CSIR/TWAS Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research
Grant
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)
Purpose

CSIR of India and TWAS have instituted a number of fellowships for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursure postdoctoral research in newly emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in the Laboratories/Institutes of the CSIR.

Nature
1. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ins the premier civil scientific organization of India, which has a network of research laboratories covering wide areas of industrial research in biological, physical, chemical, engineering and information sciences.
2. The fellowships will be tenable in CSIR Research Laboratories/ Institutes in India, at a monthly stipend of Rs. 8800/- for the entire duration (maximum stay is 12 months). No provision will be made for any accompanying family member. In addition, the research fellows will be entitled to subsidized accommodation. The monthly stipend will not be convertible into foreign currency.
Eligibility
1.The minimum qualification requirement is a Ph.D. degree in science or technology. The candidate should be a regular employee in a developing country and should be holding a research assignment.
2.Requests for CSIR/TWAS postdoctoral research fellowships should be sent by the applicant to both CSIR and TWAS.
Agreement
1.The visiting scientist should not take up any other assignment while on the CSIR/TWAS fellowship in India.
2.The visitor should not take up any other assignment while on the CSIR/TWAS fellowship in India.
3.The cost of international travel by shortest route will be met by TWAS
Deadline

1 June of each year

Contact

Ms. Helen Grant
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
c/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
I-34014 Trieste, Italy
Phone : (+39 040) 2240-387 Fax : (+39 040) 224559
E-mail : twas@ictp.trieste.it

Dr.B.K. Ramaprasad
Senior Deputy Adviser, Internatl. S&T Affairs Directorate
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Anusandhan Bhavan - 2 Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110-001, India
Phone : (+91-11) 3714-208 Fax : (+91-11) 3710-618/3714-788
E-mail : bhandari@csirhq.ren.nic.in

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