Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India invites application for Fellowships & Scholarships with a stipend of Rs 50,000 /- pm !

Department of Health Research (DHR) has launched a scheme to provide advanced training to medical and health research personnel in India and abroad in cutting edge research areas concerning medicine and health to create trained human resource forcarrying out research activities with main goal of improving patient management and public health in the country.

This scheme has following components :

• Short Term Fellowships for 1-3 months from regular faculty (In India and Abroad, Age: upto 55 years)
• Long Term Fellowships for 6-12 months from regular faculty (In India and Abroad, Age: upto 45 years)
• Programme specifically for Women who have had a break in their career
• Scholarships /fellowships to young scientists (medical /non-medical students) in newer areas.
• Programme to encourage health research personnel [Non-resident Indian (NRI), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)] serving abroad, to come back to India for undertaking research in identified areas.
• Support to Indian Institutes for imparting training in identified areas to the Faculty of Medical Colleges/ Research Institutes

Objectives of the scheme :

• To increase the overall availability of trained personnel for health research from medical colleges across the country through scholarships, fellowships and career advancement scheme etc. for faculty and young medical doctors and other scientists to take up medical and health research as a career.
• To focus on the creation of a cadre of trained medical/health researchers in specific identified priority areas of health research viz., Clinical Trials; Toxicology; Good Clinical Practices (GCP); Good Laboratory Practices (GLP); Quality Control (QC) & QA; Genomics; Proteomics; Clinical Psychology, Geriatrics; Modern Biology; Biotechnology; Stem cells; Genetics; Drugs chemistry; and operational research etc..
• To create, support, nurture and encourage the trainees from these medical colleges to forge linkages with other scientists from universities, research institutes etc. to develop multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral teams necessary for addressing critical national and local health problems.
• To establish suitable online teaching and learning facilities to facilitate training in health research in various subjects in a more effective manner and for promoting biomedical/health research. 

Who can apply for training/ fellowship : 

Scientists/ Health Researches/Professionals in regular employment in the universities, medical colleges, postgraduate institutions, recognized research and development laboratories and Non-Government Organizations who fulfill the eligibility criteria and have a concept research proposals in the identified area to carryout research at present institute / organization.

When and how to submit a proposal : 

• The component of the scheme, format of application, eligibility criteria and terms and conditions can be downloaded from the websites of DHR and ICMR (www.dhr.gov.in and www.icmr.nic.in)
•  Thirty copies of the complete applications, duly approved and forwarded by the competent authority along with a soft copy in electronic mode are to be submitted to The Programme Officer, HRD scheme of DHR, , Indian Council of Medical Research, V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi- 110029 (Ph 011-26589699) (rasikbg@gmail.com).

Financial mechanism :

• A consolidated stipend of Rs. 40,000/- per month for a period of stay in host institute,which is at different station from the parent Institute. In case, the training is at the samestation, the rate of stipend payable will be Rs.20, 000/- per month. 
• Expenditure on travel will be as per the T.A. rules of the parent organization.
• One time contingency grant of Rs. 30,000 (maximum) to meet the expenses of travel, local taxi charges, attending meetings etc.
• The amount (stipend and contingency) will be placed at the disposal of the parent institute for disbursement to the fellow as per the prescribed norms and the parent institute will submit the utilization certificate for the expenditure incurred. 
• The amount released under the scheme will be kept in separate bank account by the concerned institute and a separate account of expenditure will be maintained.  

How to Apply : 

Applications are invited in the prescribed format. Details of the eligibility, format of application, terms and conditions, whom to apply and guidelines of the scheme are available on www.dhr.gov.in and www.icmr.nic.in.

Applications should be addressed to : The Programme Officer, HRD scheme of DHR, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi- 110029 (Ph 011-26589699) (rasikbg@gmail.com ).

Last date : December 15, 2014

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