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Organization : Lady Tata Memorial Trust
Scholarship Name : Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2016-17
Application Last Date : 15th January 2016

Website : http://www.ladytatatrust.org/StaticPageIndia/Awards/6
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/5430-Fellow.doc
Apply Online : http://www.ladytatatrust.org/StaticPageIndia/Applications

Update : Currently we are not accepting any Post-Doctoral Fellowship application. Please contact for more details on 022-66657697.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship :

1. Applications are invited from Indian nationals, from select Universities / Institutes / Laboratories, and strictly with first class academics (60% and above) from Class X up to date for the award of Post-Doctoral Fellowship (two year award term) for the year 2016-2017 for scientific investigations having a bearing directly or indirectly on the alleviation of human suffering from disease.

Related :
Lady Tata Memorial Trust Young Researcher Award 2019 : www.scholarships.net.in/32159.html

Lady Tata Memorial Trust Institutional Research Project Grant 2019 : www.scholarships.net.in/32165.html

Lady Tata Memorial Trust Junior Research Scholarship 2019-20 : www.scholarships.net.in/32831.html

It will be renewable for a further period of one more year based on the first year progress report. The tenure of the Fellowship is not extendable beyond two years.

House Rent Allowance (H.R.A.):
At 25% of the basic value of the fellowship will be offered to fellows doing research work at Universities / Institutes / Laboratories, i.e. strictly in the following Metro Cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, being locations outside their place of permanent residence. Fellows from other small towns / cities will receive HRA @ 10% of the basic value of their fellowship. A certificate from the Institute verifying the status of accommodation of the fellow should be attached together with latest original receipt of rental. Fellows residing in accommodation provided by the Institute will not be eligible for drawing HRA.

Processing Fee :
A money order of rs.100/- being processing fee (non-refundable) per application should be forwarded in favour of the lady tata memorial trust (add: bombay house, 2nd floor, 24, homi mody street, fort, mumbai 400001) and the original postal receipt of the same should be scanned and submitted with the online application form. Any application received without the scanned money order receipt, or forwarded through any other mode of payment, will be rejected without further correspondence with the applicant.

General Rules and Regulations :

Subject selected for research work must have a bearing directly or indirectly on the alleviation of human suffering from disease.
(a) Selected fellows must undertake to work whole time and will be debarred from private practice or taking up any other occupation or accepting any other fellowship award or post of any description during the tenure of the fellowship award of the Trust. The fellow will also not be allowed, except for very exceptional reasons, at the sole discretion of the Trust, to abandon the research work in the middle of the academic year as this defeats the very purpose for which the Trust awards fellowships. The applicant must give an undertaking to this effect in the application letter.

(b) A selected fellow, if after having accepted our Award, abandons the research work before completing it or relinquishes the fellowship in the middle of an academic year on the ground that he / she has been offered an award of a higher value by another funding agency / organisation, or has secured alternate employment, he / she will be called upon to refund the entire fellowship amount, inclusive of house rent allowance / contingency expenditure and the concerned university / institute will not be considered for the Trust awards for the next two academic years. A Bond will have to be executed to this effect by the selected fellow, and countersigned by the concerned guide at the time of accepting our fellowship award.

(c) Applicant must pay particular attention to the above requirements as sought in the online submission. As complete information as possible should be given regarding the proposed research under the various heads indicated in the submission and also full reference must be given as sought. The problem must be carefully selected and isolated so that it can be adequately dealt with during the period of the fellowship. The scientific information so presented will help to determine whether or not the applicant should be called for an interview.
(d) In giving the particulars of published papers and articles, the applicant should state references by numbers.

In the list of references at the end of the text, full references should be given corresponding to the number quoted in the text as follows :
i) Give names of all the authors when six or less, if seven or more, give only the first three and add et al.
ii) Full title of the paper.
iii) Name of the Journal from which the reference is quoted.
iv) Year of publication.
v) Volume, and
vi) Page numbers (first and last).

Please note that :-
i) references are not to be quoted if the Applicant has not fully studied the original text of the article, and
ii) if the references are not quoted in the manner described above, the application will not be considered.

The applicant MUST submit / support the application with a letter through the Registrar of the University / Director of a recognised Research Institute or Laboratory where he / she proposes to work. Application will be rejected if this requirement is not met.

The application must be supported by :
a) a letter jointly signed by the Registrar / Director and the Head of the Department concerned stating that they have critically examined the details of the proposed research work, that they have approved of the general plan, that the university / institute has adequate laboratory facilities and that they will provide these facilities to the applicant for his / her research work. The letter should give the name and designation of the person who will act as Guide to the applicant.
b) A letter from the Guide, giving his / her consent, to provide necessary guidance to the applicant and to supervise his / her research work.
c) Applicant must obtain a separate letter from the Head of the Department or the Research Guide giving comments on past research experience and on the competence of the applicant to carry out the proposed research work.

5. The on-line application should be submitted on ladytatatrust.org not later than 15th January 2016.
6. The interview call letters will be forwarded to short-listed applicants by the end of June 2016, personal interview will be held in mid-July 2016 and the names of the selected applicants, based on their performance at the interview, will be announced in early August 2016 and the selected fellows and their Guides will be intimated about the same immediately thereafter. Selected fellows will be required to report to the respective Supervisor / Research Guide immediately on announcement of the award.

Note:
Applicants must comply with the above instructions strictly. An application will not be considered if the applicant fails to furnish the requisite information and supporting scanned certificates and letters online. Any canvassing, direct or indirect, will entail disqualification of application without notice.