Early Career Fellowships for Clinicians and Public Health Researchers is launched by the Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for those Clinicians and Public Health Research Fellows to pursue a research career ( PhD) and wish to further strengthen their efforts towards achieving a long-term research vision under the guidance of a Fellowship supervisor at a host institution in India.
Provisions
The Fellowship is for two years‚ and provides:
Personal support for the Fellow
Research expenses (materials and consumables; animals; support to attend scientific meetings; and small items of equipment, e.g. laptop)
Additional allowances (travel and overseas subsistence) for work outside the Host Institution for up to 24 months to an external laboratory either in India or abroad.
The total award for an Early Career Fellowship typically amounts to INR 1.5 Crores. This includes the costs requested by the applicant as well as the set contributions by the India Alliance. Costs requested by the applicant must commensurate with their research proposal and should be fully justified in the full application. Inadequate justifications may result in costs being revised.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :
It is not mandatory for those holding a medical degree and/or a MPH degree to also have a PhD in order to apply to our Fellowships.
Applicants must be in the final year of MD/MS/MPH/PhD studies or have no more than four years of postdoctoral/post-MD/post- MS/ post-MPH or equivalent research experience from the date of completion of the highest degree to the full application submission deadline.
The candidates need not be an Indian national or of Indian origin and need not have undertaken PhD in India.
Applicants are expected to answer an original biomedical research question.
The awarded Fellows to be hosted in the Host Institution for the entire duration of the Fellowship (5 years). The host Institute in India is responsible for administering the Fellowship.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates should download the application form from www.wellcomedbt.org . Applicants are encouraged to contact India Alliance at info@wellcomedbt.org for any queries.
The application is assessed to check the eligibility within one month of the submission deadline. If successful, it is subjected to an appropriate peer-review and will be considered by the appropriate Selection Committee and, if successful, candidates will be short-listed for interview.Short-listed candidates will be notified two weeks before the interview date.
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
For more details Please! Refer the Website: http://www.wellcomedbt.org/
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