Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold Fellowships (IACBGF) are joint initiative of the Indian and Australian Governments.
Number of fellowships: Ten (10) researchers from India
Duration of fellowship: The fellowships support travel to pursue a collaborative research project at a leading science institute or university in the Australia for a period of 3-9 months, starting in 2018.
Subject areas:
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in crops
- crop improvement for nutrition and biomaterials
- germplasm sources for adaptability to climate extremes
- disease resistance
- biofuels
- Medical Biotechnology
- bioresourcing of novel antimicrobials from natural resources
- developing novel & improved vaccines delivery platforms
- diagnostics – affordable and rapid diagnostics for genetic and
- infectious diseases
- drug discovery and delivery system
- biomedical devices & implants for therapeutic applications
- stem cells/regenerative medicines
Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold Fellowships allowance:
- Monthly Associate ship: Rs. 1,50,000/-
- Preparatory allowance: Rs. 20,000/- (one-time payment)
- Cost of air travel in economy class by Air India for joining the overseas laboratory and back.
Eligibility
- The Fellowships are open to Indian researchers who are currently employed on a full time basis (need not be a permanent employee) but have not ensued more than 5 year experience as a research scientist since being awarded their PhD.
- Eligible applicants include persons employed in an Indian Government agency; statutory body or government owned corporation; Indian based university, institute; other national research organization; Indian private sector research and development organization.
- Unsuccessful applicants in any one round are eligible to re-apply in subsequent rounds.
- Fellowships are awarded on an individual basis only.
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| Organization | Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India |
| Fellowship Level | Researcher |
| Country | India, Australia |
| Subject areas | Biotechnology |
| Fellowship amount | Rs. 1,50,000/month |
| Eligibility | Open to Indian nationals |
| Deadline | 31st December 2017 |
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Contact:
Dr. Suraksha S. Diwan
Scientist ‘D’ Department Of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Email: [email protected]