Print versionAustralia-India Strategic Research Fund - Round 5
The Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) is a platform for bilateral collaboration in science, jointly managed and funded by the governments of Australia and India since its establishment in 2006, the AISRF has supported collaborative, leading-edge research between scientists in India and Australia across a range of agreed priority areas. It has also helped to build linkages between premier research and educational institutions in both countries. With a total Australian commitment of $65 million, matched by the Government of India, the AISRF is Australia’s largest fund dedicated to bilateral collaboration in science with any country. It is also one of India’s largest sources of support for international collaboration in science.
The objectives of the AISRF are to:
• Increase the uptake of leading edge science and technology (S&T) by supporting: collaboration between Australian and Indian researchers in strategically focussed, leading edge, scientific research and technology projects; and strengthening strategic alliances between Australian and Indian researchers.
• Facilitate Australia’s and India’s access to the global S&T system.
Round Five of the AISRF will comprise two components:
• Indo-Australian Fund for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Indo-Australian S&T Fund); and
• Indo-Australian Fund for S&T Cooperation in Biotechnology (Indo-Australian Biotechnology Fund).
Support is provided under these elements for bilateral collaborative research projects or workshops
How to Apply: Instructions for UQ Applicants
Check your eligibility. You must be an 'eligible organisations' for which UQ meets the criteron of an Australian tertiary edcucation institution and have at least one Indian partner and confirmation from the implementing Indian ageny that corresponsing application from that Indian parner has been received.
Go to the AISRF website at www.innovation.gov.au/aisrf and review the relevant pages under Information.
Go to the link About applying online under Services, and register for online application access.
Compile the following supporting documentation to be uploaded onto the online application:
• A written proposal indication the scientific merit of the collaboration,
• Letter from the Indian collaborator indication that the proposal is jointly prepared, and which states that the Indian collaborator agrees with the technical merit of the proposal and will submit an equivalent proposal to the Indian Government,
• CV of up to four pages for each of the key personnel,
• Letter of support from UQ articulating the financial support (cash and/or in-kind) for and commitment to the project. For assistance with the UQ Letter of Support, please use the template we have provided for you here.
• Letter of support from any other Australian partner organisations clearly articulating the financial support (cash and/or in-kind) for and commitment to the resesarch collaboration,
• Letter of support from the Indian partner organisation clearly articulating the financial support (cash and/or in-kind) for and commitment to the resesarch collaboration,
• Letter of support from any other international partner organisations clearly articulating the financial support (cash and/or in-kind) for and commitment to the resesarch collaboration, and,
• where applicable, a letter of support from any "end user" partners clearly articulating its commitment to the project.
Email your completed application form to R&ID (j.ross-hagebaum@research.uq.edu.au) by 10 November 2010, including your completed UQ Letter of Support template for signature.
Submit a completed UQ Funding Application Coversheet to R&ID by 10 November 2010.
R&ID will review your application and UQ Funding Application Coversheet and where appropriate will sign the UQ Letter of Support accordingly. You will receive the UQ Letter of Support as a PDF by email for uploading into your online application.
Please contact Jacqueline Ross-Hagebaum at j.ross-hagebaum@research.uq.edu.au or (07) 3346 9040 for details.