Call For Indo-Japanese Joint Project on “Establishment of Young Researcher Fellowship Programme 2018-19”

The Indian National Science Academy(INSA), New Delhi invites applications from outstanding Indian young scientists/ researchers to apply for the Indo-Japanese Joint Project on “Establishment of Young Researcher Fellowship Programme 2018-2019” coordinated by INSA and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). This programme is supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

Objectives

The main objective of this young researcher exchange program is to contribute to the advancement of Science & Technology and to the benefit of society at large. This fellowship programme is designed to support Indian scientists/researchers to travel to Japan and work with leading researchers at major Japanese science and technology institutions/universities/organizations for a period of 2 to 6 months. They are intended to facilitate long-term science, technology and innovation collaboration between India and Japan by

• developing researchers’ expertise in international collaboration and fostering long-term relationships between Indian and Japanese researchers;
• developing the researchers’ leadership skills as future ‘science ambassadors’ for India; and
• providing a catalyst for future India-Japan research collaboration.

Eligibility:

• The applicant should be Indian citizen, residing in India, and be a Postdoc and/ or a scientist/ faculty member working in a regular capacity in an UGC (University Grants Commission) recognized University/ Deemed University/ Academic Institute or National Research & Development Laboratory/ Institute and actively engaged in research work in the related areas.
• Applicants must have been awarded Ph.D. degree in science (received within the past 6 years) and should be less than 40 years of age as on the last date of submission.
• Applicants should not have availed any overseas fellowship in previous 3 years.
• The applicant should have been accepted to work in an institute/laboratory in Japan to be visited. Such acceptance should be supported by a letter of invitation from the host Institution(s) commenting on the proposed collaboration.
• The applicant should submit a detailed programme of his/her collaborative research work to be conducted in consultation with the host scientist(s) in Japan.
• All applications should be forwarded through proper channel by the employer/Head of the Institution.
• Selected candidate are required to sign Service Bond (Format-6) to the parent institute for a period of three (3) years.

Candidate should check detail with their parent institute/university before applying

Number of Fellowships: 10 Fellowships

Field of Research:

Participation is open to all fields of Science & Technology/any field of natural science (basic and applied), engineering science, mathematics, statistics, health and multi-disciplinary research in science & technology will be considered.

Applicants engaged in multi-disciplinary research are invited to apply but should note that proposals for research solely in humanities, social or behavioural science are NOT eligible to apply.

Duration of Fellowship: 02 to 06 Months

One complete set of hard copy of application form duly endorsed and forwarded by the Head of the Institution/University should reached the following address on or before the last date. The soft copy of the complete application (single PDF file only) should be emailed to: insadstjsps@gmail.com . Please include Name and Area of Research in the subject line of email. The soft copy filename should be saved as: Name of Applicant_Area of Research. Incomplete applications will be rejected and no further correspondence shall be made. Applications received after the last date will not be considered in any case.

The last date for receiving complete applications is 15 September 2018.

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