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Organization : Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru & Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi & The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad
Fellowship Name : FASTSF 2018 Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship
Applicable For : Students and Teachers
Applicable States/UTs : North-Eastern States of India, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir
Application Last Date : 30 November 2017
Website : https://www.ias.ac.in/
Apply Online : https://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8443/fastsf2021/index.html

Summer Fellowship :

With a view of enhance the spread of Science and Technology in the specific regions of the country, the Inter Academy Panel has initiated the Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship [FAST-SF].

Related : IAS FASTSF Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship 2019 : www.scholarships.net.in/28329.html

This coming year (2018) our focus will be on the North Eastern States of the country, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jammu and kashmir and the FAST-SF will be for students and teachers studying/working in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir.

About 400 fellowships will be offered during 2018 to students/teachers studying/working in these states, to work with scientists associated with three Academies anywhere in the country.

A copy of the application format, instructions to applicants including eligibility criteria and a list of names of scientists/faculty who have consented to guide students/teachers to work on short-term projects are displayed online.

Applications are invited from interested students and teachers from all universities and colleges from North-Eastern states of india, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir affiliated to UGC/AICTE/MCI/Accredited Institutions of State Universities for these Fellowships.

The application should include :
(a) the application form in the prescribed format;
(b) scanned copies of marks sheets from class X till the last examination;
(c) a write-up (in about 150-250 words) as to what the applicant wants to learn and achieve.

Student applicants should provide the email id of one of their teachers or HoD familiar with their work. The Academy will approach them for a recommendation letter in the prescribed format. The selected candidate should work with the assigned guide for two months any time during the calendar year though summer months are preferred.

Applications should be submitted by logging onto our website (www.ias.ac.in). The registration number assigned soon after the online submission must be quoted in all future correspondence.

The last date for receipt of online applications is 30 November 2017.

Information of selection along with concurrence of the guide will be despatched around February–March 2018. The selected students/teachers will be provided appropriate round trip train fare and a monthly fellowship to meet their living expenses at the place of work.

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Instructions To Applicants :
General:
1) This programme is open for all Students and Teachers studying/teaching in the North-Eastern states of India. VIZ. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir only.
2) Application should be submitted online in the prescribed format. This link is available in the website (www.ias.ac.in).
3) Its mandatory to upload the marks sheets from class X till the last examination. Please have the scanned versions of mark sheets (in JPEG format), before starting to fill up the application.
4) Only one application per candidate will be considered. If more than one application is submitted, none of the applications will be considered.
5) Answers to columns indicated by an asterisk (*) are mandatory and must be filled.
6) The last date for receipt of online applications is 30 November 2017.

Eligibility Criteria:
Students:
Applicants should be studying in one of the following:
** BS / BSc / BVSc / BPharm (II and III years only)
** BE / BTech / BCA (II and III years only)
** MS / MSc / MVSc / MPharm (I year only)
** ME / MTech / MCA (I year only)
** (5-year integrated) MS / MSc /MTech / MBBS (II, III, IV years only)
** PharmD (III, IV years only)
** (dual degree) BTech + MTech (II/,III,IV years only)
** (dual degree) BE + MSc (II, III, IV years only)
** (dual degree) BS + MS (II, III, IV years only)
** Integrated PhD (I, II years only)

Teachers :
** Teachers working in North Eastern states, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir only need apply.
** The minimum percentage of average marks in core subjects only (i.e. excluding languages) from X std. up to post-graduation (whichever years completed) should be 65% or above.The minimum percentage of average marks does not apply for teachers.
** Students doing PhD are not eligible.

Contents:
** The applicant should include a write-up (in about 150–250 words) as to the specific area of the applicant and indicate what he/she would like to learn and achieve through this fellowship.
** It can also include the specific experiment or theory that the applicant wants to work on but NOT a general description of the area. The write-up should not be a “copy and paste” job from any source.
** Do not use special/scientific characters like Ø Ü etc…as the software will prevent you from uploading the application with such characters.

Enclosures to application :
** Both student and teacher applicants must upload scanned versions of mark sheets from class X till the last examination in JPEG Format (the size of each marks sheet should not exceed 700 kb).
** Teacher applicants should upload their publications, if any.
** On selection, an authorization letter from the Principal/HoD that necessary permission/leave of absence will be granted should be sent by post to the Coordinator, FAST-SF 2018, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru 560 080.

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