NSF and entities in India have signed Implementation Arrangements that streamline the selection and funding process of joint research projects involving researchers in the United States and India. The Implementation Arrangements provide a framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Indian research communities and set out the principles by which joint activities might be supported. Through this research agency partnership, researchers in the U.S. may receive funding from NSF and researchers in India may receive funding from Indian agencies, respectively.

Funding opportunities with full submission guidelines have been created via a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL).

• NSF 24-054 - NSF and the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - now accepting submissions through April 11, 2024

Additional details on these DCLs can be found below.
Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of India Collaborative Research Opportunities (NSF 24-054) - released February 8, 2024

I.	This NSF-DBT collaborative research opportunity focuses specifically upon discoveries and innovations in areas of mutual interest to support advancing knowledge, technologies, and innovation that advance biotechnology and promote the bioeconomy.
II.	Proposals may be submitted that address complex scientific challenges and innovate novel solutions that leverage advances in synthetic and engineering biology, systems and computational biology, and other associated fields that are foundational to developing future biomanufacturing solutions and advance the bioeconomy.
III.	Investigators in the U.S. are encouraged to submit to NSF by the due date of April 11, 2024
IV.	Please read the DCL carefully. Proposals must be submitted to a participating program list in part V. Please ensure submissions follow program descriptions or solicitation guidelines. Proposals are not submitted to this DCL.
V.	As details vary by NSF program, investigators in the U.S. are encouraged to contact program directors of pertinent NSF programs for specific guidance. Program director contact information is provided within the following program links:

a.

Directorate for Bioligical Sciences

i. Division of Integrative Organismal Systems

1. Plant Genome Research Program

ii. Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

1. Systems and Synthetic Biology

2. Molecular Biophysics

b.

Directorate for Engineering

i. Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems

1. Cellular and Biochemical Engineering

2. Biosensing

c.

Cross-Directorate

i. Future Manufacturing: Future Biomanufacturing Research Thrust

Contact: NSF India Collaboration, india-collaboration@nsf.gov


NSF-India currently closed DCLs

NSF 23-114 NSF and the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST)
NSF 23-139 NSF and the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

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