The University of Southern California (USC) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have partnered to identify new ways to spark deeper academic cooperation, catalyze research collaborations, and jumpstart increased people-to-people scientific exchanges. Leading research universities in the United States and India are deeply committed to strengthening meaningful, high-impact, and co-designed research partnerships. This partnership will enable bilateral academic cooperation, critical to our shared security and geopolitical, commercial, and economic futures. The USC-IISc Collaborative Network Award program, an innovative program funded through the USC Office of Research & Innovation (OORI), will promote highly innovative collaborative research projects and activities that include faculty from both institutions.
IISc was established in 1909 by a visionary partnership between the industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Mysore royal family and the Government of India. Over the last 115 years, IISc has become India’s premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education. Its mandate is to provide advanced instruction and to conduct original investigations in all branches of knowledge as are likely to promote the material and industrial welfare of India. In keeping with this guiding principle, the Institute has strived to foster a balance between the pursuit of essential knowledge and applying its research for industrial and social benefit. IISc’s research output is diverse, interdisciplinary, and cuts across traditional boundaries. The Institute has over 42 academic departments and centers under six divisions. It also places equal emphasis on student learning, with about 4,000 students pursuing several postgraduate and PhD programs and a dedicated four-year undergraduate program that provides research-oriented training for young students in the basic sciences. IISc’s newest frontier is their one-of-its-kind postgraduate medical school and an 832-bed not-for-profit hospital, named the Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital, set to open on their Bengaluru campus by the end of 2025.
Deadline: 5 PM, May 20, 2024, Annually View the RFP for full proposal requirements. |
Nomination Submission
Nominations must be submitted via our Grant Portal.
For additional information or inquiries, please contact us at rii@usc.edu.
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