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STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing…
STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy)
Support
high impact research in thrust areas of humanities and human sciences i
ncluding
arts, Indian languages, culture and knowledge systems and add new disciplines for research
University Grants Commission (UGC)
has approved
to support socially relevant, local need-based, nationally important and globally significant research projects.
The UGC has set up an advisory committee under its
Vice Chairman Bhushan Patwardhan, to oversee the entire scheme.
Components of the Scheme
Component 1: The Scheme will provide for research capacity building in diverse disciplines by mentoring, nurturing and supporting young talents to innovate pragmatic solutions for local, regional, national and global problems. Grant available is upto Rs. 1 crore.
Component 2: It will mainly focus on enhancing problem solving skills with the help of social innovation and action research to improve wellbeing of people and contribute for India’s developing economy. Grant upto Rs. 50 lakh to 1 crore is available for projects under this component.
Component-3 will fund high impact research projects in the identified thrust areas in humanities and human sciences through national network of eminent scientists from leading institutions. Grant available under this component is upto Rs. 1 crore for one Higher Educational Institution and upto Rs. 5 crores for a multi institutional network.
Expected Benefits from the Scheme
It will help strengthen
transdisciplinary research culture
in
colleges and universities
Trans-disciplinary research
is a
team effort of investigators from different disciplines to create new conceptual
,
theoretical
,
methodological
innovations
that integrates and
transcends beyond discipline-specific approaches to address a common problem.
It goes beyond m
ere production of knowledge and extend
s to the practical use of the knowledge outside academic endeavour.
It will provide opportunity to build multi sectoral linkages between university-government-community-industry for national development and wellbeing of people.
It will give major impetus to high impact research in Humanities and Human Sciences.
STRIDE
will support the following innovative research projects:
Socially relevant
Locally need-based
Nationally important
Globally significant
STRIDE shall support
basic, applied and transformational action research for India’s developing economy to attain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will facilitate
overall human development.
The main objectives of STRIDE are:
To identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and support trans-disciplinary research for India’s developing economy and national development.
To fund multi-institutional network high-impact research projects in humanities and human sciences.
Thrust Areas
Philosophy
History, Archaeology and Anthropology
Psychology, Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
Literature, Linguistics and Digital Humanities
Indology, Indian Languages
Indian Knowledge Systems
Liberal Arts, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies
Law
Education, Continuing Education, Technology-Enabled Education
Journalism and Mass Communication
Management and Commerce
Environment and Sustainable Development
02-Jul-2019