The 2025 call focuses on enhancing people's livelihoods and green development in Belt and Road partner countries through international industry-university-research-application collaborations, emphasizing small-scale yet high-impact projects. Priority will be given to projects that can attract the participation of more international organizations, address local development bottlenecks in terms of technology and model, and localize the application of research results. Encourage the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure or platforms, digitization and intelligence tools, blockchain technology, etc. in order to promote R&D and applications and provide innovative solutions for sustainable development in the region.

 Priority areas include:

• Clean Energy: digital energy technology, renewable energy development/utilization, energy storage technology and equipment R&D, energy saving process modification technology, low-carbon transportation systems, etc.

• Health and Public Health: low-cost diagnostic equipment, affordable medical technology, telemedicine and AI-assisted diagnostic system, advanced antimicrobial materials, waste treatment technology, inclusive health services delivery models, etc.

Submission Guidelines:

Interested faculty members are requested to submit their proposal along with all required documents to the International Office through the Director of the concerned campus till 1 May 2025 for further processing and submission of the same to the COMSATS Secretariat for endorsement and onward transmission to CAS-ANSO for potential funding.

For more information, please see the attachments.

IO Focal Persons cooperation in sharing this opportunity and encouraging faculty participation is highly appreciated.