roject duration: 3 years. Funding per project (Norwegian partners): 4 – 10 mill. NOK per project.
The objective of this call is to establish joint Indian – Norwegian researcher projects that strengthen already on-going research activities in each research group and contribute significant added value to these on-going activities within ICT and the thematic areas:
Smart environments: This area includes topics like environmental monitoring, smart neighborhoods, sensor networks/IoT, smart grid, monitoring for safe living, mobility and wireless infrastructure. Artificial intelligence, autonomous and cognitive systems.
ICT for society: This area includes topics like educational ICT, ICT for improved e-Governance, human-computer interfaces with particular emphasis on elderly, disabled and illiterate citizens, and cybersecurity, privacy and vulnerability for individual citizens and society at large. ICT for health and medicine is not a priority in this call.
The research projects should benefit long-term cooperation between the partners and the two countries.
Deadline for submission: 06 September 2017
Identical research proposal should be submitted to both DST and RCN.
Information for Indian applicants:
http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/DST-RCN-Norway-joint-Call-on-ICT-2017.pdf
Information for Norwegian applicants:
http://www.forskningsradet.no/no/Utlysning/IKTPLUSS/1254026325619/p1173268235938?progId=1254002623262&visAktive=true