Applications are invited for Summer Research Fellowship Programme (SRFP) available for undergraduate and MSc students to participate in cutting-edge research and several summer projects that will lead to publications in leading journals. Around 120 fellowships are awarded annually supported by the Department of Science & Technology (fifty fellowships), the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (fifteen) and the rest by the JNCASR. Students are placed with research groups at the Centre or with scientists elsewhere in India. About 15 students will be chosen as Rajiv Gandhi Science Talent Research Fellows based on the completed project reports and committee recommendations. The application deadline is 19th December 2014.
Study Subject(s): Fellowships are awarded in following areas of Research:
Life Sciences: Infectious and non-infectious diseases, bioinformatics, developmental biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, life-history evolution, circadian biology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, experimental evolution, population dynamics, phylogeography, neurophysiology, behavioural neurobiology and behavioural genetics.
Materials Sciences: Nano sciences, energy and green materials
Chemical Sciences: Solid state chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, organic, physical and inorganic chemistry, organic and asymmetric synthesis, medicinal and bio-organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, supermolecular chemistry and chemistry of nanomateials.
Physical Sciences: Condensed matter theory and experiment, statistical physics, semiconductor materials physics, biophysics, nano physics, organic electronics, computational materials science, soft matter, semiconductor interfaces, heterostructures, physical metallurgy and transmission electron microscopy
Engineering Sciences: Computational fluid dynamics using mesoscopic simulation techniques, Dynamics and rheology of complex microstructured fluids including suspensions, emulsions and polymer solutions, Flow of granular media, Active matter, Hydrodynamic stability of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids, High Reynolds number flows and turbulence, Non-linear dynamics and chaos, vortex dynamics.
Mathematics, Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric boundary layer, near-surface environment, radiation, solar-terrestrial relations, monsoon dynamics, modelling.
Course Level: This is a two-month fellowship programme.
Scholarship Provider: Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Scholarship can be taken at: India
User Review
( votes)Eligibility: Minimum academic requirements for applying:
-Students who have secured not less than 80% in Maths and Science subjects in their 10th and 12th standard or equivalent examinations, and not less than first class in graduation and post graduation (if applicable).
-Students presently studying in I and II year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year of B.S., I, II & III year of B.E. /B.Tech., I year of M.Sc., and I-IV year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Life Sciences and Mathematics.
-Students presently studying in II & III year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year B.S., II, III & IV year of B.E/B.Tech., I year of M.Sc. and II-IV year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences.
-Students presently studying in I year of M.Sc. can apply for Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences
Scholarship Open for International Students: Summer Research Fellowship Programme is open for Indian citizens.
Scholarship Description: The Centre offers summer fellowships for two months to bright undergraduate and MSc students (renewable for a second year for selected students). This programme has proved to be popular and competitive; each year, about 5000 students from all over India apply for the 120 fellowships awarded. Fifty fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, fifteen by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and the rest by the Centre. Students are placed with research groups at the Centre or with scientists elsewhere in India. They are paid travel expenses and a monthly stipend of Rs. 6000. Selected students get the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research, and several summer projects have led to publications in leading journals. Many of the summer students of past years have gone on to pursue graduate studies and a research career, at the JNCASR or at another leading university.
Number of award(s): Fifty fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, fifteen by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and the rest by the Centre.
Duration of award(s): The Centre offers summer fellowships for two months.
What does it cover? The students selected under this programme are placed with scientists at the Centre or elsewhere in India, for 2 continuous months with a stipend of Rs. 6000 /- p.m and travel support as per Centres norms.
Selection Criteria: Not Known
Notification: Only selected candidates will be intimated on or before 1st April 2015.
How to Apply: Applications should be send by post.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 19th December 2014.
