Building Resilient And Carbon-Neutral Communities Post COVID
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Governance and Public Policy
Information and Communication Technology
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Social Justice
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit
Memorial Deadline: Wednesday 24th, August 2022
External Deadline: Wednesday 31st, August 2022
Description
In this Joint Call for Proposals, DST and DBT from India and IC-IMPACTS from Canada are seeking joint applications aimed at addressing the issues faced by remote and rural communities in the post COVID world. We seek proposals in the following four areas under this Joint Call:
- Agritech and Food Security (DBT and IC-IMPACTS)
- Carbon Reduction in Our Built Environment (DST and IC-IMPACTS)
- Water (DST and IC-IMPACTS)
- Health, Post COVID Health Issues and Long COVID (DBT and IC-IMPACTS)
Implementing Agencies for this Call for Proposals:
- The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, was established with the objective of promoting new areas of science and technology and to play the role of a nodal department for organizing, coordinating and promoting these activities in India. The department is mandated to formulate policy statements and guidelines and to support basic and applied research in national institutions.
- The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, was established with the objective of attaining new heights in biotechnology research, shaping biotechnology into a premier precision tool of the future for creation of wealth and ensuring social justice – specially for the welfare of the poor.
- IC-IMPACTS Centres of Excellence is a not-for-profit organization, established by the Federal Government of Canada through the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program to serve as a pan-Canadian agency responsible for the delivery of research programs in the areas of safe and sustainable infrastructure, integrated water management, and public health, disease prevention, and treatment between Canada and India. It is the only Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) with a mandate focused on research collaborations between Canada and India.
Additional information can be found here.