Wellcome DBT Clinical & Public Health Research Senior Fellowships :

Organisation : Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance
Fellowship Name : Clinical & Public Health Research Senior Fellowships
Website : https://www.indiaalliance.org/

Senior Fellowships :

This scheme is for researchers who have demonstrated their potential to lead an independent research program and want to expand it further to undertake pioneering research.

Related : Wellcome DBT Clinical & Public Health Research Intermediate Fellowships : www.scholarships.net.in/13662.html

Applicants for the Senior Fellowship typically have a substantial record of publications and would have made significant intellectual contributions in their chosen area of research. Supervision of students and extra mural funding are also positively considered.

The fellowship is for five years, and provides :
** Personal Support for the fellow
** Research expenses, including research assistance if required (normally funding for four research staff may be requested; requests for additional research staff may be considered if the proposed work involves fieldwork or if the clinical studies/laboratory work require assistance from additional support staff).
** The Clinicians and Public Health Research Fellows may use this opportunity to do a PhD on the India Alliance Fellowship project. Please note that such requests are carefully scrutinized by the India Alliance on a case to case basis.
** The total award for a Senior Fellowship typically includes the costs requested by the applicant as well as the set contributions by the India Alliance.
** For further details, see costing policies.
** Costs requested by the applicant must commensurate with their research proposal and should be fully justified in the full application. Inadequate justifications may result in costs being revised.

Eligibility:
** Candidates need not be Indian nationals or of India origin but must already be pursuing or intending to pursue an academic research career in India.
** It is not mandatory for those holding a medical degree and/or a MPH degree to also have a PhD in order to apply to our Fellowships.
** The candidates need not be resident in India while applying but should be willing to establish an independent research career in India.
** The India Alliance appreciates and understands that clinicians and public health researchers sometimes follow a different career trajectory from basic scientists.
** Therefore, flexible eligibility criteria are followed to determine the eligibility of researchers.
** This competition invites applications for the three schemes: Early Career Fellowships, Intermediate Fellowships and Senior Fellowships.
*** Hence, this common eligibility limit covers the entire range of eligibility limits indicated for the individual Fellowship schemes.
** This competition is open for applicants in the final year of MD/MS/MPH or have up to 15 years of post MD/MS/MPH or equivalent clinical /public health research experience.
** The Applicants are advised to choose the most appropriate scheme suitable for them based on their qualification, research experience, career trajectory and track record.
** Please refer to the guidance notes, provisions and mandate of the Senior Fellowship scheme for assessing your eligibility.

The following parameters are typically used to guide the Office:
** The level of qualification (MBBS/MS, MD, MPH or an equivalent degree)
** Previous research experiences
** Applicant’s acquaintance with the proposed research question and if a suitable environment is being proposed for this work

If you would fit the profile of a clinician scientist or public health researcher, you have the option to contact the office with your CV and a brief write up of what you would like to do, to get advice on suitability of the scheme you wish to compete for.

Guideline to assess your eligibility:
Suitable for applicants with seven to fifteen years of post-MD/post-MS/post-MPH/post-PhD or equivalent research experience. Time spent outside the research environment (i.e., career breaks) will be considered but has to be clearly mentioned in the application.