Sponsored Research

 💢    Overview

ISRO started the RESPOND (Sponsored Research) programmed in the 1970s, with the objective of encouraging academia to participate and contribute in various Space related research activities. Under RESPOND, projects are taken up by Universities/Academic Institutions in the areas of relevance to Space Programmed. ISRO has evolved the RESPOND programmed through which necessary financial and technical support is provided to academia in India for conducting research and development activities related to Space Science, Space Technology and Space Applications. This is the flagship programmed of ISRO to promote the extra-mural research in emerging areas of Space at Academia. To enable the faculty of Universities/ Institutes to prepare suitable proposals of relevance to space programmed, a detailed list of R&D areas/sub areas /topics have been evolved as per major programmed of ISRO, by the various centers of ISRO and published annually. RESPOND programmed is mutually beneficial to ISRO and Academia, wherein the rich talent of Academia/ faculty is being harnessed to support the Nation’s Space programmed.

The main objective of the RESPOND Programmed is to establish strong links with premiere academic institutions in the country to carry out research and developmental projects which are of relevance to Space and derive useful outputs of such R&D to support ISRO programmed. RESPOND programmed aims to enhance academic base, generate quality human resources and infrastructure at the academic institutes to support the Indian Space programmed. Under RESPOND, projects in the advanced areas of relevance to Space programmed are encouraged to be taken up by premiere universities/academic institutions. ISRO helps these institutions to establish the necessary technical facilities and also provide fellowships to researchers to work on cutting edge research topics. The research studies conducted by the STC/ Academia are expected to be directed towards some of the future Space activities, which would be a good supplement to various missions undertaken by ISRO.

Status of Ongoing RESPOND Programmed

Projects and Institutions supported under the RESPOND Programmed as of July, 2023