Organization : Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research
Scholarship Name : Summer Research Fellowships 2016
Application Last Date : 5th January 2016
Website : https://www.jncasr.ac.in/
Application Form : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/6223-form.pdf
Summer Research Fellowships 2016 :
In association with the Department of Science and Technology and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi.
Update : JNCASR SRFP Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2020 : www.scholarships.net.in/30966.html
Areas of Research:
Life Sciences: Infectious and non-infectious diseases, bioinformatics, developmental biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, life-history evolution, circadian biology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, experimental evolution, population dynamics, phylogeography, neurophysiology, behavioural neurobiology and behavioural genetics.
Materials Sciences: Nano sciences, energy and green materials.
Chemical Sciences: Solid state chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, organic, physical and inorganic chemistry, organic and asymmetric synthesis, medicinal and bio-organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and chemistry of nanomaterials.
Physical Sciences: Condensed matter theory and experiment, statistical physics, semiconductor materials physics, biophysics, nano physics, organic electronics, computational materials science, soft matter, semiconductor interfaces, heterostructures, physical metallurgy and transmission electron microscopy.
Engineering Sciences: Computational fluid dynamics using mesoscopic simulation techniques, Dynamics and rheology of complex microstructured fluids including suspensions, emulsions and polymer solutions, Flow of granular media, Active matter, Hydrodynamic stability of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids, High Reynolds number flows and turbulence, Non-linear dynamics and chaos, vortex dynamics.
Mathematics:
Minimum academic requirements for applying:
** Students who have secured not less than 80% in Maths and Science subjects in their 10th and 12th standard or equivalent examinations, and not less than first class in graduation and post graduation (if applicable).
** Students presently studying in I and II year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year of B.S., I, II & III year of B.E. /B.Tech., I year of M.Sc., and I-IV year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Life Sciences and Mathematics.
** Students presently studying in II & III year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year B.S., II, III & IV year of B.E/B.Tech., I year of M.Sc. and II-IV year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Physical Sciences and Engineering Sciences.
** Students presently studying in I year of M.Sc. can apply for Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences.
Application Procedure :
The students selected under this programme are placed with scientists at the Centre or elsewhere in India, for 2 continuous months with a stipend of Rs. 6000 /- p.m and travel support as per Centre’s norms. The summer research projects will be reviewed by a committee and the best will be chosen for the award of Rajiv Gandhi Science Talent Research Fellows. Detailed information and application form can be downloaded from jncasr.ac.in
Mailing Address:
The filled in application form with attested documents should reach the address mentioned below:
The Academic Coordinator
Fellowships and Extension Programmes
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Jakkur P.O., Bangalore – 560 064.
Important dates:
Last date for downloading application form from website : 30 December 2015
Last date for receipt of completed application form : 5th January 2016
Selected candidates will be intimated by 1st April 2016 and the list will also be available on the link mentioned above.
Note:
1. Please ensure that your completed application includes:
(a) Two confidential reports sealed by the referee and with the referees’ signatures across the seals.
(b) Attested Xerox copies of relevant mark sheets etc.
2. Students who have already completed this programme earlier need not apply.
3. Your “Area of Research” on the left hand top corner of the mailing envelope.
4. Mere application to this programme does not warrant selection. overleaf