StartUp Research Grant Young Scientists

Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists)

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What is Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists)?

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.

Who can apply for this scholarship ?

The contact details of Member Secretary / Programme Officers are given below:

Sl. No.	Areas	Member Secretary / Programme Officer	Contact No. (DST Premises)	E-mail
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