Indo-German Joint Call for Proposals in the area of Biotechnology - 2007

The purpose of the programme is to stimulate new collaborations, e.g. the preparation of joint projects under national funding programmes.

Proposals are invited in identified priority areas of:

• Microbial Biotechnology
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Structural Biology
• Development of cellular systems to rapidly screen pharmacological and therapeutic substances
• Stress tolerance in plants: methodology, especially in genomic, proteomic and transformation techniques

Evaluation and selection criteria

• Relevance to German and Indian national programmes and multinational programmes (e.g. EU-programmes)
• Preparation of new projects in applied fields of mutual benefit and justification for collaboration
• Quality and originality of research approach
• Qualification of applicant and availability of infrastructure
• Proposals should include young scientists
• Expected results and outcomes

Scientists/faculty members working in regular capacity in Universities, national R&D Laboratories/ Institutes and private R&D institutes can apply under this programme. Partners from all kind of the private sector are welcome, but, financing is limited.

For further Information about the kind of support, processing and duration please refer to the joint call in the attachment.

Contact:

Indian Side
Dr. Shailja V. Gupta
Joint Director
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science and Technology
Block - 2 ,CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi - 110 003, INDIA
Tel.: 2436 3748
Fax: 2436 4064, 2436 2884
E-mail: shailja@dbt.nic.in
Website: www.dbtindia.nic.in

German side
PD Dr. sc. Lothar Mennicken
Deputy Director, Dept. America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand
International Bureau (IB) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
c/o German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Heinrich-Konen-Straße 1, D-53227 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)228 3821-407
Fax: +49 (0)228 3821-444
E-mail: lothar.mennicken@dlr.de