PAC Proposals and Funding Cycle


SERB is coming up with restructured time bound mechanism for submission of proposals, evaluation of proposals and release of grant under EMR schemes. Now, Principal Investigators (PIs) would be able to submit research proposals under EMR schemes only against the call for proposals instead of submission throughout the year. The call for submission of proposals will be made twice in a year. The call will be announced on the website of SERB. Proposals can be submitted through online portal against the call only.

Proposals and Funding cycle: Timeline
  1. Timeline: First Call
    First call in a financial year will be made in first week of June of every year and window will be opened for submission of research proposals from 1st June to 31st July. Funding decision on the proposals will be communicated to the PIs during December and Grant will be released during January-February next year.


  2. Timeline: Second Call
    Second call will be made in first week of November of every year and window will be opened for submission of research proposals 1st November to 31st December. Funding decision on the proposals will be communicated to the PIs during May next year and Grant will be released during June-July.