DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) jointly fund up to six lecture courses per year in India.
The aim of a lecture course is to teach participants, primarily PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. The course should provide participants with backgrounds and underlying concepts, thereby making the topic accessible to scientists with diverse scientific backgrounds.
Organizers are encouraged to include sessions covering topics such as scientific writing, job applications, bioethics, presentation skills and grant application writing. Attendance of these events should not exceed 120 participants and the ratio of speakers to participants should be around 1:5. India | EMBO Lecture Courses should last between three and ten days to provide sufficient time for discussion groups, poster sessions and journal clubs.
Benefits
The maximum core funding available for an India | EMBO Lecture Course is 33,500 euros. In addition, India Alliance provides up to INR 5.5 Lakhs (~ 7,000 euros) for travel grants, childcare support, and training workshops.
EMBO also supports the organizers and meeting by:
- Creating a dedicated lecture course webpage, including registration and abstract submission forms.
- Providing a poster and helping to advertise the course.
Eligibility
Applications must meet the following criteria to be accepted:
- Applications for lecture courses must cover a topic from the life sciences.
- Scientists from anywhere in the world are eligible to apply, independent of their nationality.
- Lecture courses must take place in India.
- The scientific organizing committee must be geographically diverse and come from more than one institute representing the topics covered in the meeting. At least one of the organizers must be based outside India.
Application
Applications to organise an India | EMBO Lecture Course are accepted via the EMBO online system. Application deadline is 1 March and August; selections for funding are to be made by the EMBO Course Committee in September/October.
Applicants are asked to complete an online application form and an offline application form. All details about benefits, eligibility, application, and selection can be found here.
Organizers are advised to contact the EMBO office to discuss their proposal before the application deadline, especially if they are applying for an India | EMBO Lecture Course for the first time: courses_workshops@embo.org
Applications to fund events in the same calendar year will not be considered.
Further Information
Watch this video to know more about the lecture courses: India | EMBO Lecture Courses-An Overview
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