SPARC Proposal Submission Template

Please refer to this document for proposal preparation. Kindly note that the proposal should be
submitted through online proposal submission system only. No other mode of submission will be
acknowledged and considered for further processing.
Title of Project: Sample Title
Thrust Area: [To be selected from a list]
Sub-domain: [To be selected from a list]
Abstract: Maximum 250 words
Keywords: [Five in number] Key, key2, key3, key4, key5

Indian PI Details
* System will consider the logged in person as Indian PI

Name of Indian PI: [Will be populated automatically from logged in user details]
Home Institute: [Will be populated automatically from logged in user details]
Department: [Will be populated automatically from logged in user details]
Phone: Contact no of PI
Email address: [Will be populated automatically from logged in user details]
Nationality: Nationality of PI
Passport #: [Optional] Passport no of PI

Indian Co-PI Details

* One Indian Co-PI is mandatory. System will allow more than one Co-PI.

Name of Indian Co-PI: Name of the Indian Co-PI

Home Institute: Institute of Indian Co-PI. If Co-PI is from non-listed institute, please select “Others”.
Department: Department of Indian Co-PI
Phone: Contact number of Indian Co-PI
Email Address: Email address of Indian Co-PI
Nationality: Email address of Indian Co-PI
Passport #: [Optional] Passport no of Co-PI

International PI Details

Name of International PI: Name of the International PI

Country: Country of the International PI
Institute: Name of the International PI. International PI should be from the listed institutes.
Department: Department of the International PI
Phone: Phone number of the International PI
Email Address: Email of the International PI. The consent request will be sent to this mail id.
Nationality: Nationality of the International PI
Passport #: [Optional] Passport number of the International PI

International Co-PI Details

* One International Co-PI is mandatory. System will allow more than one International Co-PI.

Name of International Co-PI: Name of the International Co-PI

Country: Country of the International Co-PI
Institute: Name of the International Co-PI. If Co-PI is from non-listed institute, please select “Others”.
Department: Department of the International Co-PI
Phone: Phone number of the International Co-PI
Email Address: Email of the International Co-PI.
Nationality: Nationality of the International Co-PI
Passport #: [Optional] Passport number of the International Co-PI

Personnel Details
* This step is optional

Name of personnel: Name of personnel

Country: India
Institute: Select Institute
Designation: Post Doctoral Researcher / Ph.D. Research Scholar/ Graduate Student

Proposal Details

Objectives: [3-5 bullet points]

Background and Motivation: [250 words]

Research Plan: [1000 words]

Research deliverables and timelines: Year-wise breakup

Academic Deliverables: Conference/Course/Monograph/Workshop. At least two academic deliverables

and their corresponding title is required

Impact of the project and targeted beneficiaries: [150 words]

Novelty and Scope of IP: Novelty and scope of IP should be specified here

Budget Details
*Overhead and contingency should be upto 20% of SPARC budget or 15 Lakhs whichever is lower

SPARC (INR Indian Institute Foreign Institute Other Source

in Lakhs) (INR in Lakhs) (INR in Lakhs) (INR in Lakhs)
Travel - International Faculty
Travel - International Scholar
Travel - Indian Faculty
Travel - Indian Scholar
Publication - Monograph
Workshop / Symposium
Overhead and Contingency

Expertise Details

Prior expertise of investigators in the domain area: [250 words]

Upload Documents
* All documents should be in PDF format

CV of Indian PI (2-page): max 500KB and mandatory

CV of Indian co-PIs (collate individual 2-page CVs): max 500KB and mandatory
CV of International PI (2-page): max 500KB and mandatory
CV of International co-PIs (collate individual 2-page CVs): max 500KB and mandatory
CV of Research personnel (collate individual 2-page CVs): max 500KB and optional
Other Technical Details: max 500KB and optional
Monograph outline: max 500KB and mandatory
Course outline: max 500KB and mandatory
Budget break-up: max 500KB and mandatory
List of relevant projects and publications: max 500KB and mandatory
Endorsement letter for participation and financial commitment (if any) from each Indian institute: max
500KB and mandatory
Endorsement letter for participation and financial commitment (if any) from each foreign institute: max
500KB and mandatory
Support from other sources: max 500KB and optional
Additional documents: max 500KB and optional