Senior Fellowships for Basic Biomedical Researchers

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Category :
Senior Fellowship
Research Areas :
Biomedical
Fellowship Provided by :
Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance
Provided to :
Outstanding researchers of any nationality, either medically qualified or science graduates, who wish to pursue a research career in an academic institution in India

Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance provides Senior Fellowships for Basic Biomedical Researchers in India. This Fellowship supports outstanding researchers of any nationality, either medically qualified or science graduates, who wish to pursue a research career in an academic institution in India. Applicants must have demonstrated their ability to lead an independent research project and group.

The proposed research should fall within the India Alliance’s remit which is to support biomedical research that is relevant to human and animal welfare.

Provisions

The Fellowship is for Five years‚ and provides:

Fellow's personal support
Research expenses, including research assistance if required (normally funding for four research staff may be requested).
Additional allowances for scientifically justified visits (International training and travel )of up to one year to to an external laboratory either in India or abroad.
The total award for a Senior Fellowship typically includes the costs requested by the applicant as well as the set contributions by the India Alliance. For further details, see costing policies. Costs requested by the applicant must be commensurate with their research proposal and should be fully justified in the full application. Inadequate justifications may result in costs being revised.
Time permitted for non-research related activity during the fellowship is normally restricted to a maximum of eight hours each week.

Eligibility Criteria :

The Senior Fellowship competition is open for

Basic science/veterinary researchers with 4 -15 years of post-PhD research experience
Applicants should normally have 7-15 years of post-PhD research experience who have demonstrated their potential to lead an independent research program and want to expand it further to undertake pioneering research.
Applicants are advised to choose the most appropriate scheme suitable for them based on their qualification, research experience, career trajectory and track record

Please refer to the provisions and mandate of the schemes for assessing your eligibility.

Applicants for the Senior Fellowship typically have a substantial record of publications and would have made significant intellectual contributions in their chosen area of research.

NOTE: The Office reserves the right to advise on the suitability of the scheme based on the information provided in the application.

How to apply

Applicants for Senior Fellowship must submit their applications via the IASys online system.

The India Alliance uses an new online grant application system called IASys (India Alliance System). For all competitions, both the Preliminary applications and Full applications must be submitted using this system. The system provides workflow to steer the application through the Lead Applicant and Sponsor/Fellowship Supervisor; in addition, it allows the lead applicant to add Collaborator(s), Mentor(s) and External Sponsor(s), as applicable.

If you have not applied for funding using IASys before, please refer to IASys user guide to understand the details (this will include your personal details, which will be downloaded onto future application forms) : http://www.wellcomedbt.org/about-iasys

The benefits of the online application system IASys include:

• better functionality
• clear sign-off process through secondary applicants
• greater efficiency
• helping us to capture management information (useful for us and useful for you).

How to register

Applicants can register with IASys through the log-in page.

Details of the Application process for Applicants are provided in the website http://www.wellcomedbt.org/application-process

Useful Contact

The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
H.No 8-2-684/3/K/19‚ 1st Floor‚ Kaushik
Society Road No. 12‚ Banjara Hills
Hyderabad‚
India 500 034
Phones: 91 040 4018 9445 / 6 / 7
Fax: 91 040 4018 9449
Email: Contact I
Website: www.wellcomedbt.org

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fellowships in India , Biomedical research , Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance

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