Deadline: 15 April 2017
The Department of Science & Technology, Government of India is seeking applicants for its SwarnaJayanti Fellowship 2016-17 with an aim to pursue research in frontier areas of science and technology. The fellowship is scientist specific and not institution specific, very selective and has close academic monitoring.
Benefits
- The support will cover all the requirements for performing the research and will include a fellowship of Rs. 25,000/- per month for five years.
- The fellowship will be provided in addition to the salary they draw from their parent Institution.
- In addition to fellowship, grants for equipments , computational facilities, consumables, contingencies, national and international travel and other special requirements, if any, will be covered based on merit.
- Scientists selected for the award will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with a freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan.
- The project should contain innovative research idea and it should have a potential of making impact on R&D in the discipline.
Duration
The duration of the fellowship will be for a period not exceeding five years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The fellowship is open to Indian Nationals having a regular position in a recognized Indian academic/research organization.
- The organization/institute should also undertake financial and other management responsibilities of the project throughout the five year term in case fellowship is awarded to the scientist.
- The applicant should possess Ph.D in Science/ Engineering/ Medicine and should not be drawing Fellowship from any other Scheme of GOI.
- Scientists should be active in the frontier area of science and engineering with outstanding contributions in the form of research publications and/ or patents, peer recognition from scientific community, awards etc. in his/ her area of research.
- Age Eligibility: The fellowship is open to scientists between 30 to 40 years of age as on December 31, 2016. Applications from candidates who have completed 40 year of age as on or before 31.12.2016 will not be considered.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit only one hard copy duly forwarded and one soft copy of the complete application (to be sent over email in pdf format) at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: India
For more information, please visit SwarnaJayanti Fellowship.