Funding Opportunities

Research opportunities (PG/Prof)

Award Agency Eligibility Award Duration

1. Tata Innovation Fellowship

DBT

PhD

25k/month and 6lakh/annum

3 years with possibility of 2-year extension

2. J C Bose National Fellowships

DST

PhD

25k/month and 10 lakh/annum plus 1 lakh for institution

5 years

3. Swarnajayanti Fellowship

DST

PhD

25k/month and 5lakh/annum

5 years

4. Young Researcher Award

Lady Tata Memorial Trust

PhD

25k/month and 7lakh/annum

3+2 years based on the review of progress

5. Core Research Grant

SERB

Permanent Positions-Post PG

50% of total Costs

3 years

6. Early Career Research Award

SERB

Post PG

50 Lakh Rupees

3 years

7. Margdarshi Fellowship

Wellcome Trust- DBT India Alliance

Post PG + Independent Lab

5 years

8. Early, Intermediate and Senior Fellowships for Clinicians and Public Health Researchers in India

Wellcome Trust- DBT India Alliance

Final Year PG and Professors

-

5 years

9. Fellowship for experienced researchers (Germany)

Alexander

Humboldt Foundation

Professors (PhD)

  3,170

6-18 months, can be divided into 3 blocks of minimum 3 months each in 3 years.

10. International Fellowships for Beginning Investigators (ACSBI, USA)

American Cancer Society

Professors (PhD)

US$ 50,000

6-12 months

11. Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial international study grants

Union for international cancer control (UICC)

PhD/MD with min 2 years postdoc experience

US$ 10,000

3 months

12. Core Research Grant (CRG)

DST (SERB)

PhD/MD with permanent position

3 years

13. Early career research award

DST (SERB)

PhD/MD with permanent position

3 years

14. High risk high reward research

DST (SERB)

PhD with permanent position

3 years (extendable to 5 years)

15. Creation of Centre of excellence and Innovation in Biotechnology (CEIB)

DST

Scientists/ faculty members (PhD)

Infrastructure Grant

5 years, (extendable by maximum 5 years)

16. Indo-Japan Cooperative Science program (IJCSP)

DST/JSPS (Japan)

17. Indo-German Joint Call for Proposals in the area of Biotechnology

DBT-BMBF

18. Indo-Russian Joint Research Call for Proposals

DST-RFBR

19. Indo-French Collaborative research projects

Indo French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research IFCPAR

Scientists/ faculty members (PhD)

-

3 years

20. Hameid visiting fellowship

Cambridge -India

2 years

21. Indo-Brazil-Joint call for proposals in the field of Biotechnology

DBT/ MCTI (Brazil)

1-2 weeks

22. International Exchange scheme

Royal Society, UK

Post Docs

-

variable from 3months, 1 year or 2 years

23. Affordable Healthcare in India & Biomedical resource and technology development grants

Wellcome Trust (UK)

Permanent Positions

-

up to 5 years

24. Meetings/Symposia/Workshops in the area of medical research

Lady Tata Memorial Trust

Grant for Workshop
Meetings

25. Financial Assistance for organising Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshops

DST, CSIR

Grant for Workshop
Meetings

Travel Grants

  • SIR travel grant
  • Ratan Tata trust travel grant
  • International travel grant by non ICMR scientists.