Department of Science and Technology (DST),
Government of India
DST
INSPIRE Faculty Award Scheme 2014
Department
of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, invites applications for
INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) Faculty Award Scheme
2014 opens up an “Assured Opportunity for Research Career (AORC)” for young
researchers in the age group of 27-32 years. The upper age limit as on 1st
January 2014 should be 32 years for considering support for a period of 5
years. However, for SC and ST candidates upper age limit will be 35 years. It
offers a contractual research awards to young achievers and opportunity for
independent research in the near term and emerge as a future leader in the long
term.
Each
selected INSPIRE Faculty shall be eligible to receive a consolidated amount
equivalent to the entry level salary of an Assistant Professor in any IIT
system as an Award amount, in addition to a Research Grant of Rs. 7 lakhs per
year. The INSPIRE Faculty Award is tenable for a maximum period of 5 (five)
years.
Three
routes i.e. Direct (A), Nomination (B) and Institution mode are available for
applying by the eligible candidates.
Under
‘Institutions Mode’, reputed academic institutions shall be required to adopt
and complete the internal process as per guidelines and mechanisms available
for the INSPIRE Faculty Award before forwarding names of pre-selected
candidates for final selection by the Apex Committee.
Eligible
candidate, who wish to be considered in ‘Direct (A)’ and ‘Nominated (B)’
routes, may send applications directly to Indian National Science Academy
(INSA), New Delhi for consideration.
Nominations
from academic institutions or industry R&D through
Vice-Chancellors/Directors of Institutions/Heads of Institutions/Presidents and
Fellows of Science Academies or Eminent Scientists from India and Abroad based
on personal knowledge under ‘Nominated Mode’.
Candidates
need to apply through one Mode only, either Direct or Nominations or Institute
Mode. Use of more than one Mode shall call for rejection of application.
Candidates,
who intend to apply Direct or Nomination Mode, may apply Online. Application
Formats with detailed Guidelines are available at the Website http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/
To
apply Online visit the website http://www.online-inspire.gov.in/
Online
submission will commence on 15th January 2014 and close by 28th February 2014.
After submission of application through Online, the Candidate must obtain a
print of the application thus submitted.
Applications
submitted through Online method by eligible candidates both in ‘Direct Mode (A)
and Nominated Mode (B), must reach in the prescribed format completed in all
respect with hard copies of the necessary enclosures to The Executive Director,
Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New
Delhi-110002 on
or before 28th February 2014.
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