- More Info
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anrf.gov.in
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- Organization
- Fund type
- Grant
- Source
- Government
- Status
- Active
- Focus area
- Biotech, Medtech, Health & rehabilitation | Agriculture, food and nutrition | Cleantech, energy, environment, waste, sanitation | Automation, mobility | Hardware, software, IOT, data, AI, ML | Industrial Products | Material Tech, textiles | Space and Aviation | Edtech, Fintech | Other sectors
- Target
- Individual- researcher
- Fund range
- Rs. 50 lakhs- Rs. 2cr
- Fund stages
- A. Technology Development
Prime Minister's Early Career Research Grant is meant to assist researchers to initiate their research career in a new institution with a flexible budget and progressive initiatives for doing research. PM ECRG subsumes the Startup Research Grant (SRG) scheme of erstwhile SERB
Purpose
Nature and duration of support:
- Research grant up to Rs. 60 lakh plus overheads for a period of three years.
- The measures for ease of doing research include flexibility to utilize resources under recurring head; flexibility in manpower recruitment; enhanced travel, contingency and overhead charges; and support for expenses related to open access publications and patent filing charges.
- International travel for project related activities is also permitted.
Maximum of 700 grants would be awarded per year across all subject areas.