Joint call for proposals DST-NWO: Data-driven science - computational and data sciences

Background
DST and NWO aim to stimulate sustainable research collaboration between India and the Netherlands by funding joint research projects. For this reason, presently, they jointly open a call for proposals. The topic of this call is 'Data Driven Science - Computational and Data Science - for Smart and Sustainable Energy'. The interlinkage between computational and data sciences is a special aim of this call for proposals. This programme offers funding opportunities for bilateral research cooperation between Dutch and Indian research groups.

Research positions
A project allows for the application of PhD/postdoc positions: at least one in India (duration and fellowship rates as per terms and conditions of DST) and one in the Netherlands (duration and personnel costs as per terms and conditions of FOM). For the funding round a total of 1.4 million euros is available for the positions in the Netherlands.

Aim
The aim of the call for proposals is to stimulate sustainable Indian-Dutch research collaboration by funding joint research projects on the topic of Data Driven Science - Computational and Data Science - for Smart and Sustainable Energy. The interlinkage between computational and data sciences is a special aim of this call for proposals. Projects should contribute and foster the collaboration between the best research institutes/groups in both countries.

Requirements proposal
Joint projects should:

• contain highly innovative research with strong components in the fields of computational science and/or data science;
• have an interdisciplinary character; it will be desirable that the projects have elements from both computational science and data science;
• contain high quality scientific research that must be executed by researchers and institutes with excellent track records;
• be a cooperation between excellent institutes in both countries (India and the Netherlands); have an application in, or contribute to, smart and sustainable energy research; 
• aim at scientific collaboration lasting beyond the duration of the research project.

Thematic focus: Data Driven Science - Computational and Data Science - for Smart and Sustainable Energy Research
Energy is a key factor in the development towards a sustainable society. This call for proposals is focused on the whole spectrum of energy research areas addressing this challenge, that is from sustainable energy generation, conversion, transport, storage to efficient usage of energy. Examples of energy research related topics which fit in the scope of this call for proposals are design of novel materials for renewable energy production, conversion and storage, fluid and plasma flow research, which can be applied for instance in wind-turbines, geothermal reservoirs and fuel cells and design of intelligent energy management systems for sustainable micro-grids, smart cities and smart buildings.

The scope of this call for proposals is, in particular focused on Data-Driven Science, i.e. Computational Science and/or Data Science. Computational science is seen as an approach to understand natural systems (physical, chemical, biological, cognitive, social) by means of mathematical modelling and computational simulation for instance by developing advanced computational methods for accurate and efficient solution of complex multi-scale models. Data science is seen as an way to create algorithms and techniques for discovering patterns and relationships in data sets by applying for instance data and process mining, imaging analysis, information retrieval, machine learning and visual analytics.

Call is closed
This call is closed. The deadline for the call for proposals was Tuesday 29 March 2016 14.00 hrs. CET. 17.30 hrs. IST.

Submission via ISAAC
Please submit your application via the new electronic application system ISAAC.
Please note that all applications have to be made both with NWO and with DST as explained in the call.