Bio-CARe
(Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme) for Women
Scientists
Bio-CARe
THE DEPARTMENT OF
BIOTECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ANNOUNCES THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS UNDER “ BIOTECHNOLOGY CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND
RE-ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS’
In an attempt to enhance the
participation of Women Scientists in Biotechnology Research, the Department of
Biotechnology announces the Call for Proposals under the Bio-CARe scheme for
women scientists. The programme is
targeted towards Career Development of employed/unemployed women
scientists. The scheme is open for all
areas of Life Science / biology (including agriculture, veterinary science and
medicine). Age limit for application has
been kept as 55 to ensure maximum impact.
The programme aims at providing
support for project grants to women scientists (employed & unemployed) for
whom it is the first extramural research grant (Women Scientists who have
received any earlier grant from any Government Funding Agency as PI are not
eligible). The purpose is to build
capacities for women scientists after a career break so as to help them
undertake independent R&D projects.
Interested scientists may send
their Letters of Intent (LoI) to Mrs. Rugmini M Menon, Senior Scientific
Officer – II, Department of Biotechnology, C.G.O. Complex, New Delhi – 110
003.
Email: biocare.dbt@nic.in
Details of the scheme and LoI
format are on DBT website www.dbtindia.nic.in
Last Date of
Submission of LoI is 31st May 2012.
Biotechnology Career Advancement
and Reorientation Programme for Women Scientists
RESEARCH GRANT
OPPORTUNITY (RGO)
DETAILS OF THE
SCHEME:-
The purpose is to build
capacities for women scientists employed fulltime in Universities and small
research laboratories or unemployed women scientist after a career break so as
to help them undertake independent R&D projects.
I. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
(i) M.D/M. Tech /Ph. D/Equivalent
degree in any branch of Life Sciences
(ii) Women Scientists who are
employed or unemployed or are coming back after a break.
(iii)Women Scientists for whom it
is the first grant. (Women Scientist who
have already availed any grant as PI from Government Funding Agency under WOS
(A&B) of DST are not eligible to apply).
(iv) Women Scientists upto 55
years of age
(v)The scheme is open to women
applicants from all areas in Life
Science or biology (including agriculture, veterinary science and medicine)
II. GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION &
PROCEDURE:
(i) Since women for whom it is the first grant are eligible,
the applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent (LoI) for preliminary
screening. LoI should describe what she
intends to achieve in the project period.
(ii) For unemployed candidates, a letter from the Mentor Scientist
/Institute in whose lab she proposes to work should accompany the LoI. In case, where Mentor/Institute is not identified, but LoI looks interesting
a Mentor/Institute can be identified and requested to be associated.
(iii) LoI’s will be
screened by an Expert Committee and those which get shortlisted based on the
following criteria will be intimated to submit full proposal.
1. Scientific merit of the proposal
2. Experience and the qualification of the PI
3. Publications
4. Infrastructure of the Host Institute
(iv) Women whose LoIs look
promising but could not qualify for full proposal will be called to participate
in a Mentorship workshop. The workshops
will be held from time-to-time to help women scientist to understand what good
grant writing and thereby help them to improve their project proposals and
apply next time when the department calls for LoIs.
(v)Project proposal can be for a
3+2 years (two years extension is subjected to review).
(vi) Any woman scientist can be
considered for a maximum of 3 such applications run consecutively not in
parallel with total duration of the support under this scheme not extending
beyond fifteen years.
III.BUDGET/STIPEND:
(i)There would be a provision for
stipend fellowship amount as lumpsum in the following 3 slabs for the
unemployed candidate in the budgets provision.
The slabs would be decided based on post Ph.D experience
Grade – I Rs.35, 000/- (Ph.D+ nil experience)
Grade – II Rs.40,000/-(Ph.D +
more than 5 years research/industrial experience)
Grade– III Rs.45,000/-(Ph.D+ more
than 10 years research/industrial experience)
The candidate will have to
provide proof of year of experience.
If a selected candidate is
availing a Post-Doctoral or Contractual fellowship she will have to resign from
the same before accepting the project under Bio-CARe programme.
(ii) For employed
candidate an additional amount of Rs. 5,000/- over her salary would be provided
as an incentive
(iii) All research related expenses to be booked under Equipment,
Consumables, Manpower, Contingency, Travel etc as in other ongoing R&D
Schemes.
IV. OTHERS
(i) The successful
candidate will be informed through biocare.dbt@nic.in
. No interim correspondence will be
entertained and canvassing in any form would lead to disqualification of the
applicant.
(ii) LoIs received after
the deadline/incomplete LoIs shall not be considered.
FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=665
