AIIMS, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi entered into Memorandum of Understanding for research and academic collaborations in 2018. The objective of this collaboration is to enhance interdisciplinary research between the two institutions. It is expected that faculty members of both institutes will grow in expertise and explore the scope of research in interdisciplinary themes. It is also expected that these interdisciplinary research groups will attract strong support from external funding agencies. The collaboration intends to catalyze the synergic ‘cross-research activity’ between the two institutes, leading to joint research publications, patents and Ph.D. supervisions. These projects are to be considered as one-time grants. The success of these projects will be judged on how these projects contribute to joint research activities between the two institutes, and based on the extramural funding it creates.