BRICS STI FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES

PILOT CALL 2016

List of successful projects

Registration National
№ number and Full Title Country PI Organization funding
Acronym organization

BRAZIL Iran Eduardo Lima Neto Federal University of Ceará CNPq

Leakage Detection and
Soil-Pipe Interactions in 1st Zhejiang University, 2nd
1 84 - LDSPIWDS CHINA Tuqiao Zhang NSFC
Water Distribution China Jiliang University
Systems
SOUTH
Jakobus van Zyl University of Cape Town NRF
AFRICA

RUSSIA Kaznacheyeva Elena Institute of Cytology RAS RFBR

Development of a new
screening platform for
112 - the discovery of novel National Brain Research
2 INDIA Nihar Ranjan Jana DST
NEUROTHERAPY therapeutics to cure Centre
neurodegenerative
diseases College of Pharmaceutical
CHINA Guanghui Wang NSFC
Sciences, Soochow University

Belgorod State Technological

RUSSIA Valeria Strokova University named after V.G. MON
Nano-Engineered Shoukhov
Concrete for
3 115 - Loop
Sustainable CSIR-Central Building
INDIA L P Singh DST
Infrastructure Research Institute, Roorkee

CHINA Shifeng Huang University of Jinan NSFC

 Vavilov Instutute of General
Genetics; Research Center of
RUSSIA Yulia Medvedeva RFBR
Biotechnology RAS, Institute
of Bioingeneering
Epigenetics of
macrophages during
4 164 - EpiMacroTB Laboratory of Mammalian
Mycobacterium INDIA Sanjeev Khosla DST
Genetics, CDFD, Hyderabad
tuberculosis infection
Division of Immunology,
SOUTH
Reto Guler IDM, University of Cape NRF
AFRICA
Town
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow
Ground state magnetic RUSSIA A.A. Gippius State University; Faculty of RFBR
structure, spin Physics
dynamics, and
Indian Institute of Technology
hyperfine interactions
5 183 - Helimagnets INDIA A.V. Mahajan Bombay, Department of DST
in frustrated 3d-metal
Physics
based helimagnets:
nuclear resonance
spectroscopy study SOUTH University of Johannesburg,
A.M. Strydom NRF
AFRICA Department of Physics

Institute of Organoelement
Compounds, Russian
RUSSIA V.Bregadze RFBR
Academy of Sciences (INEOS
Boron and gadolinium RAS)
6 225 - BGNCDT nanoparticles for cancer
diagnosis and therapy Department of Chemical
Sciences Indian Institute of
INDIA S. Mandal DST
Science Education and
Research-Kolkata
 Ningbo Institute of Materials
Technology & Engineering
CHINA Zheyu Shen NSFC
(NIMTE), Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS)
Saint Petersburg National
Research University of
Information Technologies,
RUSSIA Pavel Belov Mechanics and Optics (ITMO MON
University), Department of
Nanophotonics and
All-dielectric and Metamaterials
7 233 - ADHNMS hybrid nanoantennas for
multifunctional sensors CSIR-Central Scientific
INDIA Ravindra K Sinha DST
Instruments Organisation

College of Optical Science

CHINA Qiang Li and Engineering, Zhejiang MOST
University

Institute of Geosphere
Alexis
RUSSIA Dynamics
Kudryashov
Russian Academy of Science
Optical communication
8 241 - OPTIMODE with spatial modes of Shanti Indian Institute of Technology
INDIA DST
light Bhattacharya (Madras)

SOUTH Andrew University of the

NRF
AFRICA Forbes Witwatersrand

Nanocrystalline hard M.N. Miheev Institute of

magnetic Sm-Co-Fe-T Metal Physics of Ural Branch
258 - Nanomag-
9 alloys (T = Cu, Ti, Zn, RUSSIA Popov A.G. of Russian Academy of RFBR
SmCoFe
and Zr) with the normal Sciences, Laboratory of
and abnormal Ferromagnetic Alloys
 temperature International Advanced
dependence of Research Centre for Powder
coercivity INDIA Raghavan Gopalan Metallurgy and New Materials DST
(ARCI) (Dept.of Science and
Technology, Govt. of India)
School of Materials Science
CHINA Tianli Zhang and Engineering, Beihang NSFC
University
Perm National Research
Polytechnic University,
RUSSIA Vladimir Belenky MON
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty
Indian Institute of Technology
Hybrid Manufacturing Bombay, Rapid
of Aerospace Parts: INDIA K.P. Karunakaran Manufacturing Laboratory, DST
10 266 - HMAero Software Modeling, Department of Mechanical
Simulation, Verification Engineering
and Development Huazhong University of
Science and Technology,
Computational Welding
CHINA Shengyong Pang Process Design Laboratory, MOST
State Key Laboratory of
Material Processing and Die &
Mould Technology

Kutateladze Institute of
RUSSIA Oleg Kabov MON
Development of novel Thermophysics SB RAS
cooling systems for
11 279 - HPCSLED high power LEDs for Indian Institute of Technology
enhanced reliability and INDIA Sameer Khandekar DST
Kanpur
lifetime
CHINA Liang Zhao Xi'an Jiaotong University MOST
 Skolkovo Institute of Science
RUSSIA Konstantin V. Severinov RFBR
and Technology
Identification of Key
genetic/epigenetic Amity University, Noida
Marker(s) in cervical Amity Institute of Molecular
INDIA Bhudev C.Das DST
carcinogenesis and Medicine & Stem Cell
12 315 - IKMMT development of Research
corresponding
The First Affiliated Hospital
Molecular Therapeutics CHINA Zheng Hu NSFC
of Sun Yat-sen University
for precision medicine
of cervical cancer University of Cape Town,
SOUTH Biopharming Research Unit,
Inga I. Hitzeroth NRF
AFRICA Department of Molecular and
Cell Biology
Federal University of Rio de
Development of BRAZIL Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes CNPq
Janeiro (UFRJ)
methods for remote
monitoring of the State scientific institution
dynamics of vegetation, “Institute for Scientific
soil and land use taking Research of Aerospace
RUSSIA Bondur V.G. MON
13 352 - RMGeT into account natural and Monitoring
anthropogenic factors “AEROCOSMOS” (ISR
on the basis of “AEROCOSMOS”)
geospatial technologies The Institute of Remote
for rational use of CHINA Fang Chen Sensing and Digital Earth MOST
natural resources (RADI)

Physical basis of
Ural Federal University,
domain engineering in
14 369 - DomEng RUSSIA Vladimir Shur School of Natural Sciences RFBR
piezoelectric single
and Mathematics
crystals of PMN-PT
 family and lead-free
piezoceramics Centre For Nanoscience and
INDIA S S Islam Nanotechnology (CNN), DST
Jamia Millia Islamia

Xian Jiaotong University,

CHINA Xiaoyong Wei Electronic Materials Research NSFC
Laboratory

Institute of Informatics,
BRAZIL Luciano Paschoal Gaspary Federal University of Rio CNPq
Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Department of Computer
Harnessing Cloud Modeling and Multiprocessor
RUSSIA Vladimir Korkhov
15 373 - CloudHPC Computing to Power Systems, St. Petersburg State
Up HPC Applications University (SPbSU)
Computer Science
Department, College of
CHINA Wang Xingce Information Science and MOST
Technology, Beijing Normal
University (BNU)

New principles and Ioffe Institute, Center of

RUSSIA Sergey Ivanov RFBR
fabrication technologies Nanoheterostructure Physics
of extreme 2D and 0D
AlGaInN
University of Calcutta,
16 383 - UV-BRIDGE nanoheterostructures
INDIA Anirban Bhattacharyya Institute of Radio Physics and DST
for high efficiency mid-
Electronics
and deep-ultraviolet
spontaneous and laser
emitters Peking University, School of
CHINA Zhixin Qin MOST
Physics
 Space Research Institute (IKI),
RUSSIA Lutovinov Alexander A. High Energy Astrophysics RFBR
Probing fundamental Dept.
characteristics of
17 388 - ProFChEAP ARIES Nainital/Astronomy &
extreme astrophysical INDIA Shashi Bhushan Pandey DST
phenomena Astrophysics

SOUTH University of Cape Town,

David Buckley NRF
AFRICA Astronomy Department

Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais (UFMG),
BRAZIL Marco A. Romano-Silva CNPq
Medicina Molecular, Dept
Mental Health
Brazil-India-China
collaborative study on
18 405 - BICBRAIN brain connectivity and National Institute of Mental
INDIA Bangalore N Gangadhar DST
neuromodulation Health and Neurosciences
techniques
State Key Lab of Cognitive
Neuroscience and Learning,&
CHINA Haijing Niu NSFC
IDG/McGovern Institute for
Brain Research
Fundamentals for
Instituto de Fisica Gleb
development of
Wataghin, Universidade
individual nano-objects BRAZIL Monica Cotta CNPq
Estadual de Campinas
and nano-devices
(UNICAMP)
bottom-up mechanical
437 -
19 integration for quantum Kotel’nikov Institute of
nanoBRICSrough
and non-local Radioengineering and
phenomena study, Electronics Russian Academy
RUSSIA Victor Koledov RFBR
nano-electronics and of Sciences, Laboratory of
nano-bio-medical Magnetic Phenomena in
diagnostics microelectronics
 Indian Institute of Science
Centre for Nano Science and
INDIA Digbijoy N. Nath DST
Engineering (CeNSE)
Bangalore
Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech
and Nano-Bionics, Chinese
CHINA Zhongming Zeng NSFC
Academy of Sciences)
(SINANO)

School of Physics, University

SOUTH
Somnath Bhatachryya of the Witwatersrand, NRF
AFRICA
Johannesburg

Universidade Estadual do
Norte Fluminense,
BRAZIL Carlos Eduardo de Rezende
Environmental Sciences
Laboratory
Department of Architecture
and Planning, Visvesvaraya
Coastal Communities INDIA Sameer M. Deshkar DST
National Institute of
20 444 - Coast-CARE Adaptive and Resilient
Technology, Nagpur
at the Edge
Beijing Normal University,
CHINA Carlo Jaeger MOST
ESPRE

SOUTH
Merle Sowman University of Cape Town NRF
AFRICA

Institute of Solar-Terrestrial
RUSSIA Alexey Kuznetsov RFBR
Physics
Superflares on stars and
21 451 - Superflares
the Sun
Indian Institute of
INDIA Dipankar Banerjee DST
Astrophysics
 Shandong University, Institute
CHINA Bo Li NSFC
of Space Sciences
Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande - FURG Instituto de
BRAZIL Jorge Arigony-Neto Oceanografia - IO Laboratório CNPq
de Monitoramento da
Collaboration on Criosfera - LaCrio
Glaciers and Snow/Firn
Characteristics Dept. of Glaciology, Institute
22 462 - Col-GaSS
Variability Studies in RUSSIA Andrei Glazovsky of Geography Russian RFBR
Polar and Subpolar Academy of Sciences
Regions
Centre of Studies in Resources
Engineering
INDIA Gulab Singh DST
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay
Peter the Great St.Petersburg
Polytechnic University, Water
RUSSIA Vladimir Badenko MON
management and hydraulic
engineering
Research and Indian Institute of Technology
development of Roorkee, Geomatics
algorithms and software INDIA R.D. Garg
Engineering, Civil
DST
464 - for the processing, Engineering Department
23
POINTCLOUD storage and
visualization of laser East China Normal University,
scanning and School of Information Science
photography data Technology, Shanghai Key
Laboratory of Mutimensianal
CHINA Lei Zhang MOST
Information Processing,
Engineering Center of
SHMEC for Space
Information and GNSS
 Vavilov Institute of General
RUSSIA Valery N. Danilenko MON
Genetics, RAS
The role of region-
specific SNPs in Department of Infectious
virulence genes in Diseases, Huashan Hospital,
24 482- CHINA Lingyun Shao NSFC
Mycobacterium affiliated to Fudan University,
tuberculosis drug China
resistance TB Platform unit, South
SOUTH
Martie van der Walt African Medical Research NRF
AFRICA
Council

Brazilian Synchrotorn Light

BRAZIL Antônio José Roque da Silva CNPq
Laboratory
Platinum as an essential
CSIR-Indian Institute of
element in an integrated INDIA Ankur Bordoloi DST
25 485 - Platinum nano Petroleum
process for efficient
energy conversion
University of Cape Town,
SOUTH
Eric van Steen Department of Chemical NRF
AFRICA
Engineering

Physics department of
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Lomonosov Moscow State
RUSSIA RFBR
Lipunov University, Sternberg
Astronomical Institute
Multi-Wavelength and
Multi-Messenger Indian Institute of
26 500 - MuMeSTU INDIA Devendra Kumar Sahu DST
Studies of the Transient Astrophysics
Universe
Astroparticle Physics
CHINA Hongbo Hu Division, Institute of High NSFC
Energy Physics, CAS