Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Kerala State Young Scientist Award

Kerala State Young Scientist Award


Download Nomination form:

Name of the Award:
Kerala State Young Scientist Award.

Scope:
The Kerala State Young Scientist Awards by the KSCSTE are intended to honour talented young Scientists in recognition of their outstanding contributions in any branch of science and technology coming within the purview of the Council. The research carried out independently in Kerala by young scientists of Indian origin with Ph.D. in any branch of Science& Technology who is working in Kerala for the last three years will be taken into consideration for the award.

Number of Awards:
The number of awards made in each year will be limited to 14. Awards will not be shared.

Age Limit:
Any scientist of Indian origin, who has not attained the age of 37 years as on December 31 of the year preceding the year of award, shall be eligible for nomination. That means only those born on or after 1 January 1976 are eligible for consideration for the 2013 Award.

Nomination Procedure:
Candidates may be nominated by Vice-Chancellors of Universities in Kerala, Directors of Research Institutes/ R & D Centres of Industries, Heads of University Departments, Principals of Colleges with approved centres of research, Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Academy of Engineering and Indian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Nominations will be valid for 3 years or the eligibility age whichever is earlier. However, a fresh nomination (only once) can be made, if the nominee has not yet crossed the age bar. Nominations in the prescribed format (Annexure-1) along with all supporting documents must reach Dr.K.Vijayakumar, Scientific Officer, KSCSTE, Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom P.O., and THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695004. The last date is extended to 15 October 2012. Nominations which are not complete or received after the this date will not be considered.

Selection Procedure:
Candidates recommended by the Subject Committee (Annexure -2) after a rigorous criteria-based screening will be invited for further consideration by the Committee which will meet in November 2012. The evaluation and recommendation of the subject committees will be placed before the Executive Committee of the KSCSTE. The candidates will be informed of their selection for the award by 1st week of January 2013. The awards will be distributed during the inaugural session of the Kerala Science Congress by the Chief Minister. The Awardees have to make a 15 min presentation of the award winning work in the Plenary Session of the Kerala Science Congress.

Cash Prize and Research Grant:
Each Awardee will be presented with a medal, a certificate with citation, and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-. In addition, in exceptionally meritorious and needy cases, the recipient may be considered by the Council for start-up research with seed money after due consideration of the research project with the help of an expert committee. The Awardee within 3 years of the receipt of the award, will be considered for a visit abroad with full support for presenting the research work at conferences, and for participating in collaborative/ training research projects wherever possible.
 
Address For Correspondance

Dr. R. Prakashkumar
Convenor,
25th Kerala Science Congress
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment
Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 004,Kerala
Phone : +91-471-2548231, 2548212, Fax : +91-471-2540085

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