CKP Overview
Collaboration Kick-starter Program (CKP) is a 2-year funding program of JICA with a goal of enhancing research collaboration between IIT Hyderabad (IITH) and Japan. CKP aims to facilitate and accelerate active collaboration between IITH and Japanese academia and industry, through providing two kinds of intermediate research funds, Academic Research Collaboration (ARC) and Academia Industrial Collaboration (AIC), to promising collaborative research projects for the purpose of 1) supporting quick launching of collaboration and R&D in the start-up phase, 2) supporting IITH researchers to apply for research grants of other funding schemes for large-scale and long-term R&D, and 3) promoting students’ research interactions with Japanese academia and industrial collaborators.
Downloading CFP and Application Forms
File Description | Link |
|---|---|
| Call For Proposal & Application Guideline | DOWNLOAD PDF FILE |
| Application Form for Academic Research Collaboration (ARC) | DOWNLOAD DOC FILE |
| Attachment for Academic Research Collaboration (ARC) | DOWNLOAD XLS FILE |
| Application Form Academia Industry Collaboration (AIC) | DOWNLOAD DOC FILE |
| Attachment for Academia Industry Collaboration (AIC) | DOWNLOAD XLS FILE |
Important Dates
| Proposal Submission Due | November 1st, 2016 (11:59 AM IST, Sharp & Hard) |
| Call for Oral Presentation | November 7th, 2016 |
| Oral Presentation | November 15th, 2016 (Tentative) |
| Acceptance Notification | November 16th (Tentative) |
Contact to CKP Office
| Program Coordinator | Ms. Miki Matsuo |
| E-mail (Inquiry and Proposal Submission) | ckp [at] friendship.iith.ac.in |