Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award - 2011

Department of Biotechnology,
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India
Block-2, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003



Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award - 2011

The Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India has invited applications from outstanding young scientists with innovative ideas and desirous of pursuing research in frontier areas of biotechnology for the 'INNOVATIVE YOUNG BIOTECHNOLOGIST AWARD' (IYBA) for the year 2011.

The young scientists below the age of 35 years are considered for this award. The scientists without regular employment are also eligible for this award. The award consists of financial support for a project besides a fellowship of Rs.25, 000/- per month for those awardees who are not in regular employment. The awardees those are not in the regular employment can be attached to a senior scientist (Mentor) in a University, Research Institute, Medical / Agriculture / Veterinary College, or any other institute of repute, provided the mentor agrees to provide laboratory space and other facilities. It is expected that the awardees will work independently and the Mentor will facilitate the awardees’ research efforts. Awardees having a regular employment will receive a cash award of Rs.1, 00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Only) every year during the course of the project.

Eligibility:
The applicant should have an excellent academic career and should have publications in high impact journals and/or should have invented technologies supported by Indian / International patents. The proposed research project should clearly reflect the innovative thinking and execution capabilities of the applicant.

1. The candidate should have secured First Class grades in examinations of all academic courses for award of a degree from the graduate level onwards. The minimum eligibility criteria for applicants will be the following:

2. Cumulative publication impact factor of 10 OR Cumulative publication impact factor of 5 with two registered Indian Patents or one International patent.

3. Qualification: PhD in any branch of life science including Medicine, Veterinary Sciences, Pharmacy, Agricultural Sciences, and engineering sciences. Master degree in Medicine, Engineering / Technology is also eligible to apply.

4. Age limit: 35 years or below at the time of submission of the application. Age relaxation of 5 years is made for candidates belonging to SC / ST / OBC, Women and Physically Handicapped Category.

5. The applicant should be an Indian National. In addition to the above minimum eligibility criteria, it is essential that the proposed project work is carried out in any recognized research

6. Institution / university in India having adequate facilities to carry out the proposed research project. A consent letter from the Institution / University is required to be furnished along with the application.

7. A nomination / recommendation by a Fellow of any of the National Academies, or a Director of National Laboratory, or a Head of an S&T Department of Government of India, or a Vice-Chancellor of a University or an eminent scientist in the field of biotechnology is also essential.

Mode of Selection:
The applications received from eligible candidates are reviewed by an expert committee for selection of IYBA on the basis of their career profile, distinctions, publications, patents, innovative thinking, scientific originality of the project and the detailed scientific comments. First 15 eligible applicants are invited for making a presentation in support of their candidature. Award is given on the basis of recommendation of the expert committee.

Applications:
Application format can be downloaded from the link:
http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/IYBA_2011_Advertisement_for_website.doc
Completed applications should be sent directly in confidence to Dr. T. Madhan Mohan, Adviser, DBT, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Block-2, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 so as to reach on or before 09th December, 2011.

For details, visit the webpage: http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=46

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