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Areas of Study :
Biomedical
Level :
Research Level
Scholarship Funded by :
Indian Council of Medical Research
Provided to :
Young Scientists and Senior Scientists
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is the premier National Agency that governs the formulation, promotion and conduct of biomedical research in India. The vision of the agency is not only to regulate and promote biomedical research in the country but also to build a fleet of unmatched cadre of skilled and trained biomedical research scientists in the country who will work for the betterment of healthcare situations in India. This international Fellowship program is an initiative by the ICMR to blend the Indian clinical technologies with that of the other developed nations. The ICMR fellowship is granted under two categories, Young Scientists and Senior Scientists.
Duration of fellowship
Young Scientists: Three to six months
Senior Scientists: Ten to fifteen days
Number of fellowships
Young Scientists: Twelve fellowships per year
Senior Scientists: Six fellowships per year
Financial support
Young Scientists:
Senior Scientists:
US $200 per day (including US$ 75 as per diem and up to US $125 for accommodation
expenses)
Contingency grant of Rs. 20,000/-
Return economy class excursion airfare (by Air India ).
Guidelines
The individual scientist availing this Fellowship would be addressed as an ICMR International Fellow (ICMR-IF).
Fellowship will be awarded each year with the duration ranging from
3 to 6 months to young scientists and for 10-15 days to senior scientists
depending on the need of the approved program.
The Young Scientists will be entitled to a monthly stipend of US $2400
and a contingency grant of maximum of Rs.15, 000/- (which includes the
cost of visa, taxi charges from place of duty to airport and back, overseas
med claim insurance expenses on submission of original receipts/bills
on return). No other charges/expenditure is admissible.
The Senior Scientists will be entitled to US $200 per day (including US$ 75 as per diem and up to US $125 for accommodation expenses, subject to a maximum of US $3000 for entire duration of stay). Original receipt for hotel accommodation/guest house will have to be submitted while claiming.
For Senior Fellows expenses on visa charges, taxi charges from place of duty to airport and back, overseas med claim insurance expenses will be reimbursed as per actual on receipt of original bills on return of Fellow and for which the maximum ceiling would be Rs.20,000/-. No other charges/expenditure is admissible.
All necessary formalities with regard to visa application and overseas
med claim insurance cover should be taken care of by the Fellow and would
immediately produce copies of these documents to IHD.
The Fellow will be entitled to air travel by Air India (both ways) in
economy class (excursion fare) by the shortest route from the place of
duty and ticket would be booked/arranged by ICMR.
Parent institute shall continue to pay salary and other benefits such
as leave, medical gratuity, GPF, pension as applicable to the fellow candidate
while he/ she is away for the fellowship. No liability on any of these
accounts will be borne by ICMR.
The Young Fellow will be required to will/execute a legal/service bond of Rs. 5.00 lakhs to the parent Institute that he/she belongs to and will serve the parent Indian Institute for a period of at least 3 years after return from International fellowship.
If the Fellow does not return to India or gets a job overseas on completion of the fellowship or fails to fulfill any of the above requirements, he/she will be liable to reimburse the whole of the expenditure incurred during the fellowship period, including the airfare, from the guarantees in one lump sum within one month of the completion of the term of the Fellowship and remit it to ICMR. An undertaking to this effect on a Rs.50/- non-judicial stamp paper would however be required to be submitted by the guarantees, in case of selection of Fellow.
The Fellow should submit a final work report (in the prescribed format) on the research and training activities undertaken in the foreign Laboratory/Institute during the fellowship period. This should be submitted within 2 weeks of his/her return.
A progress report (in the prescribed format) evaluating the performance of the Young fellow from the host institution should also be submitted.
The fellowship should begin within the same financial year & must be completed before 28th February of the next year. Dates once decided will be treated as final as it involves lot of ground work and processing at ICMR.
The candidate should correspond with the International Institute/Laboratory to be visited for their placement. A letter of acceptance from the Institute to be visited overseas is required to be produced along with the application form. Once selected, the Fellow will not be allowed to change the mentor/foreign lab other than the one mentioned in the application.
Total claim bills on the budget head of fellowship should not exceed the amount specified above.
In the event of cancellation of travel ticket due to change of the date
of visit/change of sector of journey or any other reasons, the cancellation
charges and difference of fare, if any, will be met by the Fellow.
ICMR will not be liable for anything whatsoever including GOI clearances,
medical insurance etc., beyond the specified duration of stay (as approved
by selection committee) of Fellow in the foreign country.
Selection
Screening of applications will be done at the International Health Division,
ICMR and the short listed candidates will be considered by the selection
committee for awarding the fellowship.
The selection of the candidate will be based on the evaluation of the merit
of the candidate and the training needs in the field of Biomedical research by a
Committee of eminent scientists.
International Health Division,
Indian Council of Medical Research,
V Ramalingaswami Bhawan,
Post Box No.4911,
Ansari Nagar,
New Delhi – 110029
Website : http://icmr.nic.in
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