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Wednesday, 10 June 2020

Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Round 13 - NOW OPEN

The Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Round 13 - COVID-19 Collaborative Research Projects is now open. The AISRF provides grants for collaborative research projects with Indian partners. For Round 13 of the AISRF, your project must involve research in a COVID-19 focused priority area and must be mutually beneficial for Australia and India with outcomes that contribute to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • the minimum grant amount is $300,000
  • the maximum grant amount is $600,000
  • the maximum project period is up to twelve months
The lead organisation may submit a maximum of 2 applications:

  • one with a corresponding Indian partner application being submitted under the Science and Technology Fund with India's Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • one with a corresponding Indian partner application being submitted under the Biotechnology Fund with India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ROUND 13 AISRF
Your project must be in a priority area. The priority areas for Round 13 - COVID 19 Collaborative Research Projects are:

Indo-Australian Science & Technology Fund (administered by DST in India)

  • Antiviral coatings, other preventive technologies
  • Data analytics, modelling, Artificial Intelligence applications
  • Screening and diagnostic testing

Indo-Australian Biotechnology Fund (administered by DBT in India)

  • Development of immunotherapeutics
  • Development of animal model/ in vitro model for vaccine development
  • Assay development and validation for testing of vaccines and therapeutics
  • Viral genomics and bioinformatics

APPLICATION LIMITS & MONASH EOI PROCESS
The project must involve research in a priority area (mentioned above)
Applicants must have a primary Indian partner that has submitted, or in process of submitting a corresponding application to India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) or the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

Monash University is only able to submit two applications here:

  • one with a corresponding application being submitted under the Science and Technology Fund with India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • one corresponding application being submitted under the Biotechnology Fund with India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

As such, the MRO must run an internal expression of interest process to identify which applications the Monash will support, in case there are multiple researchers interested in applying (see details below).

EOI & APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested researchers must complete the attached EOI form (here), and send it to mro-applications@monash.edu by 5pm Friday 19 June . The interested researchers will be advised on the EOI outcome shortly thereafter.

Note that the questions within the EOI form are drawn from the actual application form.

KEY DATES
ACTION
DATE
EOIs due to MRO
5pm, 19 June 2020
Full application due to funder
5pm, 2 July 2020

LINKS TO FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information about this call including the application form and scheme guidelines can be found at the following link.

Please contact us at mro-applications@monash.edu if you have any queries about this funding opportunity.

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