India EMBO Symposia: Life Sciences Scholarships 1325 views

The Welcome Trust/DBT India Alliance (India Alliance) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) are looking to fund interdisciplinary summits (Symposia) that cover the latest developments in research areas underserved in India. These meetings should address discovery and innovation through an interdisciplinary approach, with the speakers and participants discussing important global challenges in the context of the life sciences.

Eligibility

• The Symposia must take place in India, but scientists from anywhere in the world is eligible to apply, independent of their nationality.
• The Symposia must cover frontier, pioneering and interdisciplinary areas of life sciences that are underserved in India, and include speakers with interdisciplinary expertise.
• The application must include a list of (mostly) confirmed speakers.
• The meetings must take place between the 1st of January 2019 and the 31st December 2019

Funding amount: maximum 60,000 euros

Application:

• Complete an online and an offline application form.
• All incoming applications are screened to ensure eligibility requirements are met.
• The decision on which proposals receive funding is jointly made by the EMBO Course Committee and the India Alliance Meetings Committee in May.
• All applicants are informed of the outcome of their application by email shortly after the committee meetings.