Joint Call for Research Proposals 2026 | ICSSR New Delhi | NSTC Taiwan | Grant up to Rs. 12 Lakh | Apply by 3rd August 2026
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taipei, Taiwan jointly signed a memorandum of understanding to encourage bilateral cooperation in the field of social sciences and exchange visits, exchanges of scholars and promote bilateral joint research projects. Under this bilateral agreement, the research proposals are invited for grant for joint research projects between Indian and Taiwanese researchers in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities. The emphasis will be laid on new and emerging themes of mutual importance and strengthening of relationships.
This India-Taiwan (ICSSR-NSTC) bilateral collaborative research project must be jointly discussed and submitted by the project hosts (Principal Investigators) of India and Taiwan. Among them, the Indian host must apply to the ICSSR in accordance with the regulations of the call guideline; the Taiwanese host of their plan must apply to the NSTC for “bilateral agreement expansion’’ “Add-on International Cooperation Research Project”.
Applicants must be employed in a research or academic position in a recognized research or academic institution – either publicly funded university/college, deemed universities recognized by the UGC or a publicly funded research institute or ICSSR research institutes/recognized institutes. They must also hold a PhD or equivalent qualification and have an interest in high quality research which may be evident by past studies, publications and academic background.
Five (5) joint research projects would be supported against the present call. The financial support is available basically for mobility of researchers from each side. Funding for this grant is at a maximum amount of Rs. 12, 00,000 (Rupees Twelve Lakh only) for each project.
The visiting party will meet the expenditure on international and domestic (inter-city) air travel. The receiving party will meet the expenditure on local hospitality for boarding, lodging and local ground transportation of the visiting scientists for a specified number of days and persons to be decided by the two parties on a case-by-case basis.
(1) Application period: From June 01, 2026 to August 03, 2026
(2) Completion of Peer-review: 14th October 2026
(3) Result Announcement and approval date: December 2026
(4) The execution period of the joint project: from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2028, a period of 2 years (Project Duration)
(1) This joint research project will be peer-reviewed and selected by the Indian side (ICSSR) and Taiwanese side (NSTC) after independent review.
(2) Applications with the following circumstances will not be accepted:
(3) The Principal Investigator of both parties shall provide the mid-term/end-of-term “bilateral agreement-type expansion” before/after the end of the annual plan implementation period.
(4) When planning cooperation, the Principal Investigators of both parties shall first agree on the ownership and management of future intellectual property rights and achievements of both parties. Management and operation methods, and when necessary, the relevant project contract can be signed together
(5) Due acknowledgement of support by ICSSR and NSTC should be made in any publication resulting from the joint research projects.
The project proposals completed in all respect must be received by both sides. Proposals submitted unilaterally shall not be considered. Applications must be submitted electronically (and hard copy) in the given application form to ICSSR on or before 3rd August 2026 by the Indian researchers. The Letter of Affiliation and Application format are available at ICSSR Official website.
Mr. M. P. Madhukar (Senior Consultant Research)
Incharge, International Collaboration & Global Outreach Division
Indian Council of Social Science Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU Institutional Area, New Delhi-110067
adinchargeics@gmail.com
91 (0) 11 – 9220521104
Ms. Siao-Yu Sun (Officer)
Department of International Cooperation and Science Education
National Science and Technology Council 106, Sec.2, Heping E. Rd. Taipei 106214 Taiwan, R.O.C
hysun@nstc.gov.tw
(02) 2737-7683
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