Ph.D in Basic Science, Engineering/Technology, Medicine/Surgery, Dental, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Science Or PG in Medicine/Surgery, Dental & Veterinary Science
Fellowship amount of Rs 55000 p.m.
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The Scheme provides Opportunities to Young Scientists (below 35 years) for pursuing exciting and innovative research in frontier areas. The Start-up research grant is a structured scheme to reap the benefit of research potentials of young minds for speeding up the processes and enhance the relative position of the Indian R&D system in global competitiveness. The scheme limits the total cost of the project upto Rs. 23.0 lakhs (excluding overhead charges) for a period of 3 years. A lump sum amount of Rs 35,000/- pm is being paid to Young Scientists as fellowship on these projects provided he/she is not employed nor is recipient of any other fellowship. The submission of proposals under this scheme has been opened up and the Young Scientists can now submit proposals any time of the year.
The contact details of Member Secretary / Programme Officers are given below:
Sl. No. | Areas | Member Secretary / Programme Officer | Contact No. (DST Premises) | |
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1 | Chemical Sciences |
Mr. R K Joshi Scientist C |
011-26590348 | rkjoshi[at]nic[dot]in |
2 | Engineering Sciences |
Mr. Sudershan S Rao Scientist E |
011-26590245 | ssrao[at]nic[dot]in |
3 | Earth & Atmospheric Sciences |
Dr. Umesh Kumar Sharma Scientist D |
011-26590680 | uk[dot]sharma[at]nic[dot]in |
4 | Life Sciences |
Mr. Jacob V V Scientist D |
011-26590535 | jacob[at]nic[dot]in |
5 | Physical & Mathematical Sciences |
Mr. Praveen Kumar S Scientist D |
011-26590353 | praveen[at]nic[dot]in |
Q1: I have submitted my PhD thesis , but I have not got the degree yet. Am I eligible to apply for Young Scientist project?