Viterbi Global Funding Opportunities
Some of the important funding opportunities for international students are listed in this page.
Fullbright program is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students and scholars among others. 
Administered by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), PEER is a competitive grants program that invites scientists in developing countries, partnered with USG-supported collaborators, to apply for 
NSF provides 
The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts is our official publication for NIH grant policies, guidelines and 
The Fogarty International Center's 
Supporting transatlantic partnerships around research and higher education. 
The International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) Indo-US Funding Opportunities
NSF and Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) collaboration
This NSF-MeitY collaborative opportunity focuses on research and technological development in all aspects of semiconductor research, next generation communication systems, cyber-security, sustainability and green technologies, and intelligent transportation systems.
Proposals may be submitted for collaborative research to the Small Project class of the CISE Core Programs. U.S. investigators are encouraged to submit to NSF by the target date of January 5, 2024.
The agenda and more information on how to register for a Research Collaboration Workshop in the New Delhi area on November 2-3, 2023 will be available soon.
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Vaibhav Fellowship - Dept. of Science and Technology, India
Dept. of Science and Technology India, equivalent of NSF, has announced a collaborative program called Vaibhav fellowship.
This Fellowship program allows for a faulty to visit an Indian Institution for one or two months in a year, and they provide reasonably good financial support. The program is open to faculty or researchers who are of Indian origin.
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United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF)
As one of its flagship bilateral programs, the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) administers the USISTEF, through which Grant-in-Aid support is provided to start-up initiatives to the extent of USD 400,000.
The Call for Proposals under this program has recently been announced and online submission is currently open with a deadline of 15 October 2022.
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Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC)
The aim of the JCERDC is to facilitate joint research and development on clean energy by teams of scientists, technologists and engineers from India and the United States. Application Submission Deadline : 23rd September 2016
IUSSTF Research Fellowship
Indo-US Science & Technology Forum
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IUSSTF Research Fellowship
Research Project Funded by IUSSTF on High resolution air quality monitoring and air pollutant data analytics
Indo-US Professorships in Microbiology
American Society for Microbiology
Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)
Govt. of India approved a new program titled Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher education aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists nad entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagements with the institutes of higer education in India.
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US-China Funding Opportunities
U.S.-China Collaborative Biomedical Research Program
National Institutes of Health
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US-UK Funding Opportunities
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)
National Science Foundation
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Grant Schemes by Royal Society
The Royal Society
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Published on March 9th, 2017
Last updated on September 11th, 2023
