Saturday, December 31, 2011

Indian Statistical Institute Ambarnath – Shanti Ghosh Travel Grant 2012

Indian Statistical Institute


Ambarnath – Shanti Ghosh Travel Grant 2012



The Indian Statistical Institute has invited applications for the Ambarnath – Shanti Ghosh Travel Grant for the year 2012-2013. The conditions for the award and the manner in which the applications are to be sent are set out below :

1. The Travel Grant will be given once in two years from the proceeds of the Ambarnath – Shanti Ghosh Endowment Fund.

2. Statisticians and Probabilists, working in India, not above 45 years of age as on 31 March 2012, intending to travel abroad (other than SAARC countries) for academic work will be eligible to apply for this grant. Preference will be given to those attending major International Conferences in Statistics/Probability Theory.

3. The travel support will be upto a maximum of Rs.64,000 for the current award. The parent Institution of an awardee or any agency providing travel support for the same purpose will be officially informed of the grant awarded, so that they can take this into account when considering the award of a complementary grant. The travel money will be given to the awardee only as reimbursement after completing the journey.

4. The applicants intending to travel during 01 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 may furnish travel plan, biodata and recommendation from the departmental head. A proforma of the application form is enclosed, photocopy of which can be used, if needed. Applications may be sent to either of the two addresses given below so as to reach positively by 31 March 2012.

Professor Amita Majumder
Economic Research Unit (ERU)
Indian Statistical Institute.

OR

Dr. Arijit Chakrabarti
Applied Statistics Unit (ASU)
Indian Statistical Institute.

5. Travel plan accompanied by full text of the paper, letter of invitation, acceptance of paper from the hosts specifying financial support, if any, will be needed to formally award the grant. Copy of air-tickets, proof of payments along with certificate of attendance/participation from the hosts and all the relevant boarding passes will be required for claiming the reimbursement.

6. The selection of an applicant for the travel grant will be made by a Committee constituted by the Director, ISI. An awardee should not have received this award during the previous 6 years. If no suitable applicant is found in a particular year, the deadline for application and the travel period may be deferred by at most one year at the end of which the committee may decide not to award the Grant if there is no suitable applicant even at that stage.

For further information, logon to:
http://www.isical.ac.in/Ambarnath-ShantiGhosh-Announcement.doc

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