CALL FOR PROPOSALS: India-Taiwan (ICSSR-NSTC) bilateral collaborative research project, Application Deadline- August 01, 2025
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taipei, Taiwan jointly signed a memorandum of understanding to encourage bilateral cooperation in the field of social sciences and exchange visits, exchanges of scholars and promote bilateral joint research projects. Under this bilateral agreement, the research proposals are invited for grant for joint research projects between Indian and Taiwanese researchers in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities. The emphasis will be laid on new and emerging themes of mutual importance and strengthening of relationships.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be employed in a research or academic position in a recognized research or academic institution – either publicly funded university/college, deemed universities recognized by the UGC or a publicly funded research institute or ICSSR research institutes/recognized institutes. They must also hold a PhD or equivalent qualification and have an interest in high quality research which may be evident by past studies, publications and academic background.
Grant amount:
Five (5) joint research projects would be supported against the present call. The financial support is available basically for mobility of researchers from each side. Funding for this grant is at a maximum amount of Rs. 12, 00,000 (Rupees Twelve Lakh only) for each project.
Key dates:
(1) Application period: From June 02, 2025 to August 01, 2025
(2) Completion of Peer-review: 14th October 2025
(3) Result Announcement and approval date: December 2025
(4) The execution period of the joint project: from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027, a period of 2 years (Project Duration)
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