Call for Proposals

Pursuant to the “Agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the Government of the Republic of India on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology”, concluded on 10 November 2003, the Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP) was initiated by the Indian and Swiss governments in order to further develop the bilateral cooperation in scientific and technological areas of strategic relevance to both countries. The programme supports cutting-edge research that brings together faculty and young researchers from Switzerland and India. The current call for Joint Research Projects (JRPs) is as per the Letter of Intent (LoI) signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of the Republic of India and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland and financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in Switzerland, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in India based on the principles of reciprocity, parity and balanced activities. An Indo-Swiss Joint Committee on Science and Technology defines the strategic goals and orientations of the programme.

Elegibility Criteria

1. Each proposal for a JRP must have at least one applicant based in Switzerland and one applicant
based in India; they are the contact persons on the Swiss1 and the Indian side respectively.
2. The call is open to researchers from all eligible research institutions in Switzerland and India. 
Eligibility criteria in Switzerland:
1. Applicants can submit a proposal to the joint bilateral call even if they hold another SNSF grant or have
applied for one.
2. Moreover, grantees of this JRP may submit proposals to all SNSF funding schemes
during the funding period of a JRP, provided that there is no substantial thematic overlap.
Eligibility criteria in India: DBT and ICMR:
1. Any Indian National holding a regular position in any Indian academic and scientific research institutions (Govt./Private) may apply.
2. The research institutions must be recognized by DSIR as a
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO).
3. Number of proposal submission for Indian investigators as PI is limited to one proposal while
they can involve as Co-PIs in maximum of two proposals.