primeministerfellowshipscheme.com Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme For Doctoral Research 2013
Name of the Organisation : SERB Science & Engineering Research Board and CLL Confederation of Indian Industry (primeministerfellowshipscheme.com)
Name of the Fellowship : Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme For Doctoral Research 2013
Location : India
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Website : http://primeministerfellowshipscheme.com/
PM Fellowship Scheme 2013 : Information & Guidelines for Application
The Scheme :
The scheme is for supporting aspiring PhD scholars with double scholarship (up to Rs. 6 lakh per annum), 50% of which will be provided by government and balance 50% by a sponsoring industry, for doing research for four years and the research fellow will receive PhD degree by doing this industrial research.
Eligibility :
** One doctoral fellow and one industry will apply jointly. The application has to be filled by the doctoral fellow
** Doctoral fellow should be have registered for full-time PhD program in the academic year in 2013-14 in any recognised Indian University or Institution or Research Laboratory in India
** Doctoral fellow should obtain ‘No Objection’ from his/her Institution before applying
** Doctoral fellow should have identified (before applying) an industry partner/co-applicant who should be ready to support the research project financially and also lend technical and intellectual support
** Areas of research should be in Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture or Medicine
** The topic of research should have practical relevance and industrial application
** The candidate and the proposed research topic should qualify on criteria of excellence and relevance and be of technical and scientific merit
** The selected doctoral fellow should be willing to work with / in industry as and when required by the industry partner during the project period
** The research duration should not be more than four years leading to award of PhD degree to the doctoral fellow
Selection Process & Broad Criteria for Selection :
** A high level Apex Council consisting of members from academia, industry and government will review the applications and select the candidates for award of PM Fellowship.
** The project should be innovative and of high scientific merit; with discrete R&D as opposed to exploratory investigation
** The proposed research should have a high potential to translate into a business opportunity and commercialization
** High credibility, capacity of doctoral fellow and the institution
** High degree of business interest, involvement and collaboration of industry
Funding Support :
** Up to 100 research projects would be supported against the present call and the Fellowship will be paid from financial year 2014-15.
** The Fellowship amount will be up to Rs. 6,00,000/- per annum maximum per candidate.
** 50% of this amount will come from SERB [being equivalent to the prevailing Government norms for JRF /SRF (inclusive of HRA)] of maximum Rs 3,00,000/- per annum and will be revised as per the JRF/SRF norms from time to time.
** Rest 50% (matching equivalent of SERB component) will come from the partner industry co-applicant.
** Duration of the Fellowships will be a maximum of four years leading with awarding of PhD degree
** If selected to receive the Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research, the candidate will cease to receive any other scholarship / salary from any other organisation which he / she may be receiving at present
How to Apply :
Applications have to be submitted online
For applying, log on to : www.primeministerfellowshipscheme.com
Important Dates :
Last date of Online Submission of Application Form : 31 December 2013
Announcement of Results : January / February, 2014
Signing of MOUs among selected PhD Fellows, Industry and Institutes : March / April, 2014
Release of Fellowship amount to Research scholar : April / May, 2014
Contact :
SERB, DST, Government of India : Email: sskohli AT nic.in
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : shalini.sharma AT cii.in & neha.gupta AT cii.in
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