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Ministry of Mines vide Announcement No. Met4-1412020 invites Science and Technology Project Proposals from Academic Institutions Universities National Institutes and RD Institution recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India for up to 3 years duration in the following thrust areas which have direct bearing on mineral sector applied and sustainable aspect of mining and industrial applicationsTHRUST AREAS OF RESEARCH IN MINES The broad thrust areas for supporting Research in Mining are given belowi. Prospectingexploration for strategic rare and rare earth minerals.ii. Development of new technology for mineral exploration and mining on land and deep sea to locate and exploit new mineral resources.iii. Research in mining methods. This includes rock mechanics mine designing mining equipments energy conservation environmental protection and mine safety.iv. Improve efficiency in process operations recovery of by-products and reduction in specification and consumption norms.v. Research in metallurgy and mineral beneficiation techniques to utilize lower grade and finer size ores.vi. Extraction of value added products from mine waste plant tailings etc.vii. Development of new alloys and metal related products etc.viii. Evolve low capital and energy saving processing systems.ix. Production of materials of high purity.x. Cooperative research among organizations associated with the mineral sector.Additional weightage for consideration of support will be given in the following conditionsa. Preference for projects submitted by scientificacademic institution with collaboration with the concerned industry.b. Encouragement for proposals with higher Technology Readiness Level TRL ideally leading to pilot scale plants for projects on high purity materials advanced alloy products waste utilisation recovery from slagstailings recycling urban mining etcc. Encouragement for proposals with pre-developed proof of concept.d. Mineral deposit targeting based on the geoscience data made available in public domain by GSIe. The research academic institutes may access and collaborate with government agencies for laboratory support for developing project proposals in coordinationf. Preference for projects on development of products or on materials which have possibilities of import substitution3. Scientific and Technical Merit and relevance to Industry All organization should follow the instructions given below before submitting the project proposals to the Ministry-a. the proposal should be relevant to the overall mandate of mining exploration minerals metals value addition waste and environmental impact of mining and metallurgical processingb. industry inputs and participationc. Originality in terms of concept method innovation or in applicationd. development of new methods synthesis of advanced materialse. process improvements and innovationf. design of apparatus and other research toolsg. process development for wastesecondarylow grade materials recoveryh. zero waste mining large data analysis and simulation modeling etc.i. nature of study as experimental modelingsimulation and bothj. There must be a clear enunciation of objectives and deliverable in the proposalk. detailing of research methodology design of experiments chosen methods of analysis appropriate and valid.l. intendedpotential application area has to be made clear in the proposal industry relevance industry participation if appropriatem. potential scalability to pilot plant and later on plant levelsn. what are the techno economic benefits at least rough estimates.Science Technology ST projects are funded through grant-in-aid by the Ministry of Mines through the process of project evaluation by Project Evaluation and Review Committee PERC and recommended projects are approved by the Standing Scientific Advisory Group SSAG constituted by the Ministry.The details of terms and conditions and the prescribed proforma are available at the website www.mines.gov.in under Science Technology- GUIDELINES FOR SUPPORT TO MINING RESEARCH or can be downloaded from the SATYABHAMA Portal which may be accessed at research.mines.gov.in.Project proposals are required to be submitted online on the SATYABHAMA Portal research.mines.gov.in by 22.08.2020. A User Manual is also available on the Portal where the stepwise procedures for submission of project proposals have been highlighted. Also a soft copy of the project proposal generated from the Portal in PDF format needs to be sent to the e-mail met4-mines@gov.in. Those projects which are shortlisted shall be directed to present their proposal either in Delhi or any other city.
