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Information related to Research and Innovation schemes (link is external)
1. COVID-19 Initiatives by NITs & IIEST, Shibpur View (link is external)
2. COVID-19 Initiatives by IITs View (link is external)
3. COVID-19 Support through R&D by IIITs (CFTI & PPP) View (link is external)
4. IMPRINT (Impacting Research in Technology) Projects on socially relevant science and engineering challenges.
Funding model: 50% MoE + 50% Other ministries
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5. UAY (Ucchatar Avishkar Yojana) Projects to promote innovation of a higher order that directly impacts the needs of the industries.
Funding model: 50% MoE + 25% Industry +25% other ministries
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6. Research Parks Being set up at 7 Research parks. They will serve the following purposes: Collaborative R & D; act as Center of Excellence; will work on National Mission Projects and set up Laboratories, Incubation Hub, Research cum Academic Hub; and act as a center for Technology development and transfer.
Research Parks to be set up at following Institutes: IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderbad and IISc
IIT G (link is external)

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IIT Kgp (link is external)
IIT K (link is external)
IIT B (link is external)
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7. FAST (Training and Research in Frontier Areas) 36 Centers of Excellence have been set up under FAST Scheme which focuses on frontier research topics. View (link is external)
8. GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Network) Short courses (1-2 weeks) are taken up by international faculty in Indian Institutes View (link is external)
9. SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) Research collaboration with foreign institutes in top-500 QS-2020 World University Ranking or in the top-200 QS-2019 World University Ranking View (link is external)
10. NIDI (National Initiative for Design Innovation) Scheme to set up Design Innovation Centers (DICs), Open Design School (ODS)& National Design Innovation Network (NDIN) for making Indian industry globally competitive. View (link is external)
11. IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences) Research projects in policy domains such as: State and Democracy, Urban Transformation, Media, Culture and Society View (link is external)
12. STARS (Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences) Socially relevant research, the following 6 basic thrust areas have been identified: Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Nanosciences, Data Sciences & Mathematics and Earth Sciences. View (link is external)
13. STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy) Support high impact research in thrust areas of humanities and human sciences including arts, Indian languages, culture and knowledge systems and add new disciplines for research View (link is external)