Applications are invited to apply for the Early Career Fellowships for Researchers in India. Candidates eligible to apply to the Early Career Fellowship scheme hold/are being considered/have a commitment for a faculty position, they are advised to write to the Office with their CV before applying.

The total award for an Early Career Fellowship includes the costs requested by the applicant as well as the set contributions by the India Alliance.

This scheme provides a unique opportunity for the most promising postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in India. Applicants are expected to identify an important biomedical research question and design a project that would help answer this question.

• Study Subject(s): Fellowships are awarded in the field of biomedical research.
• Course Level: Fellowships are available to pursue Postdoctoral research programme.
• Scholarship Provider: The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance
• Scholarship can be taken at: India

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be in the final year of your PhD studies or have no more than four years of postdoctoral research experience from the date of your PhD viva to the full application submission deadline. Time spent outside the research environment (i.e., career breaks) will be considered but has to be clearly mentioned in the application.
• Applicants do not have to be an Indian national or of Indian origin. You need not have undertaken your PhD in India.
• Applicants must have shown significant promise in your scientific career to date, which includes, but is not limited to; strong academic record, visits to conferences and workshops, and importantly, the vision to develop as an independent researcher.

Scholarship Open for International Students: International researchers are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Duration of award(s): The fellowship is for five years, full time duration.

What does it cover? The fellowship is for five years, full time and provides:

• Personal Support for the fellow.
• Research expenses (materials and consumables; animals; support to attend scientific meetings; and small items of equipment, e.g. laptop)
• Support funds for research staff or large equipments are not typically provided. It is expected that applicants will choose appropriate laboratories/ environments where majority of the necessary equipment and facilities are already available.
• The total award for an Early Career Fellowship includes the costs requested by the applicant as well as the set contributions by the India Alliance. Costs requested by the applicant must commensurate with their research proposal and should be fully justified in the full application. Inadequate justifications may result in costs being revised.

How to Apply

• How to Apply: To complete a preliminary application use our online system, IASys. Please ensure that the form is submitted by the published deadline.
• Your preliminary application will normally be assessed within one month of the submission deadline. If successful, you will be invited to submit a full application.
• Your full application will be peer-reviewed and considered by the appropriate Selection Committee and, if successful, you will be short-listed for interview.
• Short-listed candidates will be notified two weeks before the interview date.
• Applicants are not permitted to apply to multiple Fellowship schemes within the India Alliance in parallel. Only one application to one scheme will be entertained, at a time.

Application Form

Scholarship Application Deadline: Closed

Further Official Scholarship Information and Application