Source: The post is based on the article “India-USA announces 1st Joint Call for proposal under MeitY-NSF research collaboration” published in PIB on 21st August 2023.
What is the News?
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) has announced its 1st Joint Call for proposals under the MeitY- National Science Foundation (NSF) research collaboration.
What is the National Science Foundation (NSF)?
The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the US government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health.
What is the MeitY- National Science Foundation (NSF) research collaboration?
MeitY-National Science Foundation (NSF) has signed an Implementation Arrangement (IA) on Research Collaboration in May 2023.
This MeitY – NSF collaborative research opportunity focuses specifically upon discoveries and innovations in areas of mutual interest such as semiconductor research, next generation communication systems, cyber-security, sustainability and green technologies and intelligent transportation systems.
Through this research agency partnership, U.S. researchers may receive funding from NSF and India researchers may receive funding from MeitY.
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