Round 16 of Australia-India Strategic Research Fund grants opened

Applications opened on Monday for Round 16 of the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF), a bilateral program offering science and technology researchers between $200,000 and $1 million per project.   

According to a statement from federal industry minister Ed Husic, the round has a total allocation of $4 million, with funding open for joint research projects, workshops, fellowships and institutional partnerships. 

Among conditions is the need to meet priority areas, which are:

• Critical minerals processing technologies and methods;
• Quantum computing and communications; Remanufacturing and product end-of-use recovery, including electronic waste recycling;
• Biomanufacturing for industrial and consumer products, including biochemicals, biofuels and novel bio-based minerals; 
• Biotechnology for improved agricultural productivity and climate resilience (including food security or renewable feedstocks); and
• RNA vaccines and biotherapeutics (immunotherapy.)   

“Countries that work together to solve common problems become closer, as this successful program has shown in spades for almost two decades,” said Husic.

“This is our biggest bilateral science program for good reason, and I want to see it grow even stronger into the future.”

The program is administered by the federal department of industry, science and resources.

Applications are open until April 11. More information is available here.

Picture: credit Nick Pitsas/CSIRO

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