Synthetic biology – research programme (FINSynBio)
Funding cooperation with Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Academy of Finland have agreed on funding cooperation to promote Indo-Finnish research cooperation within the synthetic biology research programme. The four-year projects can cover for example the following topics: modelling and simulation of biological reactions and systems; synthetic biology: tools and production systems and socio-cultural issues relating to synthetic biology. DBT will fund researchers in India and The Academy of Finland will fund research teams in Finland. Both partners apply funding from their national organisations.
Joint project planning
The Indian and Finnish co-applicants will develop one joint research plan that will be sent both to the DBT and Academy of Finland using their respective forms. The applications must include a statement on how the proposed collaboration is expected to bring added valued to both countries.
The project budget must clearly delineate justified Indian and Finnish costs. The costs of the Indian partner must be eligible in accordance with the guidelines of the DBT. Accordingly, the costs of the Finnish partner must be eligible in accordance with the guidelines of the Academy of Finland. Applicants are reminded to include sufficient budget for travel between Finland and India to ensure successful collaboration.
Submission of Application on Indian side
Applications shall be made in accordance with the DBT’s procedure for international collaboration and on application form available alongwith the call on the DBT website at http://dbtindia.nic.in.
Five copies of the jointly agreed collaborative research project on the application format should be sent on or before 6th February, 2012 to Dr. Shailja V. Gupta, 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 2884; E-mail : shailja@dbt.nic.in; Website : www.dbtindia.nic.in
Programme memorandum
The programme memorandum contains more detailed information on the programme’s background, aims, themes and review criteria. The programme memorandum is available on website http://www.aka.fi/finsynbio or upon request from Registrar’s Office. Applicants are requested to carefully read the programme memorandum in order to submit a competitive application.
Submission of Application of Finnish side
The Indo-Finnish joint projects do not submit a letter of intent, as in FINSynBio national call in September 2012, but submit a full application in the online services no later than 6 February 2013 at 16.15 (select Open calls > FinSynBio 2012). The deadline is non-negotiable.
In the call, the full cost model applies to the calculation of the costs of a research project. See guidelines on how to enter the costs in the application on our website under Full cost model.
If the Finnish applicant is a consortium, see detailed guidelines on our website under Consortium application. The application of the whole consortium can be processed only if the applications of all consortium sub-projects have been submitted by the deadline. The composition of the consortium cannot be changed after the deadline.
More detailed application guidelines are available on Academy’s web pages > How to apply.
Appendices
Appendix 1C, Appendices to applications in international joint project calls
More information
DBT
· Dr Shailja Gupta, Director, International Collaboration, DBT. Ph: 011-24363748; Email: shailja@dbt.nic.in
Academy of Finland
· programme manager Jukka Reivinen (programme unit), tel. +358 295 33 5099
· programme manager Tiina Jokela (programme unit), tel. +358 295 33 5046
· project secretary Sanna Hytönen (programme unit), tel. +358 295 33 5032
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