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Cooperation with India - company-driven research and innovation projects

This offer is aimed at companies that want to collaborate with companies in India in joint research and innovation projects. The call is part of the Swedish-Indian Innovation Partnership to strengthen our science and innovation collaboration in order to jointly create and strengthen competitiveness and address global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development through innovation. The initiative is done in cooperation with Department of Science Technology, Government of India through Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA). The application and the process is coordinated parallel in Sweden and in India. Vinnova is responsible for the application process in Sweden.

This web page has been machine translated. If there are any uncertainties, please refer to the Swedish text.

The offer in brief

What can you apply for?

Corporate-driven collaborations in Smart Cities and Clean Technologies, Digitalization and the Internet of Things (IoT).Vinnova will fund research and development activities that are included in the definition for industrial research and experimental development. The projects can last up to 24 months.

Who can apply?

The call is aimed at companies in Sweden who want to cooperate with companies in India. We encourage participation from other actors in Sweden such as a university, college, institute, test bed, or other relevant actor.

How much can you apply for?

You can apply for up to SEK 2.5 million. Companies seeking funds are expected to co-finance their eligible costs by at least 50 percent. The maximum level of support depends on the type of activities carried out within the project.

Important dates

    • What is the offer about?

    The offer is about running a joint Swedish-Indian research and innovation project to develop innovative products, technology-based services or methods. These should be able to generate sustainable solutions with both market potential and the opportunity to handle societal challenges. Focus areas are smart cities and environmental technology, digitization and the Internet of Things (IoT).

    The companies in Sweden applicant is expected to take a clear project ownership and management responsibility within the consortium on the Swedish side and be responsible for the municipality ikationen with the Indian side in the bilateral project et. Universities, colleges, research institutes and other relevant actors can also participate in the project.

    The collaboration can be to develop new knowledge or new skills, conduct research and development work, develop a first functioning prototype, conduct demonstration, pilot work or testing and validation.

    The activities that you are seeking funding for should be research and development activities that mainly fall under the definitions for "industrial research " and/or "experimental development".

    Read the call text

    The call text contains important information about the call, including detailed information about our criteria and requirements. It's important that you read this carefully before you start your application.

    How to apply

    To apply for funding, you need to fill out an application form in our portal, Intressentportalen. Formuläret contains questions about project et, project parties and budget.

    The call for proposal text will be published during week 16.

    Download attachments

    Please download the documents that you need to attach to your application.

    Allow enough time to complete the application

    Please keep in mind that it takes time to make an application. Filling in all the templates can take several days, since they are based on analyzes you need to do. Therefore, start the application well in advance. You can start filling in data, save and continue at a later time. Even when the application is complete, you can at any time unlock the application and make changes right up until the call closes.

    What happens after the call has closed?

    Once your application has been registered, we'll send a confirmation email to the person responsible for the user account, as well as to the project manager and the company signer. Please note that this may take a few hours after the call has closed.

    After the closing date, you can't register any new information. You may only add information to your application if we ask for it.

    Who can read your application?

    Applications submitted to us become official documents. However, we don't disclose information about business operations, inventions or research results if it can be assumed that someone will suffer economic damage if we do.

    This means that we must disclose the documents if someone requests them. However, we can black out information if we believe it could cause economic harm if disclosed.

    How we handle official documents and privacy

    Any questions?

    If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

    Henrik Fridén

    Utlysningsansvarig

    + 4684733154

    Catharina Zajcev

    + 4684733165

    Bianca Dochtorowicz

    + 4684733094

    Teknisk support

    +46 8 473 32 99

    Fund­ed pro­jects

    Reference number 2019-02221

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