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Funding competition: UK-India industrial waste challenge 2017

UK organisations can apply for a share of £8 million to work with Indian partners on biotechnology solutions for industrial waste in India.

• From: Innovate UK
• Published: 19 June 2017
• Last updated: 10 July 2017 — See all updates

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Competition Guidance: UK-India industrial waste challenge 2017

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Innovate UK and Research Councils, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), are investing up to £8 million in projects that use cutting-edge solutions to reduce industrial waste in India.

The aim of this competition is to encourage partnerships between the UK and India. Innovate UK, the Research Councils and the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) are funding this competition as part of the Newton Bhabha Fund.

Projects should address reducing industrial waste and pollution, and improve value recovery from waste using biotechnology in one or more of these 5 sectors:

• leather/tanning/textiles
• municipal solid waste
• paper and pulp
• sewage
• sugar cane

The total project grant will not exceed £2 million per project for UK partners. Match funding will be made available for Indian project partners by the Government of India. Projects should last between 30 months and 3 years.

Projects must include one UK business and one UK higher education institution or research council institute eligible for BBSRC/EPSRC funding. You also need to partner with one Indian academic institution or research organisation. Preference will be given to project consortia that also include an Indian business partner or an Indian urban or other local government body, who would be the end user of the proposed solution.

Additional UK and Indian businesses, research and academic partners are allowed. Either a business or a research organisation (including but not limited to UK higher education institutions or research council institutes) can lead the project in the UK. Only Indian academic institutions or research organisations can lead the project in India.

The competition opens 5 June 2017.

You must register before midday on 11 October 2017.

You must apply before midday on 18 October 2017.

Attend the briefing event.

Find out more about the competition and apply.

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Published 19 June 2017
Last updated 10 July 2017 + show all updates

1. 10 July 2017

   Clarification about the usage of personal data at the bottom of 5.1 and 6.1. Clarification about who can submit the application form at the bottom of 6.2.

2. 19 June 2017

   First published.