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• Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences: Indo-U.S. bilateral activities that aim at dissemination of information and creating awareness through substantive interactions between Indian and American scientists and researchers from academia, laboratories and industry with the explicit aim to develop sustained linkages. The proposals should be designed around a theme of common interest that has a high potential for generating follow-up activities.
• Training Program/ Advanced Schools: To enhance scientific knowledge and awareness through a devised pedagogical course including conducted practical classes by assimilating a mix of faculties and trainees from both countries. The proposal should be designed around a theme of common interest that has a high potential for generating follow-up activities.

Each proposal should have one Indian and one U.S. partnering institution. A proposal can however have more than two partners on each side. E.g. Lead Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI).

Yes, however no support will be extended to Industry participants.

No, IUSSTF supports only bilateral (Indo-U.S.) activities, events, and initiatives that promote interactions between the scientific and research communities in India and the United States.

IUSSTF is an autonomous bilateral organization jointly funded by the Indian and U.S. Governments with a mandate to promote bilateral activities for the promotion of Science & Technology through substantive interactions between Indian and American scientists and researchers with the explicit aim to develop sustained linkages between the two countries.

IUSSTF presently does not have any programmatic activity to provide support to International Conferences. While we do accept proposals with a small number of third country participants (no more than 5); however, no funding support is provided to such participants. Applicants are discouraged from using the title of the proposal as “International Conference on……….”

After a highly competitive evaluation process, IUSSTF offers partial support to a few workshops due to availability of limited funds. The extent of funding is around INR 10-15 lakhs (disbursement as per IUSSTF guidelines). Applicants are welcome to approach other funding agencies for additional funding.

• Upon receipt of the final list of faculty/participants from the Lead Workshop Organizer, IUSSTF will disburse the international and domestic travel costs, as approved, in the form of advance travel grant-in-aid to the Lead Organizing Institution. An appropriate amount will be retained from the organizational support allocation for final settlement.
• The responsibility for travel facilitations/reimbursement to the faculty/participants will be of the workshop organizer/coordinator against receipt of copies of air tickets and boarding passes.
• Workshop coordinator will be requested to forward a separate collated Statement of Travel Reimbursements incorporating the details of the U.S. and Indian Participants' ticketing/reimbursements as applicable on the Host/Organizing Institution's letter head; duly certified by the lead Principal Investigator and countersigned by the Financial/Administrative Authority of the Host Institution.

The grant-in-aid will be released to the Lead Indian Partnering Institution at least 4-6 weeks before the workshop dates after receipt of the following:

• Final dates and Venue
• List of Participants from US and India
• Final Program/Agenda
• Brief Budget break-up of how Organizational Grant-in-aid will be utilized
• Funding received from other sources
• Banking details

The heads of expenditures covered under the grant will be strictly as per the budget format. IUSSTF does not provide financial support for any items of expenditure (e.g. Overheads, indirect costs) which are not mentioned in the budget format.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are subject to Annex I- Intellectual Property (IPR Annex) of the Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of India (S & T Agreement, 2005) and the respective standard IPR provisions of the Parties to the extent it is not in contravention with the IPR annex.

Proposal should be submitted online at https://ws.iusstf.org

Any of the following 7 topics would be preferred for the thematic areas:

1. Accelerating Strategic Artificial Intelligence Implementation

2. Quantum Technologies for Secure and Resilient Futures

3. Advanced Biotechnology and Bioeconomy

4. Critical Minerals, Supply Chains, and Advanced Materials

5. Cybersecurity and Trusted Technology for Critical Infrastructure

6. Geospatial technologies, Space Technologies and Commercial Space Collaboration

7. Energy Security and Emerging Energy Technologies