Khorana Program for Scholars: DBT and IUSSTF 5880 views

Khorana Program for Scholars is offered by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and WINStep This Program provides opportunities to Indian students to pursue research at University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and partner universities in Summer 2019.

Duration of program: 10 weeks.

Scholarship value: Stipend, Airfare, Health Insurance

Program Schedule: May – July 2020

The Khorana Program is dedicated to:

• Provide encouragement to young scholars to undertake Research & Development.
• Enable students to carry out research at a premier University in the US
• Transform research into societal benefits
• Build a seamless scientific community between India and US

Eligibility and Requirements:

• Applicant must hold B.Tech/M.Tech and B.Sc./M.Sc. currently registered in recognized institutions of higher education in India in Biotechnology and allied areas.
• Pre-final year applicants registered in B.Tech, M.Tech, B.Sc, M.Sc., MBBS in Biotechnology and allied areas (including agricultural, food, health and biomedical sciences) are may apply for the program.
• Final Year students and already pursuing Doctorate students are NOT eligible.
• Applicant must have scored CGPA- 8.0 or higher OR 80% and higher.
• Applicants s (preferably pre-final year) who shall be completing their degree program on or after May 2019 are eligible to apply.

Applications:

• Apply online application and upload scanned copies of following documents:
• Latest mark-sheet/transcript
• NOC
• Two Recommendation Letters.
• Recommendation letters can be sent along with the application form or if referees wish to give a sealed one, they may send it directly to scholar@indousstf.org with Applicant’s full name in the subject line.
• Printed copies of the application form and supporting documents are not required.