Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) – Tata Fellowship 887 views

ILBS-Tata Fellowship is a unique effort of its kind initiated by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and funded by Tata Education and Development Trust. The fellowship is meant to invite eminent clinicians and basic scientists from around the world as well as young researchers working in the field of regenerative medicine to get involved with ILBS by sharing their experience and helping in set-up of the facility under their expert guidance. For young researchers this will serve as a platform for bidirectional flow of ideas to gain experience and enhance science.

Fellowship categories:  

ILBS-Tata Professor of Eminence (2 Senior Positions):

• Duration: 3 to 12 months
• No age-bar for Senior Positions
• selection criteria: Years of experience, number of research publications in the required field, number of PhD or students supervised in the field of Hepatology and/or Liver regeneration, unique technique, know how or expertise, patents, etc.
• Senior Fellows will be expected to mentor and provide research ideas (wisdom) for the ongoing and new research projects in the Institute.
• They should have 10+ years of experience in the field of regenerative medicine.

ILBS-Tata Emerging Leader (3 Junior Positions):

• Duration: 6 to 12 months
• Age limits: 40 years +
• Selection criteria: Years of experience, thesis work, number of research publications in the field of regenerative medicine and/or liver, research field on which he/she was last working, does he have any fresh research idea which may be of interest for ILBS, whether Institute will be helped by the inputs received from the Young researcher, unique technique, know how or expertise.
• Junior Fellows will be required to do hands-on in the laboratory or clinics in their respective fields.
• They should have 5+ years of experience in the field of regenerative medicine.

Remuneration:

• Fellows will be provided monthly remuneration
• One-time to-and-fro travel and convenience charge
• Accommodation within the campus

Bio-sketch and Proposal:

• Applicants for both the positions will be required to submit their bio-sketch along with the proposal in a prescribed format.
• The proposal should contain a new idea on which the fellows are already working or they would like to work or mentor, while their tenure at the Institute.
• The fellows may also be required to help setup the facility related to their research at the Institute.
• The Bio-sketch along with the proposal has to be submitted online at tatafellowship@ilbs.in.
• The biosketch including the proposal should be sent as a single attachment as PDF (file not be exceeding 100 MB).
• Applications are invited round the year.
• The current call for applications ends on June 30,2019.