Wellcome DBT Research Training Fellowships For Clinicians : wellcomedbt.org

Organisation : Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance
Fellowship Name : Research Training Fellowships For Clinicians
Website : https://www.indiaalliance.org/

Research Training Fellowships :

This Training Fellowship aims at providing clinicians with an opportunity to perform high quality basic, clinical and public health research in a laboratory, clinical or community environment of their choice.

Related : Wellcome DBT Intermediate Fellowships 2017 : www.scholarships.net.in/13648.html

It is expected that the Training Programme presented in the application is built around a rigorous research focus and should provide comprehensive training in research methodology and experimental design to the applicant.

Eligibility:
** Research Training Fellowship is suitable for clinicians who wish to undertake high quality research training in India under the supervision of experts in basic, clinical and public health research, who are also based in India.
** Research Training Fellowships are open only to Indian nationals.
** Applicants can be in the final year of MD/MS/DM/DNB (or equivalent) or those who have completed their MD/MS/DM/DNB (or equivalent) at the time of application.
** Applicants who have an undergraduate medical degree followed by an MPH are also eligible to apply.
** Applicants who are registered for a PhD programme, those pursuing a PhD or those who have completed a PhD are not eligible to apply for this Fellowship.
** Fellowships may not be taken up prior to the completion of MD/MS. The Fellowship must be started within one year of being awarded.
** Allied health professionals with education and training similar to MD/MS/DM/DNB are eligible to apply.
** The applicants must either be in the final year or have completed a postgraduate degree in the respective allied health science stream at the time of application.
** They should submit an official document from the concerned Government authority confirming the equivalence and that training is undertaken as a “Full Time Allied Health Science” course.
** Please note that correspondence/distance learning courses would not be considered as a part of training towards deciding on the eligibility.
** It is important that the final year students should have secured their degree at the time of activation of the Fellowship award
** The qualifying clinical degree must be recognised by the Medical Council of India.

How To Apply :
** To apply, the Applicant and the Principal Supervisor must submit a Joint application.
** The Application form is made available on the India Alliance online application system IASys, when the competition is launched.
** Please refer to the IASys userguide for guidance on completing the application form and the submission process.
** This application seeks to understand how the training will prepare the Applicant to undertake an independent research career.
** Careful thought should be given to the choice of Supervisors and the Host Institution. The application should clearly specify the roles of the Principal Supervisor, Co-Supervisor and the supporting Host Institution.
** With the assistance of Supervisors, the Applicant should identify the area in which he/she wants to get trained, rationale of choosing the area of development and how the acquired expertise will lay the foundation of their future research career.
** Applications go through a peer-review process before being considered by the Clinical and Public Health Selection Committee.
** Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. It is mandatory for the Principal supervisor on the application to attend the interview along with the candidate.
** Both the candidate and Principal supervisor are interviewed together to get a clear understanding of the purpose of the Training Program developed by them.
** Both of them, therefore, are advised to work together, as the extent of involvement would be carefully reviewed to understand the impact of the program.