Call for Proposals

INDIA-JAPAN Cooperative Science Programme (IJCSP) Call for Proposal-2024

The Department of Science and Technology DST, Ministry of Science Technology, Government of India, New Delhi and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS conduct the India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme-IJCSP to promote bilateral scientific collaboration between Indian and Japanese scientists. Applications are invited from eligible Indian researchers /scientists to submit proposals for Joint Research Projects and Joint Workshops/Seminars under IJCSP. The support is available under the scientific areas - a) Physical Sciences b) Chemical Sciences c) Life Science and Agriculture d) Mathematics and Computational Science e) Astronomy and Earth Science f) Materials Engineering

Eligibility:
  • The joint application must include one Indian and one Japanese Principal Investigators, who would be responsible for technical as well as administrative co- ordination of the project and its periodic scientific and financial reporting to DST/ JSPS respectively.
  • The Principal Investigator (PI) and other investigators in India should be scientists/ faculty members working in regular capacity in Universities/ Deemed Universities/ Academic Institutes and National Research & Development Laboratories/ Institutes as well as working in private nonprofit institutions that carry on R&D activities. It is preferred that a member of the project team may be designated as Co-PI.
  • The Japanese PIs must be full time researchers employed at Universities or other research institutions recognized by JSPS.

 Last date: Tuesday, September 03, 2024