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India to set up National Research Foundation

2019; American Chemical Society; Volume: 97; Issue: 29 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/cen-09729-polcon3

2474-7408

K. Venkatasubramanian,

Biotechnology and Related Fields

India is establishing a National Research Foundation (NRF) to fund, coordinate, and foster research in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced July 5, during her first budget presentation. The prime minister will chair the foundation. The NRF was proposed in a draft National Education Policy, developed by a panel of 80 experts. The NRF will fund academic research in science and technology, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities in line with national and state priorities such as clean water, sanitation, and energy. It will establish research labs in oceanography, nanotechnology, and information and communication technology. The education policy sets the initial NRF budget at ₹200 billion ($2.92 billion) a year, with funds taken from various ministries and supplemented with new government appropriations. The budget is to increase annually commensurate with inflation. However, the minister did not announce any budget allocation for the NRF, nor did she specify