The program is envisaged to:
- provide opportunity to best and brightest Indian students and scientists to gain exposure and access to world class research facilities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Daugherty Water for Food Institute;
- promote research and capacity building in the area of water;
- encourage and motivate outstanding students to take up research as a career path; and
- pave way for the next generation scientists and technologists from India to interact with American peers, thus helping to build long-term R&D linkages and collaborations.
Number of Fellowships
- Student Internships 5
- Fellowships 5
Note: The above numbers are tentative and can be increased, decreased or inter-changed in either category at the discretion of DST, IUSSTF and UNL.
Duration
- Internship: Minimum 3 months and upto 6 months
- Fellowship: Minimum 3 months and upto 12 months
Broad Categories for Research
- Ecological and human health impacts of pollutants and emerging contaminants
- Groundwater quality assessment and management
- Health impacts of water quality
- Laboratory methods to support water-related research
- Methodologies to help remediate current and future contamination threats
- Methods for measuring water quality
- Non-point source pollution and rural drinking water quality
- Remote sensing applications for monitoring water quantity and quality
- Understanding and protecting water quality
- Wastewater quality and management
- Water pollution
- Water supply and sanitation
