Wellcome DBT Trust Early Career Fellowship 2015 Competition

Name of the Organisation : The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance (wellcomedbt.org)
Type of Announcement : Early Career Fellowship 2015 Competition

https://www.indiaalliance.org/
Home Page : https://www.indiaalliance.org/

Early Career Fellowship :
2015 Competition Launched – Preliminary Application Deadline 12 June

Early Career Fellowships for Researchers in India :
This scheme provides a unique opportunity for the most promising postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in India. Applicants are expected to identify an important biomedical research question and design a project that would help answer this question. The proposal would also suggest how the proposed work would help develop the applicant’s future independent research program. Submitted proposals are expected to be globally competitive. Applicants may wish to set up long term training or collaborative visits (work outside Host Institution) for up to 24 months. These visits may be to other leading laboratories, anywhere in the world.

Eligibility :
You must be in the final year of your PhD studies or have no more than four years of postdoctoral research experience from the date of your PhD viva to the full application submission deadline. Time spent outside the research environment (i.e., career breaks) will be considered but has to be clearly mentioned in the application.

Please note that if the candidates eligible to apply to the Early Career Fellowship scheme hold/are being considered/have a commitment for a faculty position, they are advised to write to the Office with their CV before applying.

You do not have to be an Indian national or of Indian origin. You need not have undertaken your PhD in India.

You must have shown significant promise in your scientific career to date, which includes, but is not limited to; strong academic record, visits to conferences and workshops, and importantly, the vision to develop as an independent researcher.

Application process :
To complete a preliminary application use our online system, IASys. Please ensure that the form is submitted by the published deadline.

Your preliminary application will normally be assessed within one month of the submission deadline. If successful, you will be invited to submit a full application.

Your full application will be peer reviewed and considered by the appropriate Selection Committee and, if successful, you will be short-listed for interview.

Short-listed candidates will be notified two weeks before the interview date.

Applicants are not permitted to apply to multiple Fellowship schemes within the India Alliance in parallel. Only one application to one scheme will be entertained, at a time.

Application advice :
You should give careful thought to your choice of Fellowship Supervisor and External Sponsor.These individuals will typically possess strong track records in research and mentorship.

The proposed research should fall within the India Alliance’s remit which is “to support biomedical research that is relevant to human and animal welfare”.

The Fellowship project would typically be a confluence of number of considerations: the main research question you wish to answer; your current skill set and what you may need to successfully answer the proposed question; and, the intellectual and resource contributions that your supervisors and Host Institution environment can make. With the assistance of your Supervisors, you should drive the identification of a research question and the development of the proposal.

Reviewers typically assess:
** your track record
** the importance of the research question
** your choice of appropriate supervisors
** the feasibility of the approach
** your vision of how the fellowship will contribute to your career development
** your long term aspirations
The Fellowship encourages mobility; applicants are advised to give serious thought to enlisting an External Sponsor.

Deadlines :
This is an annual competition
Current Competition :
Preliminary Application Launch: 1 May 2014
Preliminary application deadline: 12 June 2014
Invited full application deadline: September 2014
Selection Committee short-listing: January 2015
Interviews for short-listed candidates: February 2015

Contact Us :
Please write to info@wellcomedbt.org for any queries