Early Career Fellowships for Researchers 2010 at Wellcome Trust DBT – India Alliance, Hyderabad

This scheme provides a unique opportunity for the most promising postdoctoral researchers moving to India or within India, to make a start in developing their independent research career. Candidates will be expected to identify an important biomedical research question, and to develop and deliver a personal programme to achieve their research aims. Fellows may normally spend up to 24 months outside the host institution, in other leading laboratories, anywhere in the world.

What’s included : The fellowship is for four years full time and provides:
* Personal support for the fellow. For details see costing policies.
* Research expenses (materials and consumables; animals; support to attend scientific meetings; and small items of equipment, e.g. laptop)
* Additional allowances (travel and overseas subsistence) for scientifically justified visits of normally up to 24 months.
It is strongly recommended that applicants utilize all the provisions of the scheme. Support funds for research staff or equipment are not provided. It is expected that appropriate laboratories will be selected, and that the majority of the necessary equipment and facilities required for the proposed research will be available to the candidate.

Eligibility: You must be in the final year of your PhD studies or have no more than three years of postdoctoral research experience from the date of your PhD viva to the full application submission deadline. Time spent outside the research environment will be considered but has to be clearly mentioned in the application. You must have shown significant promise in your scientific career to date and the potential to become an independent researcher.

It is necessary that your Fellowship research be carried out in a laboratory that is not your thesis laboratory. Exceptions would be considered however, the preliminary application would have to include a strong letter of justification from you and your thesis supervisor, explaining how continuing to stay in the thesis laboratory would help develop your independent research career.

Application Procedure:
* You should complete and submit a preliminary application form by the published deadline.
* Completed forms must be submitted to info@wellcomedbt.org.
* 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.

Important Dates:
Preliminary application deadline: 23 July 2010
Invited full application deadline: 8 October 2010
Selection Committee review: January 2011
Short-listed candidate interviews: February 2011

Contact:
Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
Plot no. 19, H. No. 8-2-684/3/K/19
1st Floor, Kaushik Society Road No. 12
Banjara Hills Hyderabad 500034

Email: info(AT)wellcomedbt.org

Contact Number: +91 040 4018 9445