TSP India grant call 2024-25
In partnership with the Indian Department of Science and Technology, this round of funding enabled eleven new project partnerships between Indian and UK university partners, as well as Indian industry partners focused on:
-
Clean energy
-
Affordable health care
In addition to grant funding, these new awardees became part of the TSP community and gained access to capacity building and networking events, such as the TSP Delhi event in February 2024, and opportunities to collaborate with awardees in other countries tackling similar issues.
This scheme was funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), under the International Science Partnership Fund. The grant scheme is now closed.
Objectives
The Transforming Systems through Partnerships programme builds engineering teaching, research and innovation capacity within Indian universities and research institutes. Lead universities in India awarded in this grant collaborated with local stakeholders and UK academics in meeting interconnected SDG challenges at global level.
The objectives were:
-
Challenge-led research and innovation that use engineering to address sustainability challenges in India and the UK and globally.
-
Partnerships in course design and delivery that equip the next generation with skills to address sustainable development challenges.
-
Collaboration and knowledge exchanges that create a strong evidence base for building better systems for the world we want to live in.
Themes of this call
Clean energy
Clean energy is a vital and increasingly essential field of research, and a clear priority when considering India’s aims to reach net zero emissions by 2070, and to meet fifty percent of its energy requirements from renewable sources by 2030. Similarly, the UK’s commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and cut emissions by 68% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, make clean energy a primary focus for both countries.
Clean energy could include areas such as solar, wind, biofuels, electric vehicles, hydroelectricity, carbon capture, batteries and energy storage, green hydrogen and more.
Affordable healthcare
In line with the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK future relations, the UK and India will use their combined research and innovation strength to address the biggest global health challenges, save lives and improve health and well-being. This will enhance global health security and pandemic resilience, promote healthy societies and strengthen both health systems through increased collaboration.
Affordable health care could include Digital and remote health, Health supply chain innovations, Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Vaccine manufacture, Data for health monitoring, Health systems strengthening.