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DBT launches CEIB schemes to enhance innovative ability of institutions & investigators in specific areas of biotech
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Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai
October 30 , 2014
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Aiming to provide funding to augment and strengthen institutional
research capacity for promotion of excellence in interdisciplinary
science and innovation in specific areas of biotechnology, the
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has launched a group of schemes known
as Centres of Excellence and Innovation in Biotechnology (CEIB).
The
programme is intended for institutions with a substantial investment
in, and commitment to, life sciences and biotechnology research. The
programme will provide flexible long-term support for highly innovative
research life sciences and biotechnology. The expected outcomes are
quality science, intellectual property and potential translation.
The
overall aim of the CEIB programme is to establish Centres of
Excellence, provide long-term support to outstanding scientists and
provide institutional / departmental programme support. The specific
goal is to enhance the innovative ability of the institutions and
investigators with well-developed research programme in specific areas
of biotechnology.
Under this programme, three categories of
grants will be provided. First, Centres of Excellence (CoE) in
biotechnology with a specific thematic focus, that can involve single or
multiple institutions. It will provide support, in part or full,
research and development activities from very basic or fundamental to
translational or applied in areas of health, agriculture, energy,
environment, industrial biotech research, etc.
Second,
Outstanding Scientist Research Programme in Biotechnology. This
programme is meant for providing long-term R&D support to an
individual outstanding investigator of high scientific caliber with
publications and / or patents record at the highest level. The support
is recognition of investigators for their recent performance and planned
future work.
Third, Institutional Programme Support (to both
single institutional programme as well as multi-institutional programme)
to the identified institution(s)/department(s) with multiple
investigators in various disciplines. It will provide support to create
and strengthen research capabilities at university or institutional
level for categorical research by a number of investigators from
different disciplines for a joint research effort; or investigators from
the same discipline who focus on a common research problem. Support is
proportional to size and quality of Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral programmes.
It will also help to enable re-design of objectives and research
programme to be inter-disciplinary and address specific weaknesses
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