Please save automatically generated Application number for all future

communication

• Application once submitted can not be edited and applicants are not

permitted to create a second application.

• Please also be advised that the UKIERI Team do not have permission to

make changes to your application.




DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION

1600 Hrs (UK time), Friday, 20 October 2017




KEY POINTS REGARDING SUBMISSIONS

• Joint online submission has to be made by one of the lead applicant and only

once

• Indian applicant should send a soft copy of submitted application form to

respective email ids of UGC and DST officials as mentioned in guidelines.

• Signatures are required on the last page of the application form from both UK

and India lead applicants. The printed copy should be signed by both partners

and submitted by the Indian partner . A forwarding letter duly signed by Indian

institutional authority to be sent along with the copy of application. Hard

copies of applications should be submitted to DST/ UGC by 15th November,

2017 at the respective addresses mentioned in guideline.




EVALUATION PROCESS

• Multi tier evaluation process is followed.

• Evaluation is undertaken by both Indian and the UK subject experts.

• The process usually takes 1-2 months & clarifications are sought if needed.

• Evaluation criteria (not exhaustive) has been published with the application

form. Some key ones include:

• Mutuality and long term sustainable partnerships

• Clarity of outcomes proposed with quantifiable outputs

• Scientific and/or social impact expected

• Linkages, engagement and participation by the business sector




EVALUATION PROCESS ( CONTD….)

• Tools for Social Inclusion and Capacity Building

• Inclusion of ICT/Digital innovations

• Institutional Contributions, quality of institutions and project teams

• Dissemination and Outreach ideas




CONTACT US

For any queries please contact

• UKIERI Secretariat - India :

Email : [email protected]

Contact No: + 91-11- 4149 7384/7336/7252/7242

• Richard Grubb

Universities UK [email protected]

Contact no : 0044 20 7419 5577






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