NOMINATIONS FOR NATIONAL BIOSCIENCE AWARDS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT: 2011
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) invites nominations of scientists who are engaged in basic and applied research in Biosciences & Biotechnology including Biological, Agricultural, Medical, and Environmental Sciences and have made outstanding contributions in research with potential for application/ product and technology development, for ‘National Bioscience Awards for Career Development for the year 2011’.
The award is to recognize outstanding contributions of young scientists below 45 years of age in basic and applied research and to provide grant for research for their career development.
NATURE OF THE AWARD:
Upto 10 awards per year will be given. Each award carries a cash prize of `. 1,00,000/- and a trophy alongwith a citation and a project research grant of `.9,00,000/- @ `.3,00,000/- per year for a period of three years for career development.
The details of the Award, eligibility criteria, and proforma for nomination are available at http://www.dbtindia.gov.in/index.asp
The nominations (10 copies) neatly typed in double space on plain paper in the prescribed proforma complete with enclosures should reach on or before 30th October, 2011 to Mr. K.M. Kutty, Deputy Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Room No. 807, 8th Floor, Block-II, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 and a soft copy in MS-Word .doc file to be e-mailed to km.kutty@nic.in.
1. OBJECTIVE:
To recognize outstanding contributions of young scientists below 45 years of age in basic and applied research in the areas of biosciences and biotechnology including agricultural, biomedical and environmental sciences with potential for application/product and technology development and to provide grant for research for their career development.
2. NATURE OF THE AWARD:
Upto 10 awards subject to the availability of suitable candidates will be given every year. Each award carries a cash prize of `. 1,00,000/- alongwith project research grant of `.9,00,000/- @ `.3,00,000/- per year for a period of three years for career development and a citation.
3. ELIGIBILITY:
i) Any Citizen of India including Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs), who is engaged in basic and applied research in the areas of biosciences and biotechnology in the country.
ii) Citizens of India should have made significant and outstanding contribution in the areas of biosciences/biotechnology during last 5 years and the work must have been done entirely in India. In case of OCIs, he/she should have made significant and outstanding contribution in the areas of biosciences/biotechnology while continuously staying and working for a period of 3 years in India or during their stay and work in India in total period of 5 years in piece meal basis over a period of 10 years. The work for which nomination is made must have been carried out in India.
iii) Candidate should submit a research project for advancement of his/her work in India for a period of next 3 years. OCIs have to stay and work in India for implementation of the proposed research project.
iv)He/she should be below the age of 45 years as on 31st December of the year of award.
4. NOMINATIONS:
Names of candidates may be proposed in the prescribed proforma (Annexure) for consideration for the Award by the following categories of persons or organizations: Secretaries of S&T Departments; user Ministries (Departments such as Atomic Energy, Commerce, Environment & Forests, Health and Family Welfare, Human Resource Development, Industry, New and Renewable Energy, Earth Sciences, Space); members of the Standing Advisory Committee (Overseas) of DBT, Directors General of Scientific Organizations (CSIR, DRDO, ICAR, ICMR); Presidents of Scientific Societies and Academies of all India character; Chairman UGC; Vice Chancellors /Directors of universities and deemed universities; Heads of R&D Institutions; Directors of National Research Laboratories and Member (Science), Planning Commission. The nominations should include a brief project proposal for proposed research in the next 3 years.
Nominations from individuals sponsoring their own names are not considered.
5. SELECTION:
The selection of candidates for the award will be made on the basis of recommendations of Selection Committee. Only nominations complete in all respects as per proforma will be considered.
6. PRESENTATION OF THE AWARDS:
Only selected candidates would be informed. The awards will be presented to the selected scientists at a formal function, organized by the DBT.
7. PAYMENT OF TA/DA:
TA/DA to the awardees for attending the award ceremony will be paid by the Department of Biotechnology as per Govt. of India rules.
FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.dbtindia.gov.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=326
Government of India
Department of Biotechnology
(Ministry of Science & Technology)
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