Smart Cities Collaboration Competition
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Smart Cities Collaboration Competition: NIO-PAS seeks proposals for a project entitled “Smart Cities Collaboration Competition”. Based on funding availability, the competition will be held amongst universities in Rajasthan in collaboration with U.S. universities. Participating teams will develop technological solutions that will augment the U.S.-India Smart City partnership in the city of Ajmer. Student teams will be asked to work on either one or more than one core infrastructure element that affects Ajmer: · Water supply · Electricity supply (focus on solar energy) · Sanitation · Efficient urban mobility and public transport · Robust IT connectivity and digitalization · Good governance, specially e-governance and citizen participation · Health and education · Safety and security of citizens, especially women and girls · Sustainable development Three student teams from three different universities within Rajasthan will partner with three teams from U.S. universities (from existing partnerships or newly created partnerships) across four phases of the competition including infrastructure element identification, an engineering competition phase, a business competition phase, and a marketing competition phase. Each team will include a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 students from each stream (engineering, business, marketing/design). For example: Team A could have three engineering students, three business students, and three marketing/design students who will each work on their respective phases. In Phase 1, Rajasthan university teams will identify the infrastructure challenge and are matched with a U.S. university team. In Phase 2, engineering students from each team will develop technological solutions to address the selected challenge and compete in a competition pitch conference. In Phase 3, business students from each team will develop business models for the winning technological solution, and compete in a business competition pitch conference.And in Phase 4, marketing and design students from each team will develop marketing plans for the winning business model, and compete in a marketing competition pitch conference. (Please refer to the full announcement available under related documents tab.)
Federal Grant Title: | Smart Cities Collaboration Competition |
Federal Agency Name: | US Mission to India (DOS-IND) |
Grant Categories: | Education Environment |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | ND-NOFO-19-102 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 19.040 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | February 20th, 2019 |
Original Application Deadline: | February 20th, 2019 |
Posted Date: | December 20th, 2018 |
Creation Date: | December 20th, 2018 |
Archive Date: | March 22nd, 2019 |
Total Program Funding: | $30,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $30,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $25,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
Last Updated: | December 20th, 2018 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
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