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National Fund for Basic, Strategic and Frontier Application Research

in Agriculture

Instructions for filling in the Concept Note Proforma online

1. The Proforma is fairly simple and self explanatory - to access it please visit.
http://www.icar.org.in/nationalfund

3. It is advisable that you study the Proforma and go through it to plan your response to
each section/question.

4. The Concept Note requires you to be as concise as possible and hence it is advisable
that you provide as much quantitative information as possible.

5. Steps of filling the Online Proforma

i. Please register using a valid email ID as User ID and a password of your choice.
Once the registration is complete you may login to fill in the Proforma.

ii. Please select New Application to create a new concept note.

iii. It is important that you identify the Priority areas of the project. The list of
Priority areas (at two levels: Theme and sub-theme areas) can be filled in by
selecting from the two drop down menus in the proforma. The list is also
available at the website.

iv. While filling in the Proforma you will find a few dynamic fields which will be
generated based on your selection, hence it is advisable to select them carefully.
You might risk losing all information in these fields if you change your selection.

vii. You may fill your Proforma in either one go and Review and then Submit it
directly or may fill the information in more than one session.

ix. If you decide to fill it up in more than one session you may Save & Finish Later.
You will be able to return to the form to fill other information or even make
changes to the existing information. You will find your saved form under Open
Applications on your My Account page. To access the form you will have to click
on the Title of the sub-project.

x. You will review your application before submission Review and then Submit. In
case you decide to make changes to your application you may return to your
application by clicking on Edit else you may Submit your Application. Note that,
submitting the Concept Note implies that you agree to the conditions given at the
end of Proforma.
xi. Important – In case you have filled in dummy data or need to change the
information you have filled in, in any of the fields it is advisable that:

• you clear the field(s) (delete all information)


• click Save & Finish Later
• and logout.
• Login again to fill the required /correct / updated information.

xii. Post Submission - You will be able to view the status of you CN under Submitted
Applications on your My Account Page.

xiii. Please note that form(s) once submitted cannot be modified or altered.

6. Please note the following:


i. Name of the lead institution (LI) – Please enter the name of the Institution of the
Principal Investigator (PI)
ii. Name of the parent organization to which it belongs – Please enter the name of
the parent organization to which the LI belongs
iii. Telephone Number (with STD code) – Please enter only one telephone number.
Special characters like - , / & will not be accepted
iv. Fax No. - Please enter only one telephone number. Special characters like - , / &
will not be accepted
v. E-mail id: Valid e-mail id of the PI. It is important to ensure that the id is correct
and valid because all further communications will be through e-mail to that id
vi. Total Fund Proposed - Please enter numbers, decimals are also accepted, Refrain
from using special characters such as, - etc.
vii. Institutional Charges – 10% of revenue cost for lead institute and 5% for
cooperation institutions.
viii. Fund for works will be considered in exceptional cases and it will not be more than
5% of the total budget of proposal in any case.

7. Once your application is submitted, you will receive an email acknowledging the
receipt of your CN with a reference number

8. In case you have any genuine difficulties while submitting the Concept Note, please
send us an email at bandy@icar.org.in

Good Luck!!

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