INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR) DIVISION OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT
ICMR-Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Scheme)
ICMR Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme is being instituted to foster high quality research opportunities to promising fresh PhD holders in the cutting edge areas of basic science, communicable and non communicable diseases, reproductive health including nutrition at ICMR Institutes/Centres. Special focus will be on fundamental research in areas of science and other priority areas identified by ICMR from time to time.
ICMR intends to offer fifty (50) such fellowships every year for working in ICMR Institutes/Centres with state-of-art R&D facilities. These fellowships will be allocated by Director General, ICMR, depending upon the needs of the Institute /Centre.
Eligibility:
Fresh PhDs within one year of completing PhD and also those who have submitted PhD thesis. ICMR Postdoctoral Research Fellowship is open to Indian nationals only.
Tenure:
Two years and extendable for maximum one more year based on outstanding performance and recommendations by the Director / Officer-in-Charge of the concerned ICMR Institutes/Centres.
Maximum Age Limit:
32 years, relaxable upto 5 years in case of SC/ST/OBC/PH and women candidates, as on last date of application.
Remuneration:
ICMR Post Doctoral Fellows will be paid a consolidated fellowship of Rs.35,000/- per month plus House Rent Allowance (HRA) as admissible and a contingency grant of Rs.3.0 lakhs per annum. 25% of the contingency grant can be used for travel including per diem expenses.
Mode of Selection:
Selection of the “ICMR Postdoctoral Research Fellows” will be made through interview of short listed candidates by specially constituted Committees by Director General based on their publications, citation and its impact factor. The place of interviews will be decided by the Director General, ICMR. Eligible candidates must route their applications through the sponsoring ICMR Institutes/Centres. Applicants coming abroad may also be considered in absentia, if eligible and found suitable by the committee.
Accommodation and other benefits:
Accommodation may be provided by ICMR Institutes/Centres if available. However, in such cases HRA will not be paid. ICMR Postdoctoral Fellows will be entitled for medical benefits and leave as per the ICMR rules for JRF/Research Associates.
Date’s for receiving application: Selection will be made twice in a year and this will be 31st Dec. and 30th June every year.
Further Info/how to apply for ICMR Post Doctoral Research Fellows for Fresh PhDs
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