UK-India Tech Partnership (AI & Data in Karnataka) | Innovation Challenge Fund 2020
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Gautam John
Feb 18, 2020, 12:07:46 AM2/18/20
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Dear All:
You might find this of interest.
Concept note deadline: 7 April 2020
More info: https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/index.php?eventid=200200559&
The Tech Clusters: Innovation Challenge Fund 2020 will fund innovative
research and development projects in Artificial Intelligence / Data
Science that propose tech led or tech enabled solutions to social
and/or environmental challenges in India. The central aim of the
Innovation Challenge Fund is to support the development of the
Karnataka Artificial Intelligence / Data Science Tech Cluster by
promoting closer scientific collaboration between industry and
academia, and by promoting links with international counterparts and
centres of excellence, including in the UK. As such, proposals for
research and development projects are invited from consortia made up
of researchers and industry from India, and international
counterparts, including the UK. Projects must be led by an Indian
not-for-profit organisation. Projects can either develop original
ideas or adapt successful technologies, techniques or processes from
other fields.
The Challenge Fund is looking for proposals in the following Challenge
Areas in India:
Healthcare (eg projects addressing infectious diseases, maternal
mortality or health data collection
Environmental protection (eg projects addressing the detection of
pollutant sources)Connectivity (eg first mile/last mile, multi modal
hubs, micro mobility/village to village mobility)
Water management (eg projects addressing water sourcing and
distribution in cities)
Energy (eg projects addressing clean energy/renewables and carbon
footprint reduction)
Future mobility (ie how we move people, goods and services around our
towns, cities and countryside. We are looking for technology solutions
that increase our ability to achieve these goals, supporting economic
growth and doing so in a manner that reduces the detrimental health
effects caused by pollution.)
Agriculture (especially projects addressing predictive analytics of
cultivation patterns)
Education (eg virtual learning environments, intelligent tutoring systems)
Increasing Access to Information
Financial inclusion (eg improving user experience for vulnerable groups)
Other ie we will consider proposals which do not fit into the above
categories provided the focus is on Artificial Intelligence / Data
Science
Proposals should focus on at least one Challenge Area, but we
recognise that there may be some natural overlap. Separate
applications can be made if consortia wish to submit proposals for
more than one Challenge Area. If your consortia are working on a
project which doesn’t quite fit into one of the above Challenge Areas
but still centres around AI and Data Science, please submit a concept
note and we will consider it. We will prioritise proposals that can
demonstrate the potential to particularly benefit the poorest third of
society, women or other marginalised groups in India. We aim to award
funding to a diverse range of projects across the Challenge Areas, so
we may prioritise proposals addressing certain Challenge Areas
depending on the range of proposals we receive.
Eligibility
Grants will be awarded to a lead organisation which must be an Indian
not-for-profit organisation and should have the necessary FCRA
clearances. We expect this will be a university or research
organisation based in Karnataka. Applicants must demonstrate
collaboration with other organisations. Applicants will need to
explain how their proposal will facilitate the development of
partnerships between researchers, industry (including but not limited
to start-ups, scale-ups and small & medium enterprises), and
potentially NGOs, policymakers and practitioners in India and
counterparts abroad. Consortia must be composed as follows:
You might find this of interest.
Concept note deadline: 7 April 2020
More info: https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/index.php?eventid=200200559&
The Tech Clusters: Innovation Challenge Fund 2020 will fund innovative
research and development projects in Artificial Intelligence / Data
Science that propose tech led or tech enabled solutions to social
and/or environmental challenges in India. The central aim of the
Innovation Challenge Fund is to support the development of the
Karnataka Artificial Intelligence / Data Science Tech Cluster by
promoting closer scientific collaboration between industry and
academia, and by promoting links with international counterparts and
centres of excellence, including in the UK. As such, proposals for
research and development projects are invited from consortia made up
of researchers and industry from India, and international
counterparts, including the UK. Projects must be led by an Indian
not-for-profit organisation. Projects can either develop original
ideas or adapt successful technologies, techniques or processes from
other fields.
The Challenge Fund is looking for proposals in the following Challenge
Areas in India:
Healthcare (eg projects addressing infectious diseases, maternal
mortality or health data collection
Environmental protection (eg projects addressing the detection of
pollutant sources)Connectivity (eg first mile/last mile, multi modal
hubs, micro mobility/village to village mobility)
Water management (eg projects addressing water sourcing and
distribution in cities)
Energy (eg projects addressing clean energy/renewables and carbon
footprint reduction)
Future mobility (ie how we move people, goods and services around our
towns, cities and countryside. We are looking for technology solutions
that increase our ability to achieve these goals, supporting economic
growth and doing so in a manner that reduces the detrimental health
effects caused by pollution.)
Agriculture (especially projects addressing predictive analytics of
cultivation patterns)
Education (eg virtual learning environments, intelligent tutoring systems)
Increasing Access to Information
Financial inclusion (eg improving user experience for vulnerable groups)
Other ie we will consider proposals which do not fit into the above
categories provided the focus is on Artificial Intelligence / Data
Science
Proposals should focus on at least one Challenge Area, but we
recognise that there may be some natural overlap. Separate
applications can be made if consortia wish to submit proposals for
more than one Challenge Area. If your consortia are working on a
project which doesn’t quite fit into one of the above Challenge Areas
but still centres around AI and Data Science, please submit a concept
note and we will consider it. We will prioritise proposals that can
demonstrate the potential to particularly benefit the poorest third of
society, women or other marginalised groups in India. We aim to award
funding to a diverse range of projects across the Challenge Areas, so
we may prioritise proposals addressing certain Challenge Areas
depending on the range of proposals we receive.
Eligibility
Grants will be awarded to a lead organisation which must be an Indian
not-for-profit organisation and should have the necessary FCRA
clearances. We expect this will be a university or research
organisation based in Karnataka. Applicants must demonstrate
collaboration with other organisations. Applicants will need to
explain how their proposal will facilitate the development of
partnerships between researchers, industry (including but not limited
to start-ups, scale-ups and small & medium enterprises), and
potentially NGOs, policymakers and practitioners in India and
counterparts abroad. Consortia must be composed as follows:
Karunakaran Akhil Dev
Feb 18, 2020, 7:32:45 AM2/18/20
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Dear sir, is this applicable to Kerala state NGO?
Can we apply for this?
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Mr. Karunakaran Akhil Dev, M.Sc., M.Phil.
PhD Research Scholar
Disaster Management
School of Environmental Sciences
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-686560
Phone:+91 9847231604
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-0462
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Member,
Disaster Management Specialist &
Remote Sensing & GIS Specialist
Research & Development Division,
Charitable Society for Humanitarian Assistance and
Emergency Response Training
(C-HAERT)
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