About the call
The target of this India - Denmark call is to enhance value creation through research and innovation for the development of new technologies, solutions, services and business models related to the following topics:
Green fuels including green hydrogen
Green fuels for transport and industry (Power-to-X, etc.). Solutions to convert electricity from renewable energy into products that can be used to reduce emissions from parts of the transport and industrial sectors where there are no cost-effective alternatives to fossil energy.
Please consult full call text here for examples of relevant subtopics. Please note that the call is not exclusive to these subtopics and is open to any other research addressing problems related to green fuels including green hydrogen.
Funding
The successful projects will be jointly funded by India and Denmark. For Danish counterpart, funding will be disbursed by IFD and similarly for the Indian counterpart by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
The Danish side (Innovation Fund Denmark - IFD) will allocate a total of 20 million DKK and the Indian side (DST) will allocate a total of 200 million INR to support 3-5 joint research and innovation projects. The duration of the projects is expected to be up to 3 years for both sides.
Eligible costs are e.g. salaries, equipment, other project-related costs, external services, etc. (see the Guidelines for International Projects)
Proposal requirements (eligibility criteria)
The Danish and Indian applicants will develop one joint Project plan and the plan will be sent to both IFD (Denmark) and DST (India) using the forms of each organization, respectively. It should be ensured that applications with identical titles have been submitted from both counterparts.
The project proposal must include the name of one Principal Investigator (PI) each in India and Denmark.
Only registered legal entities in Denmark are eligible for investments from IFD. Foreign subcontractors are allowed after approval by IFD.
It is mandatory to include an industry-partner in the project to apply for this call.
The project leading to the development of a device/prototype/process with Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 5 and above and having potential for commercialization will be eligible for financial support. Basic R&D proposal leading to only research publications will not be supported under this call. The implementation or commercialization plan should be clearly spelled out with achievable milestones, timelines, justifiable budget requirement and engagement with prospective technology transfer partners or technology transfer facilitating bodies.
The applications must include a statement on how the proposed collaboration brings added valued for both countries.
The application including the appendix A, B, C and budget must describe the joint proposal and not just the part conducted by the Danish partners.
Financial requirements in the Guidelines for International Projects (to be published on 3rd of March 2022) apply for Danish partners.
Please consult full list of requirements in the joint call text here.
The evaluation criteria and process
The evaluation consists of the following phases:
Phase 1: National procedures and evaluation criteria
DST and IFD will in phase 1 assess and rank the proposals according to their respective institutional procedures and evaluation criteria.
IFD’s three overall decision criteria are:
- Quality of the idea – the quality of the research and innovation
- Impact – value creation during and after the project
- Quality of execution – efficiency in the project execution and the implementation of the results
It is an evaluation criterion that the project is linked closely to the mission area on Green fuels for transport and industry (Power-to-X) (see ‘Agreement on the distribution of the research reserve etc. in 2021’). The project can be linked to or coordinated with the roadmaps related to this mission (see roadmap1 and roadmap2).
Particular importance should be paid to describing the projects quantified contribution (as far as possible) to the reduction of CO2 equivalents / greenhouse gas emission - both in Denmark and globally. The value creation in the project should not only be understood as monetary value, but may also encompass e.g. improved quality of life, nature conservation / recovery, increased biodiversity, cleaner environment etc. It is the applicant's responsibility to explain and account for the different types of value creation.
It is emphasized that key stakeholders of the project contribute in forming the project, participates or in other ways are directly involved, e.g. through investment.
Further information about the decision criteria can be found in the Guidelines for International Projects (to be published on 3rd of March 2022).
Please note that applications that do not meet the formal requirements will be rejected before phase 1.
Phase 2: Bilateral consensus decision
Bilateral consensus decision between DST and IFD on proposals selected for funding based on the two party’s evaluation (ranking) in phase 1 and the following bilateral evaluation criteria for phase 2:
- The project should have industrial perspective and participation from both Indian and Danish industry is strongly encouraged.
- The proposed research and innovation projects should be well integrated on the Indian and Danish side
- Research and innovation activities of importance to the expected outcome should be evenly distributed among Indian and Danish counterparts.
- Synergy effects and added-value to ongoing research within the field including Indo-Danish research and innovation projects is considered important.
The evaluation process in phase 1 is described in detail in the Guidelines for International Projects and briefly outlined below.
Applicants are notified of the decision via www.e-grant.dk. E-grant has prepared a FAQ that can be accessed here.
Application
Applications from Danish applicants must be submitted via www.e-grant.dk This will open from 3rd of March 2022.
The guidelines for the Danish applicants are described in the Guidelines for International Projects, to be published on 3rd of March 20222.
The application including the appendix A, B, C and budget should describe the joint proposal and not just the part conducted by the Danish partners. Please note that the budget file template calculates the total investment rate for all the project partners, however the Danish applicants applying to IFD should make sure that the applied investment rates comply (both the individual and total) with the investment rates mentioned in the Guidelines for International Projects.
Guidelines
Applicants within this call must take into account the following:
- Guidelines for International Projects
- The full call text here.
Contact
For questions regarding formalities, the Innovation Fund Denmark's Investment Officers can be contacted.
Cagdas Citirikkaya
International Investment Officer
E-mail: cagdas.citirikkaya@innofond.dk ;
+45 61905013
Martin Søndergaard
Investment Officer
E-mail: martin.sondergaard@innofond.dk
+45 61905065
In connection to this, please note that Investment Officers or other employees of the Innovation Fund Denmark are not allowed to answer specific questions regarding projects or ideas.
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