DST – DFG Joint Call for Applications: International Research Training Groups (IRTG) 2022
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) have agreed on a joint application and funding scheme to support Indo-German International Research Training Groups (IRTG).
German universities cooperate with research institutions in India, combine innovative top-level research and the structured promotion of excellent early career researchers. As bilateral collaborations set up by experienced scientists, IRTGs promote systematic scientific cooperation through joint research programmes and corresponding qualification measures for (post) doctoral researchers.
Structure of IRTGs:
- For researchers in India and Germany
- IRTGs intended for DFG-DST funding are open to all subject areas covered by DST, and interdisciplinarity in joint projects is encouraged.
- An IRTG should be run by two teams of participating researchers in India and Germany, respectively.
- Each team should have approximately 5 to 10 members with proven expertise both in the IRTG’s main research topic and in providing outstanding supervision to doctoral students.
- The participating researchers’ expertise at the two locations should be complementary and provide added value to the IRTG.
- Each team of participating researchers in an IRTG should be based at a single institution in India and Germany, respectively.
- In convincingly justified cases, an IRTG may be based in more than two institutions.
Funding details:
Funds can be requested for the following activities;
- Funding for PhD positions/fellowships up to 48 months per doctoral researcher;
- Project-specific funding for dissertation research projects (e.g. consumables);
- Longer-term, coordinated and reciprocal research visits (one or more with an overall duration of 6-12 months) by doctoral students to the respective partner institutions;
- Joint workshops, conferences and seminars;
- Short-term visits, lectures and workshops by the participating researchers;
- IRTGs will be supported for a potential maximum of 9 years, divided into two funding periods.
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Application deadline August 1, 2022.
