Announcement 

 

RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF STATISTICS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

 

Under the component “Research Collaboration with Universities’ Departments of Statistics and Research Institutions” of the Plan Scheme, “Awards & Fellowships for Outstanding and Meritorious Research Work in Statistics” proposals for financial support are invited by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOS&PI) for the purpose of research on the topics related to Applied/Official Statistics from the Universities having full-fledged Departments of Statistics and reputed Statistical Institutions having adequate statistical manpower, infrastructure facilities and expertise/experience in research in  Applied/Official Statistics.

 

2.         Research Collaboration with Universities and research institutions has been initiated to encourage good quality and useful research work in the field of applied/official statistics, particularly on some of the current / critical problems relating to existing data gaps in key areas of socio-economic statistics.  The critical areas include Human Development, Education, Gender Analysis, Environment, Price, Poverty, Labour, Employment, National Income, Agriculture, Rural Development, Industry, Productivity, Water Resources, Health, Power, Urbanisation and Population. etc. The methodological issues in this regard are more important and the work oriented towards improving statistical practices in Indian context will be preferred for research fellowship awards. 

 

3.         The collaborating Universities/institutions will be free to select appropriate topics of research in the field of applied/official statistics and the project team.  The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will provide data free of cost to such collaborative projects; to the extent it is available with MOS&PI as per the National Policy on Dissemination of Statistical data.

 

4.         The amount to be disbursed for each proposal will not ordinarily be more than Rs. 2.50 lakhs to the selected University Departments and Institutions and will be released on half yearly basis, subject to the satisfactory progress of the work. Expenditure incurred on hardware components (used for computing facilities), equipments and large scale data collection etc. will not be funded by MOS&PI. The eligible institutions may send their proposals in the enclosed proforma  so as to reach   Director(PSSU), Central Statistical Organisation, Room No. 223, 2nd Floor, Sardar Patel Bhawan , New Delhi-110001 latest by    31st  July, 2006.

 

5.         Detailed guidelines in this regard, if required, are available on the website of this ministry (www.mospi.gov.in).  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal for Research Collaboration with University Departments of Statistics and Research Institutions

 

  1. Name of the College/Department/Research Institution and University affiliated to
  2. Head of the University/Department/Institution (complete mailing address with telephone no./FAX no./E-Mail )
  3.  Details of Principal investigator

(i)            Name

(ii)          Nationality

(iii)         Sex

(iv)        Date of Birth

(v)          Mailing address with telephone no./FAX no.(official and residential) and e-mail

(vi)        Academic qualifications with subjects

(vii)       Designation 

  1. Curriculum vitae of the Principal investigator and Co- Principal investigator

(i)            Research experience

(ii)          Teaching experience

(iii)         Details of research work, awards received, if any,

(iv)        Details of publications

  1. Details of the proposed research work in applied/official statistics

(i)            Subject

(ii)          Title of the project

(iii)         Duration

(iv)        Details of the inter-departmental co-operation, if any planned

(v)          Item/Activity wise total estimated cost of the proposed project

  1. A synopsis of the proposed proposal indicating

(i)      The problem to be investigated

(ii)    Review / Status  of research/work already available on the proposed topic

(iii)   Objectives of the project

(iv)   Hypothesis

(v)     Proposed research design and methodologies with clear description of methodology indicating major problems/issues to be investigated, related factors and specific statistical tools to be used.

(vi)  Clear indication of the coverage of the study, availability & source of the required data and tools to be used for collection of data

(vii)Expected output and potential users. Significance, relevance and utility of the study with likely applications

7.      Control chart indicating activities and sub-activities of the project to be undertaken/ completed in each quarter.

  1. Details of the similar studies/projects in applied/official statistics executed earlier for other institutions.
  2. Financial assistance required, component wise along with the details and justifications
  3. Is financial assistance also being received/ sought for this project from some other sources/agencies?  If so, details thereof.
  4. Other relevant particulars, if any.

 

Signature of the Principal Investigator

Place

Date

Recommendation and Signature of the Head of the Department (with seal)

 

Note:   Seven copies of the proposal should be submitted.