The BRICS STI Framework Programme aims to support excellent research on priority areas which can best be addressed by a multinational approach. The initiative should facilitate cooperation among the researchers and institutions in the consortia which consist of partners from at least three of the BRICS countries.
Broad Thematic areas are as follows:
Water Resources: Monitoring and Data for Water Systems; Water Treatment, Reuse, and Resource Circularity and Resilience to Water Hazards and Extreme Events through Data-Driven Approaches.
High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence: High Performance Computing and AI Infrastructure Co-Design; Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models and Quantum Computing, Sensing, and Secure Information Technologies.
Energy: Solar Energy Technologies and Applications; Integrated Smart and Renewable Energy Systems for Resilient Power Networks and Low-Carbon Energy Pathways, Sector Coupling, and Energy Efficiency.
Health, Biotechnology and Biomedicine: Advanced Biotechnology, Genomics, and AI-Assisted Discovery; Personalized Medicine, Diagnostics, and Cell-Based Therapies and Digital Health, Tele-medicine, and AI-Enabled Healthcare Systems.
Food: Climate-Resilient Crops and Advanced Plant Biotechnology; Digital and Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Production and Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Food Quality Monitoring
Materials Science: Advanced Functional and Smart Materials; Materials for Energy Conversion, Storage, and Sustainability and Advanced Functional Materials: Nano materials, Bio-materials, and Resilient Systems.
Last Date: 03.07.2026
