Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology
Type of Fund: Research and Development
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/06/2021
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
The Department of Science and Technology is seeking proposals for its "India-Sweden Joint Industrial Research & Development Programme 2021".
This Sweden-India program aims to foster and support the development of collaborative R&D projects that bring together companies, research organizations, academics and other collaborators from both countries for the joint development of innovative products or processes in the following technology sectors:
• Smart and sustainable cities and transport systems
• Clean technologies, IoT and digitalization
This may include, but is not limited to:
• Transport & mobility; Electrical vehicles, Autonomous vehicles, Traffic safety, Mobility as a service, Reduction in traffic congestion, Digital solutions, etc.
• Environmental technologies (Eco–system services, Clean water and air, Waste management, Renewable energy, etc.)
• Circular and bio-based economy (Bio-based materials, Bio-fuels, Resource efficiency in consumption and production, Waste-to-wealth, etc.)
• Energy (Reduced energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources, Renewable energy, Energy storage, Resource-efficient infrastructure planning, etc.)
• City planning (ICT for urban technical supply, Geodata, tools for dialogue with citizens, etc.)
Please note: Combinations of (1) and (2) are also invited to apply.
Project Funding Support
Funding for R&D Project Participants in India: DST will support the successful projects with grants under applicable State Aid regulations, as follows:
• DST will support up to Maximum limit of INR 1.5 crore per project of the total Indian Project Cost, as a Grant in Aid, for a maximum project period of 24 months.
• Indian industry may receive up to 50% of their part of the eligible costs on a “Reimbursement Basis”, for costs already incurred on a proportionate basis.
• Indian R&D organisation/academic institution may receive up to 100% of their costs (within applicable range specified above and as per proposal) on a reimbursement basis.
• Funding from other public sector sources will be taken into account when awarding grant, and applicants will be asked to declare funding from other sources in the application.
Funding for R&D Project Participants in Sweden
• Vinnova will provide funding to Swedish side participants up to 2,500,000 (two million five hundred thousand) Swedish Krona as Grant under applicable State Aid regulation
• Grants are only given to organizations with operations in Sweden. The maximum aid intensity (funding levels) which apply in this RFP are:
o Up to 50% of eligible costs for commercial entities/companies,
o Up to 100% of eligible costs for research performing organisations
o Up to 80 % of eligible costs for other non-for-profit participants
The project activities approved shall be covered by Industrial Research and/or Experimental Development definitions in State Aid Rules (EU General Block Exception Rules, GBER)
Eligible Technology Sectors
Current RFP invites collaborative Applications in following areas:
• Smart Cities and Clean Technologies
• Transport & mobility (Electrical vehicles, Autonomous vehicles, Traffic safety, Mobility as a service, Reduction in traffic congestion, Digital solutions, etc.)
• Environmental technologies (Eco–system services, Clean water and air, Waste management, Renewable energy, etc.)
• Circular and bio-based economy (Bio-based materials, Bio-fuels, Resource efficiency in consumption and production, Waste-to-wealth, etc.)
• Energy (Reduced energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources, Renewable energy, Energy storage, Resource-efficient infrastructure planning, etc.)
• City planning (ICT for urban technical supply, Geodata, tools for dialogue with citizens, etc.)
• Digitalisation and Internet of Things (IoT)
Eligibility Criteria
• Eligible Indian Applicants: An Indian company having requisite understanding and capability to undertake R&D activities.
o The Indian Project Lead (IPL) (i.e. lead company) must be a commercial (for profit) company under the Indian Companies Act 1956/2013, which operates in and is headquartered in India.
o At least 51% stake of the IPL Company must be owned by Indian citizens.
o The IPL should have the required expertise and team capacity to manage the proposed project.
o Sole proprietors and partnership firms are not eligible for support under this programme
o Companies headquartered and owned outside India and their subsidiaries in India, or vice versa, are not eligible to receive funding from DST/ GITA under this programme.
o IPL should lead the project from Indian side and if required bring in other Industry Partners or Academic/R&D Institutions as Consortium Partner.
• Eligible Swedish Applicants
o The Swedish Project Coordinator (SPC), must be a company. SPC is responsible for the application submission Sweden and towards Vinnova.
o The Project Leader must be employed at the SPC.
o SPC shall be a company that operates in Sweden and registered in the country.
o Swedish research performing institutions (universities, colleges and research institutes) as well as test beds, public organisations, and other companies with operations in Sweden are encouraged to actively participate in the consortium.
More information at: https://dst.gov.in/callforproposals/india-sweden-joint-industrial-rd-call-2021
