JNCASR SRFP 2015 Life Sciences SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
(A Deemed University)
Jakkur P.O., Bangalore - 560 064

Information sheet - SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS – 2015

In association with the Department of Science and Technology and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi.

For motivated and talented Indian students in Science and Engineering.

Areas of Research:

Life Sciences: Infectious and non-infectious diseases, bioinformatics, developmental biology, biochemistry, molecularbiology, immunology, genetics, life-history evolution, circadian biology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, experimental evolution, population dynamics, phylogeography, neurophysiology, behavioural neurobiology and behavioural genetics.

Materials Sciences: Nano sciences, energy and green materials.

Chemical Sciences: Solid state chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, organic, physical and inorganic chemistry, organic and asymmetric synthesis, medicinal and bio-organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, supermolecular chemistry and chemistry of nanomaterials.

Physical Sciences: Condensed matter theory and experiment, statistical physics, semiconductor materials physics, biophysics, nano physics, organic electronics, computational materials science, soft matter, semiconductor interfaces, heterostructures, physical metallurgy and transmission electron microscopy.

Engineering Sciences: Computational fluid dynamics using mesoscopic simulation techniques, Dynamics and rheology of complex microstructured fluids including suspensions, emulsions and polymer solutions, Flow of granular media, Active matter, Hydrodynamic stability of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids, High Reynolds number flows and turbulence, Non-linear dynamics and chaos, vortex dynamics.

Mathematics

Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric boundary layer, near-surface environment, radiation, solar-terrestrial relations, monsoon dynamics, modelling.

Minimum academic requirements for applying:

• Students who have secured not less than 80% in Maths and Science subjects in their 10th and 12th standard or equivalent examinations, and not less than first class in graduation and post graduation (if applicable).
• Students presently studying in I and II year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year of B.S., I, II & III year of B.E. /B.Tech., I year of M.Sc., and I-IV year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Life Sciences and Mathematics.
• Students presently studying in I & II year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year B.S., II, III & IV year of B.E/B.Tech., I year of M.Sc. and II-IV year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences.
• Students presently studying in I year of M.Sc. can apply for Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences.

The students selected under this programme are placed with scientists at the Centre or elsewhere in India, for 2 continuous months with a stipend of Rs. 6000 /- p.m and travel support as per Centre’s norms. About 15 students from the Summer Research Fellowship Programme will be chosen as Rajiv Gandhi Science Talent Research Fellows based on the completed project reports and committee recommendations.

Detailed information and application form can be downloaded from http://www.jncasr.ac.in/fe/srfp.php . The filled in application form with attested documents should reach the address mentioned below:

Mailing address: The Academic Coordinator
Fellowships and Extension Programmes
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Jakkur P.O., Bangalore – 560 064.

Important dates: Last date for downloading application form from website : 12th December 2014

Last date for receipt of completed application form : 19th December 2014

Note: 1. Please ensure that your completed application includes:
(a) Two confidential reports sealed by the referee and with the referees’ signatures across the seals.
(b) Attested Xerox copies of relevant mark sheets etc.
2. Students who have already completed this programme earlier need not apply.
3. Your “Area of Research” on the left hand top corner of the mailing envelope.
4. Mere applying to this programme does not warrant selection.

Website: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/fe/srfp.php1

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