DBT-TWAS Biotechnology Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research in India

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT)of the Ministry of Science and Technology, India and TWAS haveinstituted a fellowship programme for foreign scientists fromdeveloping countries who wish to pursue postdoctoral biotechnologyresearch in India.

Conditions

The fellowships will be tenable at key biotechnology researchinstitutions in India for a period of one year at a monthly stipend ofINR 11,500 (Indian Rupees). The monthly stipend will not be convertibleinto foreign currency. In addition, the research fellows will receiveHRA (House Rent Allowance) and medical coverage (for minor ailmentsonly). Fellowship holders are therefore advised to make their ownarrangements for more comprehensive medical insurance. Moreover, thefellowships do not provide any support for family members.
Acontingency grant of INR 20,000 per fellowship holder per annum will beprovided to the host institute/laboratory in India for study toursundertaken within India in the interest of his/her research work and/orfor the purchase of study material. For a period less than one year,the grant is admissible on a pro rata basis.
The cost of international travel (economy class and shortest route) will be met by TWAS.
The fellowship holder should not take up other assignments during the period of his/her fellowship.
The deadline for receipt of all requests is 31 August of each year.

Eligibility

To be eligible for these fellowships candidates must meet the following criteria:

Maximum age 40 years.
Minimum qualification requirement is a Ph.D degree in bioscience or biotechnology.
Candidates must provide evidence that they will return to their home country upon completion of the fellowship.
Candidatesmust be nationals of a developing country (other than India), beregularly employed at a research and/or teaching institution in theirhome country and hold a research assignment there.

Applications

Application Form for download: PDF file DBT-TWAS Biotechnology Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research in India (85 K, includes list of biotechnology institutions in India).

This is a plain form, meant to be printed out and used as a standardpaper form. It may be filled in electronically only if the full(commercial) package of Adobe Acrobat is available because the (free)Adobe Acrobat Reader can only print this form. - NB: This document was not produced with a word processor, and is not available as a MS Word document.

A list of biotechnology institutes in India PDF file List_Biotechn_India.pdfis provided to help candidates in their choice of a suitable hostinstitution. However, candidates are free to choose an Indianbiotechnology institution that does not appear on the list.

Deadline for applications is 31 August of each year.

Completed forms should be sent to:
TWAS Fellowships Office
c/o The Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39 040 2240314
Fax: +39 040 224559
E-mail: fellowships@twas.org.

IMPORTANT!Incomplete/unsigned applications will NOT be accepted. This alsoapplies to submissions by fax and electronic mail which must includeall enclosures and be signed (either digitally or by including ascanned signature).

Applications will ONLY be acknowledged when processed.

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