University Grants Commission
Raman Fellowship for Post
Doctoral Research
(Raman Fellowship for Post
Doctoral Research in United States of America)
Applications
have been invited by University Grants Commission from young Indian scholars to
be awarded by Raman Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research in United States of
America which provide them an opportunity to have international collaborative
research opportunities, training in advanced techniques and technologies in
emerging fields, thereby furthering their research capacity and ability to
contribute to higher education with global perspective and forging long-term
relationships with distinguished experts in these fields in USA.
ELIGIBILITY:
·
The applicant should be a permanent teacher in a
university/institution recognized by UGC under 2(f) and 12B of UGC Act.
·
The applicant should possess at least 60 per cent marks or
equivalent in the post-graduate degree.
·
The applicant should possess a Ph.D. degree in respective academic
discipline (Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Science, Engineering,
Technology, Agricultural Sciences) or MD/MS/Ph.D. in Medical Sciences.
·
The Applicant must provide proof of having carried out independent
research work published in peer reviewed journals preferably indexed.
·
The applicant should be of age up to 40 years as on 31 December 2012.
·
The reservation will be available in accordance with the national
norms.
AMOUNT OF FELLOWSHIP:
The
Fellow will be entitled to fellowship amount of US $ 3000 per month. The
minimum period of the fellowship would be 6 months and maximum period of fellowship
would be 12 months.
Fellow
will also be entitled to a one time personal contingency grant of upto a
maximum of Rs. 50,000 to cover for visa, airport transfer, medical insurance
etc. Medical insurance expenses, visa fee, airport transfer charges will be met
by the fellow from out of this personal contingency grant.
Fellow
will also be permitted to travel within USA to attend conferences or visit
other institutes of interest with the approval of the advisor at the host
institute. The Fellow will be entitled to avail one of the following grants for
this purpose.
i)
Grant of $ 600 for fellowship period upto 6 months
ii)
Grant of $ 1200 for fellowship period beyond 6 months
Air-tickets
for all the selected Fellow would be purchased by the respective university/institution
by economy class for shortest route from their place of work in India to the
place of the American host institute and back. The actual ticket amount would
be reimbursed by UGC to the institution for the same on submission of all relevant
documents duly certified by the competent authority of the institution.
Rules
governing payment of salary, leave, medical, gratuity, GPF and pension etc. of
the organization/ institution/ university to which the fellow belongs would
continue to be applicable. No liability on any of these accounts will be borne
by UGC.
The
candidate selected for the award for this fellowship should commence their
research within six month period from the date of award announcement. Failure
to do so would render the fellow to forfeit the award.
APPLICATIONS:
Applications
can be submitted at http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfindous/registration.aspx
Last date for submission of
application is 30/09/2013.
For
further details, visit the link:
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