NGSF Internship Program 2025-26

To be eligible, an applicant must:-

• be interested in undertaking a life science-associated internship for a period of two (minimum of 56 days) or three (minimum of 84 days) months
• be a student in:
  • 2nd year of a 3-year undergraduate program, OR
  • 2nd/3rd year of a 4-year undergraduate program, OR
  • 1st year of a 2-year master's program, OR
  • 2nd/3rd/4th year of a 5-year integrated program at an Indian institute
• be accepted to work in the lab of a professor/principal investigator (PI) in any Indian Institute outside of their institute of study
• ensure the prospective PI mentor has at least three years of experience as faculty and at least three publications in peer-reviewed journals as corresponding author

Note:-

• NGSF does not support internships where interns have to pay a fee to gain experience.
• Remote internships in Computational Biology are accepted, but will comprise a maximum of 20% of the final selected cohort.
• The program does NOT provide internship opportunities directly - it only funds students accepted by PIs.
• Students receiving financial assistance from the principal investigator and/or any other agencies (KVPY, INSA, JNCASR, IIT, IISER) are eligible to apply. However, they cannot get additional support from the program.

The selected interns will receive a stipend amount of ₹6,000 per month for on-site internships and ₹3,000 for remote internships for a period of up to 3 months upon satisfying the following requirements:

• To receive the first month’s stipend, applicants have to get the internship joining letter filled out by the hosting Principal Investigator (PI) and send the scanned version to the Next Gen Scientists Foundation (NGSF).
• To receive the second month’s stipend, interns are required to send an article for the NGS blog under the specified guidelines before the first week of the second month of the Internship. Also, the interns are required to fill out the Internship continuation letter.
• Interns are required to submit the following:
  • work progress report for the Internship period within the last week of the second/third month
  • feedback form at the end of the internship
  • research work at the end of the internship period in the NGS Interns webinar to receive an internship completion certificate and travel reimbursements

Additionally, on-site interns will receive a reimbursement for their travel expenses, up to the amount it costs to buy a round-trip third-class air-conditioned (III AC) train ticket.

• Scanned university transcripts (in PDF format)
• Acceptance letter duly filled by the Principal Investigator (PI) 
• Contact details of at least one referee (Note:- A maximum of two references are allowed)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) [Maximum of 2 pages in PDF format)
• A research proposal

Note:- The research proposal must be prepared according to the specified standards found on the 'application guidelines' part of the website.

Eligible applicants can apply by following these steps:-
Step 1: Click on the 'Apply Now' button below.
Step 2: Click on the 'Register' button and fill in the required registration details (Note:- If already registered, log in using Gmail/Mobile number/Email ID).
Step 3: Fill in the required information and upload the necessary documents to submit the application.

Application Start: 15th November 2025
Application Deadline: 15th March 2026