Organization : Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB)
Scholarship Name : B4 Fellowship 2016-17
Applicable For : Scholars who have completed their PhD within the last five years from an institution in India and working in B4 Program Partner Institutions in Karnataka
Application Last Date : July 30, 2016
Website : http://www.ibab.ac.in/
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/9051-Final..pdf
Apply Here : http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/b4-fellowship/
B4 Fellowship :
** A collaboration between IBAB, Bengaluru, India and Harvard South Asia Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA Supported by DBT, Govt. of India and Dept. of IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka
Related : Scraplabs Mentorship Fellowship Program 2016 : www.scholarships.net.in/8972.html
** Up to 5 Science and Technology Fellowships for 2016-17 will be offered in fields related to the biosciences at Harvard University and other institutions in the Boston area.
** During their time at Harvard and Boston area, Fellows will be connected with faculty across Harvard and other academic institutions in the Boston area as relevant to each Fellow’s area of research.
** SAI will organize seminars at Harvard for Fellows to discuss their research with the broader community at Harvard and beyond
** Fellows are expected to reside in the Cambridge vicinity and to actively participate in the events and intellectual life of the Institute. In addition Fellows are expected to contribute to the greater Harvard community by teaching, mentoring, or advising students.
Starting date: October 15, 2016
Duration of the programme: One year
Stipend for the one year programme: $36,000
Health insurance and round trip economy travel expenses to and from India and Boston will also be provided
Eligibility:
** The fellowship opportunity is open to scholars who have completed their PhD within the last five years from an institution in India and working in B4 Program Partner Institutions in Karnataka in one of the following disciplines: systems and synthetic biology, neurosciences, genomics and bionformatics, and soft robotics and biomedical engineering.
** Fellows will typically be recent PhDs that can benefit from a 1-year project in a lab in the Boston area. Exceptional senior doctoral students, with demonstrated independence and maturity, may be considered. Applicants must be Indian citizens currently residing in India.
Last date of application: July 30, 2016
Harvard South Asia Institute
CGIS South Building, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Institute of Bioinformatics and
Applied Biotechnology (IBAB)
Biotech Park, Electronics City,
Phase I, Bengaluru-560100, India
Please note:
Do not write directly to Harvard faculty regarding SAI’s Fellowship opportunities. If you have questions, please email Program Coordinator, Diana Nguyen, diananguyen@fas.harvard.edu.