UGC
Chairman's Letter to All Vice Chancellors reg.: Scheme for the
Trans-disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy (STRIDE)
STRIDE Objectives:
- To identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and support trans-disciplinary research for India's developing economy and national development
- To fund multi-institutional network high-impact research projects in humanities and human sciences.
STRIDE components:
Component-1 will
endeavor to identify the motivated young talents with research and innovation
aptitude in universities and colleges. The scheme will provide research
capacity building in diverse disciplines by mentoring, nurturing and supporting
young talents to innovate pragmatic solutions for local, regional, national and
global problems. This component is open to all disciplines for grant upto 1
crore.
Component-2 will be
mainly to enhance problem-solving skills with the help of social innovation and
action research to improve the wellbeing of people and contribute to India's
developing economy. Collaborations between universities, government, voluntary
organizations, and industries are encouraged under this scheme. This component
is open to all disciplines for grant upto 50 lakh - 1 crore.
Component-3 will fund
high impact research projects in the identified thrust areas inhumanities and
human sciences through a national network of eminent scientists from leading
institutions. Disciplines eligible for funding under this component include
philosophy, history, archaeology, anthropology, psychology, liberal arts,
linguistics, Indian languages and culture, Indian knowledge systems, law,
education, journalism, mass communication, commerce, management, environment
and sustainable development.
Grant available for this component is upto 1 crore for
one HEI and upto 5 crores for the multi institutional network.
To encourage high-quality high impact research in
humanities, there is a provision to identify experts and invite them to develop
a proposal. UGC is also proposing to provide a grant of Rs 2 lakh for developing
proposals.
An Advisory Committee has been set up by the UGC under
the chairmanship of Prof Bhushan Patwardhan, Vice Chairman to oversee the
entire scheme. Details of the scheme will be available on UGC website by 8th
July 2019. Call for proposals will be announced by the UGC by July 20, 2019.
Last date to submit an application
Applications will have to be submitted online. STRIDE web
portal will be open for receiving applications by July 31, 2019.
Award of grant will be based on merit of the project
proposal. STRIDE scheme proposals will be carefully evaluated with the help of
peer review and assessment by expert committees. Shortlisted applicants may be
invited for presentation.
Database
R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary HRD Ministry said that the
National Innovation Foundation has a database of over 3 lakh technological
ideas from over 608 districts waiting to be explored. STRIDE scheme will help
students and faculty to undertake collaborative research to explore these
knowledge resources for India's developing economy. The ten grand challenges
facing the humanities in India described in report to MHRD are part of thrust
areas identified for funding under STRIDE.
UGC Chairman Prof DP Singh said STRIDE will provide
support to the innovative research projects that are socially relevant, locally
need-based, nationally important and globally significant.
UGC Vice chairman Prof Bhushan Patwardhan said that the
three components of STRIDE will help to strengthen transdisciplinary research
culture in colleges and universities.
It will provide an opportunity to build multisectoral
linkages between university-government-community-industry for national
development and wellbeing of people.
In addition, STRIDE will give a major impetus to high
impact research in humanities and human sciences.
Regards
Mr.
Pralhad Jadhav
Master
of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified)
Research
Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior
Manager @ Knowledge Repository
Khaitan
& Co
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