The Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas(IRHPA) program of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) supports proposals in high priority areas where multidisciplinary / multi-institutional expertise is required which will put the nation in international science map in that particular discipline.
Eligibility:
- Applications are open to Scientists from Universities, their affiliated Colleges, IITs, IISc., and other Autonomous Research Institutions along with scientists working in the industrial R&D sector in India can submit a proposal under this scheme.
Research Areas:
- Life Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Engineering
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
High priority areas as identified by the Sub-Committee of the SERB:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Energy
- Catalysis, Process Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Chemical ecology
- Surface and Interfacial Science
- Quantum Computing and Spintronics
- Complex systems
- Synthetic Biology
- Genetic & Genomic approaches
- Stem Cell Biology
- Big Data
- Mechanobiology / Physical Biology
- Bio-energy, Genetic to Physiology
- Mental Health
- High Performance Computation in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics
- Humanoid Robotics
- Congnitive Science
- Mechnotronics
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Cyber Security
- Encryption and decryption
- Sensor Array Technology
- System-Centric Design
- Medical Robotics
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Petroleum and Petro-Chemical Engg
- Science of Climate Change
- Glaciology
- Modelling in Earth Sciences
- Imaging
- Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimizations
- Analysis including Wavelet Analysis
Duration: 5years
Applications:
- Online Application
- Documents required (in PDF) to be in prescribed format: (as in other programmes): Bio-Data of PI and Co.PI.
- Certificate from Principal Investigator
- Endorsement Letter from the Head of Institution
- List of Potential Users and their response
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| Organization | Science and Engineering Board (SERB) |
| Fellowship Level | Scientist |
| Country | India |
| Subject areas |
Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematical Sciences |
| Fellowship amount | Not mentioned |
| Eligibility | Open to Indian nationals |
| Deadline | Application accepted twice a year (April, September) |
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