ARG MATRICS

MATRICS is a part of Advanced Research Grant (ARG). It aims to provide fixed grant support to active researchers with strong credentials in Mathematical Sciences, Theoretical Sciences, and Quantitative Social Sciences.

Scope:

  • Mathematical Sciences (MS): Mathematical and allied areas.
  • Theoretical Sciences (TS): All areas of Science and Engineering (other than mathematical and allied areas).
  • Quantitative Social Sciences (QSS): Quantitative Social Sciences which involves quantitative analysis using mathematical, statistical or computational techniques in the areas of Social Sciences.

Nature of Support:

Research grant of Rs. 5 lakh per annum plus overheads for a period of up to five years; out of which a maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs in total may be used for international travel.


Purpose for which grants can be used:

  • Purchase of text books and monographs.
  • Purchase of minor equipment such as workstation, laptop, etc.
  • Purchase of software for research purposes.
  • Travel support and payment of registration fee for invited talks or presenting a paper in national and international conferences.
  • Travel support for collaborative visits in India and abroad.
  • Travel support and other logistics for inviting students and young researchers for research activities.

Eligibility:

Eligibility will be as per section C (1), (3), (4), (6) in public, private universities or National Research Laboratories and other recognised research organisations in India, with the following additional changes.

  • The applicant should be an active researcher in the field of (i) Mathematical Sciences and allied areas; (ii) Science and Engineering (excluding mathematical sciences) or (iii) Social Sciences involving quantitative analysis using mathematical, statistical and computational techniques. Applications for MATRICS may be made to the relevant Verticals.
  • An applicant is eligible to submit only one proposal during a call.
  • Co-PIs are not allowed in the MATRICS program. For MATRICS, Section C (1) is relaxed to allow OCI / PIO holders satisfying other conditions above to apply without need for a Co-PI.
  • There is no provision for extension of project duration.

MATRICS: Mode of Application and Selection:

The call for applications will be notified through the website www.anrfonline.in and the proposal should be submitted online only at www.anrfonline.in.

The selection will be based on the recommendations of an Expert Committee (formed from the relevant Vertical and Technical Program Committee) and the criteria of consideration would be (1) Credentials of PI (2) Publications record and (3) Mathematical/Theoretical content of the proposal in their respective area.

Applicants should first register in the online website, www.anrfonline.in. After log-in applicants are required to fill all the mandatory fields in Profile Details Section under User Profile which includes Bio data (as per defined template), Photo, Institute Address, etc.

Proposal submission should include Project Title (max 500 characters), Mathematics review subject classification in case of MATRICS, Keywords (max 6), Project summary (max 3000 characters), etc.

Documents required (in PDF):