IAS Science Academies SRFP 2018 Summer Research Fellowship Programme

Organization : Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru & Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi & The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad
Fellowship Name : SRFP 2018 Summer Research Fellowship Programme
Applicable For : Students and Teachers
Application Last Date : 30 November 2017
Website : https://www.ias.ac.in/
Apply Online : https://webjapps.ias.ac.in/fellowship2021/
FAQ : FAQ for Summer Research Fellowship

Summer Research Fellowship :

Science Academies’ Summer Research Fellowship Programme for Students and Teachers 2018

Update : IAS Science Academies SRFP Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2019 : www.scholarships.net.in/28339.html

The three national Science Academies offer several two-month Summer Fellowships to enable students/teachers (studying/teaching in India) to work with scientists associated with the three Academies during 2018.

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 is displayed in the online application.

Applications are invited from interested students and teachers from all universities and colleges 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, preferably during the summer.

Applications should be submitted by logging onto one of our websites [www.ias.ac.in; www.insaindia.res.in and www.nasi.res.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.

Instructions To Applicants :
The practice of allowing the candidates to suggest possible mentors has been discontinued with.

General :
1) Application should be submitted online in the prescribed format. This link is available in the websites of the three Academies (www.ias.ac.in; www.insaindia.org; www.nasi.org.in).
2) 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.
3) Only one application per candidate will be considered. If more than one application is submitted, none of the applications will be considered.
4) Answers to columns indicated by an asterisk (*) are mandatory and must be filled.
5) 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 must be teaching in a College/University.
** 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 for students.The minimum Percentage of average marks does not apply for teachers.
** Students doing PhD are not eligible.) Applicants who have availed the Academies fellowship twice before are not eligible to apply.

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, SRFP 2018, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru 560 080.

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions :
Tell me if a Geology student can apply for this internship?
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 is displayed in the online application.