Dear sir, is this applicable to Kerala state NGO? Can we apply for this?
*----* *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 ---------------- *Member,* Disaster Management Specialist & Remote Sensing & GIS Specialist Research & Development Division, *Charitable Society for Humanitarian Assistance and * *Emergency Response Training * (C-HAERT) www.chaert.org On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 10:37 AM Gautam John <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CAA33FJc5yd-t6QfATTQG9WDjU1yf5Zt5DqtayHgF-n366r%2BO7w%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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