INSA-JRD-TATA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME (For Scientists and Technologists from Developing Countries)
Indian National Science Academy (INSA) has instituted this programme through grants received from JRD-TATA Endowment fund and executed by CICS to encourage scientists and technologists from developing countries below 45 years of age to pursue their research in frontier areas of research under Biology, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Engineering in institutions of eminence in India. The fellowship covers a) international return airfare by the shortest route by economy class from the Place of work of the candidate at his/her country to the host institution in India. b) Living expenditure to meet boarding, lodging and incidental expenses. c) One time grant for purchase of books and stationary.
JNCASR-CICS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
This fellowship programme is jointly instituted by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore and the Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS), Chennai to encourage mobility of scientists from developing countries.
The Fellowship covers short-term research, training or participatory research work in physical, chemical or biological sciences in reputed scientific institutions in India including JNCASR.
Applicant must be a scientist, teacher or a research scholar affiliated to a scientific or academic institution in a developing country in Asia (other than India), Africa, Latin America and Arab region. Travel support in the form of e-ticket will be provided for selected candidates.
The duration of the fellowship is for 3 months. The fellowship covers boarding, lodging (for the individual only) at the affiliated institution and other subsistence expenses in the form of an adequate allowance in Indian currency. Applicants below 45 years of age are eligible to apply.
Our website contains information about the partial list of R & D institutions and suggested areas of research for placement of candidates for research training in India.
For details and application format please visit www.cics.tn.nic.in
About CICS
Centre for International Cooperation in Science – CICS (Formerly CCSTDS), is promoted by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) New Delhi, in association with Scientific Agencies and Departments.
The Centre is involved in the promotion of scientific co-operation in the developing countries. Towards this end, CICS has been organizing several training programmes so as to enable scientists from the developing countries to visit India for short-term research training from three months to six months in premier Indian research institutions.
CICS co-ordinates fellowship programmes for developing country scientists/ researchers to pursue short-term research training in Indian Centres of Excellence. We are happy to inform you that so far 87 researchers from developing regions of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Arab have successfully completed our fellowship programmes. 6 researchers are presently undergoing research training at eminent institutes in India.
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