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Joint projects under UK-INDIA COVID-19 Partnership Initiative to better understanding of COVID-19 severity in South Asian population of India and the UK
UK Research and Innovation and Department of Biotechnology and Ministry of Science and Technology have joined forces to support four collaborative bilateral research partnerships worth £5 million, aimed at providing deeper understanding COVID-19 severity in South Asian populations located in India and the UK. Projects will be funded in partnership between DBT and UKRI’s Fund for International Collaboration.
Through the UK-India COVID-19 Partnership Initiative, DBT and UKRI will support world- leading UK-India research teams. The successful projects aim to understand the pandemic through the study of related ethnic groups in different environments in both countries. These projects have the potential to deliver public health impacts in mitigating the severity of the COVID-19 in both the UK and India.
Deadline: 5th May 2022
Website link:
http://dbtindia.gov.in/latest-announcement/announcement-joint-projects-under-uk-india-covid-19-partnership-initiative http://dbtindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/Press%20release%20on%20the%20UK-India%20C-19%20call%204May2021.pdf
SERB and TDB jointly announce special call on critical components
and innovations in oxygen concentrators
Considering emerging healthcare requirements to combat the COVID 19-epidemic, SERB announces special call to catalyse R&D on critical components and innovations concerning Make-in-India oxygen concentrators.
The call seeks investigation and innovation in the development of (individual/portable) oxygen concentrators in the domains of alternate materials and mechanisms for oxygen separation; design, development, and manufacturing of critical components such as valves and oil-less compressors; design improvements for greater performance; AI-optimized oxygen flow devices and oxygen-level IoT sensors etc.
Scientist in regular service from educational and research institutes/laboratories, universities, and medical institutions, start-ups and industries can submit a proposal. The scientists from industries should align with investigators from academic/research institutions as co-investigators. Funding for industry partner(s), with respect to R&D leading to commercialization, will be forwarded to TDB, DST, for their consideration.
Deadline: 15 June 2021
Proposals should be submitted in the prescribed format through SERB online portal:
https://www.serbonline.in/SERB/HomePage
Website link:
http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/what-new/Call%20announcement-O2%20Concentrators.pdf
Give INDIA Fundraiser – for COVID response in India by NCBS
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru has started a platform – give INDIA – to launch a crowd-funding campaign to ensure that the wheels of research & development keep churning for the larger good of mankind. COVID-19 relief activities are of various kinds ranging
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