DBT-IYBA Awards: Entries invited
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, has invited nominations for ‘Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award’ (IYBA) for the year 2015.
The award was instituted by the Department of Biotechnology in the year 2005, as an attractive, career-oriented scheme to identify and nurture outstanding young scientists upto the age of 35 years with innovative ideas and desire to pursue research in frontier areas of biotechnology.
The award will consist of financial support for a project and Cash award/fellowship for the awardees. Awardees having a regular employment will receive a cash award of Rs. 1.00/- Lakh every year during the course of the project in addition to grants-in-aid of Rs. 50.00/- Lakhs for a project. The awardees, those are not in the regular employment will receive a fellowship of Rs. 75,000/- per month with grants-in-aid and shall be attached to a Senior Scientist (Mentor) in a University, Research Institute, Medical/Agriculture/ Veterinary College or any other institute of repute. It is expected that the awardees will work independently and the Mentor will facilitate the awardees research efforts.
AwardEligibility
The applicant should have an excellent academic career and also 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.
The minimum eligibility criteria for applicants will be the following:
(i) The candidate should have secured First Class grades in examinations of all academic courses for award of a degree from the graduate level onwards.
(ii) Cumulative publication impact factor of 10 or Cumulative publication impact factor of 5 with two granted Indian Patents or one International patent.
(iii) Qualification: Ph.D. in any branch of life sciences including Medicine, Veterinary Sciences, Pharmacy, Agricultural Sciences, and engineering sciences. Master
degree in Medicine, Engineering/Technology is also eligible to apply.
(iv) Age limit: 35 years or below as on 31st December 2015. Age relaxation of 5 years would be given to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC, Women and Physically Handicapped Category. (Necessary attested copies of supporting documents to this effect have to be enclosed).
(v) The applicant should be a Citizen of India including Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs).
(vi) In addition to the above minimum eligibility criteria, it is essential that the proposed project work is carried out in any recognized research institution/university in India having adequate facilities to carry out the proposed research project. A consent letter from the institution/ university should be furnished along with the application.
(vii) A nomination/recommendation by a Fellow of any of the National Academies, or a Director of National Laboratory, or a Head of a 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. The nomination letter should indicate the candidate’s competence for the fellowship and 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
Mode of Selection:
Eligible candidate will submit application in the prescribed format. The applications after initial screening by numerical calculation of impact factor/citation index of research publications and patents will be reviewed by the 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. Short listed applicants will be invited for making a presentation to support their candidature. Each candidate will be given 30 minutes to make the presentation. Successful candidates up to maximum of 25 will be recommended for the IYBA 2015. Those who have availed award is not eligible to apply again.
How to apply
Applications (2 copies) neatly typed on plain paper in the prescribed format along with enclosures & certified copies to be sent to Dr. T. Madhan Mohan, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Block-2, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, so as to reach latest by 31st December, 2015. Soft copy of the application also needs to be sent to: iyba.dbt@nic.in.
For more details and application format, please visit DBT websites:
https://www.dbtindia.gov.in/iyba.htm OR https://www.btisnet.gov.in/iyba.htm
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