Wellcome DBT 2018 Clinical & Public Health Research Senior Fellowship : wellcomedbt.org

Wellcome DBT CPH Senior Fellowship

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 Margdarshi Fellowship : https://www.scholarships.net.in/13669.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.

What’s Included

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

** 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.
** 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.

Application Process

** To complete a preliminary application use our online system, IASys. Refer to the IASys userguide for guidance on completing the application form and the submission process.
** Please ensure that the form is submitted by the published Last Date.
** Your preliminary application is assessed and If successful, you will be invited to submit a full application.
** Your full application will be peer reviewed and considered by the appropriate Selection Committee and, if successful, you will be short-listed for interview.
** Short-listed candidates will be notified two weeks before the interview date.
** Applicants are not permitted to apply to multiple Fellowship schemes within the India Alliance in parallel.
** Only one application to one scheme will be entertained, at a time.

Contact Us

Please write to info@wellcomedbt.org for any queries.

Last Dates

Preliminary Application Last Date: 7 Feb 2018 : 7-2-2018

Author : Jency