Call for Research India Research Program (IRP)

• Overview
• Research Needs
• White Paper Guidelines
• Timetable and Deadlines

Overview

Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) India Research Program (IRP) member companies are pleased to solicit white papers for possible funding in 2020.

This call, issued to universities in India, maybe addressed by an individual investigator or a research team. Our selection process is divided into two stages. Interested parties are requested to submit a 1-page white paper, which should identify what can be done in a three-year period beginning September 1, 2020. A successfully selected white paper will result in an invitation to submit a full proposal. These proposals will be further down-selected for SRC research contracts.

It is the intention of the members for selected projects to be reviewed and renewed annually, but we anticipate that a project will have a lifetime of 3 years to support the completion of a doctoral dissertation. SRC projects typically involve 1-2 graduate students. SRC expects to support each project up to $12K (USD) per year, with the expectation that faculty bring leverage from the Indian government (or possibly other sources) of at least $24K (USD) per year. Leverage funding may be added in the second year of the project but is a consideration as selections are made.

The number and size of the contracts awarded will be determined by the availability of funds, and by the number of high-quality proposals.

Each researcher may be involved in no more than two white papers.

Research Needs

Our research needs are outlined in the India Research Program research needs document. Researchers should carefully review this document.

White Paper Guidelines

White Papers are limited to 1 page total, using a minimum of 10-point font size, and must be submitted via the SRC web-site by Monday, April 6, 2020 no later than 11:59 PM EDT / Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:29 AM IST.  Submissions not in compliance with all guidelines will be excluded from consideration.

Please include the following identifying information in your White Paper:

• Project title
• Investigator(s) and university.  
• Principal investigator’s contact information (telephone number, mailing address, and e-mail address).

Please address the following topics in your White Paper:

• Targeted Need: Emphasize area and problem to be addressed; match most relevant topic addressed in the research needs document.
• Approach: Present your strategy for addressing the problem. Describe important findings from your research to date. Describe how your proposed research would advance the state of the art and be useful to SRC member companies.
• Objective and Results: What you plan to accomplish in a 3-year period. What are the anticipated outputs of a successful effort?
• Funding Request and participants: Plan for yearly budget should include overhead charges by your institution. Besides faculty, please also indicate the number of students supported and their degrees pursued. A detailed approved budget is not required at this time.
• Funding Leverage: Leverage funding applicable to the proposed research.
• Background IP: Identify any blocking pre-existing intellectual property on which new results will be based.

Contract Awardees will be expected to:

• Assign a student to work on the project at the start of the contract.
• Participated in annual project reviews (PIs and students).
• Participation in SRC’s graduate student conference, TECHCON, is highly encouraged.
• Interact with industry liaisons.
• Submit reports for pre-defined deliverables in proposal.
• Submit publications resulting from sponsored research.
• Submit drafts of publications before publication.
• File patents when applicable.

Timetable and Deadlines

Please direct all technical questions to David Yeh, Research Program Director, (919) 941-9464.  All other questions and responses should be directed to LaTanya Holmes, (919) 941-9431.