DST A*STAR Call for Singapore-India Joint Research Grants
Scholarship
details
The applications are invited for the
Singapore-India Joint Research Grants from the candidates of India and
Singapore scientists or researchers to submit the proposals. The research is
known to address critical technologies in the area of ‘Advances of Biology,
Chemistry, and Technology for medicine’.
Scholarship
Eligibility Criteria
The candidate requires to satisfy the given
below eligibility criteria to avail the DST A*Star call for Singapore-India
Joint Research Grants.
1.
The Indian scientists or the
applicants should be currently working in universities/research centres,
national research laboratories, academic institutions etc.
2.
The Singapore
employees/applicants must reside in Singapore and be full time employed researchers
at a public research centres and organisations in Singapore, including A*star
research institutions.
3.
The letter of Intent should
include the names of the two Principal Investigators (PI), one from India and
one from Singapore.
4.
Co-investigators should be included
in the application. These PI’s and co-investigators are the one’s responsible
for the submission of annual scientific and financial reports to keep
Track of the finding and
ensure full funding for the research projects.
5.
The PI should not leave or
retire from the parent institute mentioned from the proposed duration of the
project.
6.
The participants from the
Industry partners are encouraged both from India and Singapore.
7.
The PI should be responsible
for bearing the entire responsibility of the project including its technical
details and the administrative coordination and scientific and financial
reporting.
Study
subjects for the scholarships
The study subjects for the joint research
program addresses critical technologies like the area of ‘Advance research area
in Chemistry, Biology, and Technology for medicine’.
Scholarship
Open for the International students
The scholarship is open to International
students from India and Singapore. The scientists and researchers from India
and Singapore are eligible for the scholarships to apply for the joint research
programs.
Scholarship
covers the range
The scholarship covers a maximum of Rs.60,00,000
per joint project to the Indian applicant and the SGD 3000,000 per joint
project to the Singapore applicant for over the three years.
Duration
of the scholarship
The scholarship is covered for a maximum of
three years and is expected to commence for the research programme in May,
2015.
How
to apply
Only LOIs (Letter of Intents) are accepted
for the first stage of the application. The shortlisting of the applications
will be done and later the candidates will be asked to submit the full
proposal. The candidates will be asked to submit the application for both DST
and A*Star prescribed by the DST and A*Star.
Application
deadline
The application forms deadline falls on the
31st July, 2014. All the hard copies of the appliciation forms
should be submitted by the 5th August, 2014.
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