Serb Science And Technolgy Award For Research (SERB-STAR)
SERB Science and Technology Award for Research (SERB-STAR) is a prestigious award instituted by SERB to recognize and reward outstanding performance of Principal Investigators (PIs) of SERB Projects.
Eligibility Conditions
- The nominee should have completed individual-centric SERB project in previous three financial years with “Excellent” grading. Only the PI of such projects and not the Co-PIs shall be eligible.
- The applicant must hold a regular academic/research position in a recognized academic institution or national laboratories or any other recognized R&D institutions.
[The term “Regular” refers to: - The age of the nominee should be within 40 to 50 years as on December 31 of the year in which the call is made.
- PIs who have an ongoing fellowship/honorarium such as JC Bose Fellowship, ShantiSwarup Bhatnagar Prize, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, etc. are not eligible.
- Individuals who are nominated for SERB STAR but are unsuccessful can be renominated for consideration in the following year subject to fulfilling other eligibility criteria.
Fellowships: Nature of Support
- Fellowship of Rs 15,000/- per month, research grant of Rs. 10 lakh per annum and Rs 1 lakh per annum as overhead charges for a period of three years.
- Up-to 30 awards per year and not more than 90 at any time.
Selection and Mode of Application
- The application would be by nomination which must be submitted online through the official website (link given below)
- Call for nomination would be made once in a year.
- Nomination shall be made by the Head of the Institution of the nominee.
- At Stage 1 – Preliminary Scrutiny, verification of eligibility criteria including “Excellent” grading will be carried out by SERB. Only those nominations found eligible, would be considered for Stage 2 – Award Selection Process.
- The selection by a competent committee will be based on performance of completed projects and other research work would carry a top up weightage.
Instructions for Online Submission
For successful online submission of the application the following points may be noted:
- PI need to register in SERB online portal.
- After log-in, PI need to fill all the mandatory fields in Profile Details section under User Profile which includes Bio data, Photo, Institution Address, etc.
- Under ‘Form Submission’, choose Scheme: STAR, and fill the STAR nomination form which includes details of completed project, other scientific contribution, nominator details, etc.
- After filling the details, PI should send STAR nomination form to Nominator.
- Nominator would receive intimation via email with a link to SERB online portal, to view the filled-in STAR Nomination form.
- Nominator has to submit the nomination to SERB.
- Once submitted, PI and Nominator will receive intimation regarding successful submission.
Documents Required for Application (In PDF format)
Documents required (in PDF) should be in prescribed format:
- Project completion report.
- List of publications resulting from the completed project.
- Reprints of publications.
- Details of patents from the completed project.
- Patent documents.
- Documents related to technology transfer
- List of complete publications, patents and any other significant contribution.
- Certificate from PI
- Endorsement certificate
- Technical Document
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Organization | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) |
Country | India |
Fellowship Level | Researchers / Scientists (Principal Investigators) |
Subject areas | All Disciplines |
Fellowship amount | Mentioned above |
Eligibility | Open to Indian nationals |
Deadline | 28 July 2022 |
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