Research Grants

Research Grants Volume

The volume of research funding to Indian Institutions, during the period 2010 - 2019, has increased significantly. While the total grant volume was 308.02 Million USD in 2010, it increased to more than double by 2019 (672.97 Million USD in 2019). The figure below (on the left) shows year-wise amount of research funding in Million USD. Out of the total grants for research during 2010-2019, 38.71% are from domestic funding agencies and 61.29% are from international funding agencies. The domestic grants are increased marginally during this period. The figure below (on the right) shows distribution of domestic and international grants during 2010 - 2019.

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    Major Funding Agencies

    The Indian Research, during 2010 - 2019 period, has been funded by both domestic and international agencies. The major domestic funders are Department of Biotechnology (1,280.5 Million USD), Science and Engineering Research Board (320.6 Million USD), Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance (127.7 Million), Department of Science and Technology (25 Million USD) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (14.9 Million USD). The major International funders include Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (669 Million USD), European Commission (568 Million USD), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (410 Million USD), Medical Research Council (241 Million USD) etc. The figure below (on the left) shows a tree maps of major Domestic Funding Agencies and the figure below (on the right) shows a tree maps of major International Funding Agencies.

    Figure 5.1
    **DBT: Department of Biotechnology, SERB: Science and Engineering Research Board, WT/DBT: Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, DST: Department of Science and Technology, MoES: Ministry of Earth Sciences.
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    **BMGF: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EC: European Commission, EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, MRC: Medical Research Council, ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council, BBSRC: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, NERC: Natural Environment Research Council, STFC: Science and Technology Facilities Council, CDCP: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, EDCCTP: European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, SNSF: Swiss National Science Foundation, MHLW: Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, FF: Ford Foundation, HF: Hewlett Foundation, WT: Wellcome Trust

    Publications supported by grants

    The publication output supported by research grants for India, are computed from the data. The table below shows year-wise funding volume, supported publications and publications per Million USD. It can be observed that the publications per Million USD value is close to 1 in the initial period, which decreases further to 0.6 publications per Million USD in 2018.


    Year-wise Publication volume supported by grants

    Year Funding Amount in million $ Resulting publications Publication per million $
    2010 308.02 321 1.042
    2011 413.338 376 0.91
    2012 336.836 462 1.372
    2013 442.888 531 1.199
    2014 365.928 393 1.074
    2015 370.297 378 1.021
    2016 505.225 398 0.788
    2017 580.211 449 0.774
    2018 573.222 368 0.642
    2019 672.976 230 0.342


    Note: The above analysis/outputs are generated by the use of data obtained from Dimensions and Altmetric (a part of Digital Science).