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A Memorandum of Understanding towards the creation of a new funding scheme to bring together leading research centres in India and Europe to address major social science challenges was signed on Friday, 21st January, with representatives of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and representatives of four European science funding agencies from Germany, UK, France and the Netherlands.
For the first time, an Indian research organisation is joining forces with national social science research organisations from across Europe to find solutions to some of the biggest global problems including economic growth and development, energy and climate change, health and well-being. This agreement will extend the current Open Research Area model which enables research teams in multiple countries to apply for funding from their national agencies through a single application and peer review process.

The Open Research Area Model is supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of UK, the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

This new scheme will provide additional funding to current investments to develop international activities and knowledge exchange, building on existing research centres in Europe and India.  The agreement is initially scheduled to run for three years and applications will be sought to include at least two institutions from both Europe and India.

UGC's call for application for two three-months fellowships at the South Asia Institute is open now (http://www.ugc.ac.in/more/heidelberg.pdf).
PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE GIVEN IN THE CALL IS INCORRECT. APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28TH!

9.-10. December 2010

Tagore Hall (Dayar-i-Mir Taqi Mir Building)
Jamia Millia Islamia University

The conference organised by Cluster "Asia and Europe" Project B13 "Environmental Activism" in collaboration with the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia will be addressing the issues posed by the increasing activities undertaken all over the world for the protection of the environment and their repercussions on the political agenda.  Under the heading  scientists and scholars from various disciplines will be exchanging views with environmentalists on the evolution and significance of environmental activism over the last 30 years.

Programme Details an Abstracts:

	Env_Activism_Abstracts_9-10_Dec_2010.pdf	125 K
	Env_Activism_Programme_9-10_Dec_2010.pdf	61 K