Designation/Position- Call for Proposals – DST
Department of Science and Technology, India invites application for Call for Proposals – DST from eligible and interested candidates
About- Proposals are invited online for consideration of support under the Scheme “Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST)” of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The Scheme is intended to provide basic infrastructure and enabling facilities for promoting R&D activities in new and emerging areas and attracting fresh talents in universities & other educational institutions. It is considered as complimentary support for enabling Departments/ Centres/ Schools/ Colleges to pursue research activities more effectively and efficiently. The current emphasis on the immensely successful FIST programme is for orienting it towards the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat by providing accessibility of the R&D infrastructure facilities not only for research activities in academic organizations but also for use by the start-ups/ manufacturing industries/ MSMEs. Appropriate mechanisms including use of the FIST facilities through multiple shifts are being encouraged through a public notice to promote optimal utilization of these resources. Call for Proposals – DST
Research/Job Area- Science and Technology
Location- India
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Eligibility/Qualification–
- For University / Degree awarding Academic Institutions, the support will be considered for the ‘Department / School / Center’ as a unit.
- All Science (including Medical & Agriculture) and Engineering Departments/ Centres having strong PG research programs which have existed for at least 3 years or more in universities and other higher educational institutions recognized or regulated by UGC/ AICTE and/or MHRD/ State Education Department based, are eligible seeking support under FIST Program.
- All other agency based academic University/ Institutes are excluded from the scope of FIST support.
For any subsequent cycle of FIST support following an earlier FIST Project at any level, henceforth all such beneficiary Department/ College would be considered for repeat cycle of FIST support at an appropriate level ONLY AFTER A PERIOD OF 10-YEARS FROM THE DATE OF SANCTION OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PROJECT. However, all such Department/ Centre/ School already receiving support under FIST Program may ensure submission of all relevant documents towards final settlement and closure of the concerned project after completion of the ongoing project tenure and obtain the ‘Project Completion Certificate’.
Those Departments that have completed 2 cycles of support in any particular level i.e., Level 1 or Level 2 and which would be not eligible in normal way to next higher level after 2 cycles of support may be considered for support (subject to completion of 10 years from the date of sanction of the 2nd FIST Project), only for research, with the maximum quantum equal to 50% of upper limit of support in any given category as an upper limit in 3rd cycle of support (i.e., an upper limit of Rs 1.5 crore in Level 1 and Rs 2.5 crores in Level 2 for research purposes only).
For College, the support to ‘College as a whole’ shall be considered for the post-graduate S&T departments only and not for other Departments i.e., Humanities, Management, Commerce etc.
Further eligibility parameters and criteria for considering a proposal for support under FIST Program are based on the type of support and are provided, subsequently.
Type of Support: Currently, there are four types of support corresponding to four different levels. These are as follows:
- Level-0: Proposals from active PG Colleges (Govt./ Govt. aided/ Private) (having eligibility as specified for Level-0) shall be considered for a maximum support of up to Rs. 1.50 crores for establishing research facilities for the S & T for 5 years duration.
- Level-1: Proposals from relatively small but active post-graduate S&T Department from different Universities (having eligibility as specified for Level-1) and degree awarding academic Institutions requiring moderate funding for improving quality of research. The support would be up to Rs 3.0 crores for 5 years duration for augmentation of research facilities to a Department/ School/ Centre.
- Level-2: Proposals from well-established S&T Department from State/ Central Universities and degree awarding academic Institutions (having eligibility as specified for Level-2) with high repute requiring substantial funding (upper limit – Rs.5.0 crores for 5 years duration) for acquiring state-of-the-art equipment & setting up laboratories for conducting internationally competitive research.
- Level-3: Proposals from well established, internationally competitive S&T Department from State/ Central Universities and degree awarding academic Institutions (having eligibility as specified for Level3). The upper limit of funding support would be Rs 10.0 crores for 5 years duration) for acquiring only state-of-the-art very sophisticated equipment/ facilities.
Job/Position Description-
Nature of Support:
- The Scheme will provide optimal infrastructure facilities for post-graduate and higher research, such as, renovation of existing laboratory space (no fresh constructions) and cold room, modernization of laboratories involved in PG and higher research, acquisition of essential equipment, up-gradation of existing facilities, networking & computational facilities including software & databases, scientific & technical books (no journals), maintenance & refurbishing of existing and new facilities etc..
- The facilities provided under the Program are intended to support the efforts of the Department as a whole or a number of faculty members in the Department.
- Proposal towards individual R&D support would not be accepted under this Scheme.
- The synergy and focus of research may preferably be aligned to National Missions/ priorities.
Duration: The duration of support for each FIST Project will be for a period not exceeding 5 years.
How to Apply-
- Log on onlinedst.gov.in to access the home page of the “DST e-PMS Portal”.
- Before filling up the form candidates are advised to carefully go through the Relevant Advertisement published at the DST Website (www.dst.gov.in) and also available under Proposal Formats in the e-PMS Portal (www.onlinedst.gov.in) after logging in the portal site.
- To save your time and avoid data loss please download the appropriate proposal format as suitable for your either Department [LEVEL 1/ LEVEL 2/ LEVEL 3] or PG College [LEVEL 0], fill all the information required as per the format (Word and PDF) file (max. size 5Mb) and then keep it ready for upload during submission of mandatory documents.
- Click on “Submit proposals” link which would take you to a page seeking multiple information starting with – General information, Principal investigator etc. Please note for FIST Program you do not need to fill – Suggested referees and Current Ongoing Project. Fill all the mandatory information sought against each menu except (Suggested referees and Current Ongoing Project).
- After filling all above particulars there is provision for preview your detail before final submission of application form on clicking on “Preview” button. Preview page will display all facts/particulars that you have mentioned on entry time if you are sure with filled details then click on “Submit” button to finally push data into server.
- Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change will be possible/ entertained after clicking the FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON.
FOR ANY USAGE. For any inquiry, contact: Dr Arindam Bhattacharyya; Email id: a.bhattacharyya@nic.in
Last Date for Apply– 06 September 2021
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