The Scholarship

IMPORTANT: The following is additional information concerning the TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme tenable in India. It is an integral part of the information given here: TWAS Fellowships for Postgraduate Research.

Applicants should be aware that they can apply for only one fellowship per year. With the exception of the fellowships “for research collaboration”, all other fellowship programmes offered by TWAS and TWOWS that are mutually exclusive.

Programme Details

1. TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowships are tenable at key biotechnology research institutions in India for a period of up to five years.
2. Applicants may be registered for a PhD degree in their home country, or may enrol in a PhD course at a host laboratory/institute in India. To help candidates in their choice of a suitable host institution a list of biotechnology institutes in India is available here: List_Biotechn_India.pdf. However, candidates are free to choose an Indian biotechnology institution that does not appear on the list.
3. DBT will provide a monthly stipend to cover for living costs, food and health insurance. The monthly stipend will not be convertible into foreign currency. In addition, the fellowship holder will receive a house rent allowance.
4. The language of instruction is English

Eligibility

Applicants for these fellowships must meet the following criteria:

• Be a maximum age of 30 years on 31 December of the application year.
• Be nationals of a developing country (other than India).
• Hold a Master’s or equivalent degree in science or engineering.
• Be regularly employed in a developing country and hold a research assignment there.
• For SANDWICH Fellowships: Be registered PhD students in their home country and provide the “Registration and No Objection Certificate” from the HOME university (sample is included in the application form).
• For SANDWICH Fellowships: Be registered PhD students in their home country and provide the “Registration and No Objection Certificate” from the HOME university (sample is included in the application form).
• For FULL-TIME Fellowships: Be willing to register at a university in India.
• Be accepted at a biotechnology institution in India (see sample Acceptance Letter included in the application form).

Submitting your application

• The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 August of each year.
• For SANDWICH Fellowships (only if already registered for a PhD in the HOME country) applicants should ensure that the Vice-Chancellor or Registrar of the university sends a signed copy of the “Registration and No Objection Certificate” on institutional headed paper to TWAS (see sample included in the application form).
• Applicants should submit the Acceptance Letter from an Indian biotechnology institution to TWAS when applying or by the deadline at the latest. Applicants will have until the deadline to submit the Acceptance Letter to TWAS. Without preliminary acceptance, the application will not be considered for selection.
• Reference letter: Referees must send signed letters as attachments via e-mail directly to TWAS. The subject line must contain: DBT/PG/candidate’s surname. Alternatively, letters should be sent by post in sealed envelopes.
• Applications for the TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme should be sent to TWAS and CCSTDT (by post, fax or email).

Contact details

TWAS Fellowships Office
ICTP Campus, Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39 040 2240-314
E-mail: fellowships@twas.org
Fax: +39 040 224559

Dr. (Mrs.) Ganga Radhakrishnan FRSC Honorary Director
Centre for Cooperation in Science & Technology among Developing Societies (CCSTDS)
No 2, Gandhi Mandapam Road
Chennai 600 025, India
Phone: + 91 44 24430228
Fax: +91 44 24914543
E-mail: ccstds@vsnl.net

APPLICATION FORM:

Click on the links below to download the application form and guidelines. Before applying it is recommended that you read very carefully the application guidelines for detailed information on eligibility criteria, deadlines and other key requirements of the application procedure.

• PG  Application Form
• PG Application Guidelines