“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 detailed guidelines and application form including eligibility criteria are available on INSA website: http://www.insaindia.res.in . The hard copy of application duly completed in prescribed format and endorsed by the Head of the Institution should reach the Academy latest by 15 September 2018 to the Deputy Executive Director-I (Scientific), Indian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – 110002

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