NCBS Admissions Scholarship : National Centre For Biological Sciences

Organisation : National Centre For Biological Sciences
Scholarship Name : Admissions Scholarship
Applicable For : Biology Students
Website : https://www.ncbs.res.in/academic/admissions-scholarship

Scholarship:

The academic year starts from August 1, every year.

Related : CSIR-IGIB PhD 2017 Fellowship :  www.scholarships.net.in/13512.html

PhD :
Students receive a monthly fellowship of Rs. 25,000/- enhanced to Rs. 28,000/- after registration and an annual contingency grant of Rs. 32000/-

Int.M.Sc.-PhD:
Students receive a monthly fellowship of Rs. 16,000/- for the first year and an annual contingency grant of Rs. 20,000/-. At the end of the first year, upon satisfactory performance, the fellowship is enhanced to Rs. 25,000/- per month ((further raised to Rs. 28,000/- after registration for PhD) and contingency grant is enhanced to Rs. 32000/- per annum.

M.Sc. Wildlife Biology and Conservation:
Students receive a monthly fellowship of Rs. 12000/- p.m.

Eligibility:
Biology :
PhD programme: Masters in Basic Science or Bachelors in Applied Science. These include M.Sc. (Ag), B.Tech, B.E., B.V.Sc. B. Pharma (4 yrs course), MBBS., BDS. M. Pharma. Students with training in Physics or Chemistry are encouraged to apply to the programmes.

Integrated Ph.D/M.Sc. by Research Programme: Bachelors in any Basic Science.

Admission Procedure :
Candidates who attempt the GATE Exam in Ecology and Evolution may be considered for the NCBS PhD program, without having to appear for the JGEEBILS Exam. For candidates who have attempted both JGEEBILS and the GATE Exam, the better of their two performances will be considered.

Based on this performance, shortlisted candidates will be invited to submit a full application. A subset of these will be invited for on-campus interviews in May, along with the JGEEBILS candidates.

Final admission to the PhD program will be based on the Exam score, the full application including SoP and letters of recommendation, and interview performance. The detailed procedure for GATE-based applications will be announced in February. The Last Date for applications is two weeks after the GATE results are announced.

About us :
The mandate of research at NCBS is the study of biology. To realize our goals of understanding living systems, we understand that research problems need to be approached from a variety of directions. We therefore have recruited, and actively encourage applications from researchers with a variety of backgrounds in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science.

Contact Us :
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bellary Road,
Bangalore 560065,
Karnataka, India
Phone : 91 80 23666001 / 02 / 18 / 19
Fax : 91 80 23636662
Email : info at ncbs dot res dot in