Research Fellowships on Public Health and Adolescence 2018

The fellowship aims to promote health, socio-behavioural and policy research in priority areas that impact adolescents and, is meant to develop evidence to guide quality programming and policy.

The key objectives of the scheme are to:

• Strengthen and develop research in adolescent health and development
• Building the research capacity of students and researchers working in the area of public health
• Increase collaboration with National and International research partners
• Produce high quality outputs that deliver impact to the community

Areas for Research

• Sexual and Reproductive health
• Mental health,
• Substance abuse
• Non-communicable disease
• Injury, accidents, trauma
• Social determinants/drivers of heath (child marriage, violence against adolescent, child abuse)

Funding Information

• Up-to 10 research fellowships will be awarded annually. This includes five awards for MD and five for PhD students.
• The fellowship grant is up to INR 1,50,000, with an additional amount up to INR 50,000/- for publication support in peer-reviewed journals.

Fellowship Duration

• Maximum tenure of the fellowship will be ONE year for the proposed research topic.
• Research Methodology Training
• In addition to the fellowship grant, all the selected candidates and their supervisors (if so desired) will be provided one-week Research Methodology Training in the context of Adolescent health research by National and International experts.

Eligibility Criteria

Academic Qualifications: The applicant must be enrolled for a full time study in MD/MS/PhD degree program in a relevant discipline of medical science (Pediatrics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, or Community Medicine), social science, public health & allied areas, from a recognized University/Institution in India.

Age Limit: Less than 40 years

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