New Delhi, Jul 26 (UNI) Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that the Government is proposing to set up a National Research Foundation (NRF) to strengthen the research ecosystem in the country.
"The total proposed outlay of National Research Foundation is Rs 50,000 crore over a period of five years," the Minister said in a written reply Lok Sabha.
He said that the NRF is being envisaged as an umbrella structure that will improve linkages between R&D, academia and industry.
One of the main objectives of NRF is to seed, grow and facilitate research at academic institutions, particularly at universities and colleges, where research capacity is currently at a nascent stage.
Mr Pradhan said it will also fund and support high-impact, large-scale, multi-investigator, multi-institution and, in some cases, interdisciplinary or multi-nation projects in collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments, and other Governmental and non-Governmental entities, especially industry.
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