DST: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Fellowship 6870 views

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India offers Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship programme was started with the comprehensive objective of augmenting human resources that can engage with and contribute to the STI policy domain and improve the knowledge base, think tank, and evidence based policy making.

Thematic scope:

• Policy
• STI related Data
• Programmes/Schemes
• Projects Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Impact Assessment of Policy/Programmes

Categories for DST-STI fellowship:

• STI-Senior Policy Fellow
• STI-Postdoctoral Policy Fellow
• STI-Young Policy Professional

STI-Senior Policy Fellow:

• Applicant would be someone who has already got at least 3 years of direct STI policy experience at the postdoctoral level.
• This track will be a 2-year fellowship (with a possible extension of one more year, depending upon performance).
• The selected candidates will be awarded a fellowship of Rs. 98,000/-(consolidated) per month and based on the Committee’s decision, an amount up to Rs. 200,000/-will be granted annually to cover research-related costs, travel and contingency.

Eligibility:

• Candidates with a) doctoral degree in science/medicine/engineering/social science (with a background of STI policy) with a good academic record and b) minimum of 3 years of direct STI policy experience at the postdoctoral level and are eligible to apply.
• Applicants must be capable of doing independent research work and have published at least 3 research papers in peer reviewed journals.
• At the time of application, applicant’s age should be below 42 years.

STI-Postdoctoral Policy Fellow:

• This will be a postdoctoral level fellowship for candidates who have completed a doctoral degree.
• This track will be a 2-year fellowship (with a possible extension of one more year, depending upon performance).
• The selected candidates will be awarded a fellowship of Rs. 80,000/-(consolidated) per month and based on the Committee’s decision, an amount up to Rs. 1,50,000/- will be granted annually to cover research-related costs, travel and contingency.

Eligibility:

• Candidates with a doctoral degree in science/medicine/engineering/social science (with a background of STI policy) with a good academic record are eligible to apply.
• Applicants must be capable of doing independent research work and have published at least 3 research papers in peer reviewed journals.
• At the time of application, applicant’s age should be below 40 years.

STI-Young Policy Professional:

• This fellowship would be given to candidates who have completed a master’s level education.
• This track will be a 2-year fellowship (with a possible extension of one more year, depending upon performance).
• The selected candidates will be awarded a fellowship of Rs. 44,000/-(consolidated) per month and based on the Committee’s decision, an amount up to Rs. 100,000/-will be granted annually to cover research-related costs and contingency.

Eligibility:

• Candidates with a master’s degree in science/medicine/engineering/social science (with a background of STI policy) with a good academic record are eligible to apply.
• Candidates with master’s in public policy/public administration/data sciences/statistics (with S&T specialization) are encouraged to apply.
• At the time of application, applicant’s age should be below 30 years.

How to apply

Detailed application information is available here