IIT Gandhinagar | Application for Early-Carrier Fellowship; Apply by May 10ᵗʰ 2022
Overview :
Indian Institute Of Technology, Gandhinagar is inviting candidates for the Early-Carrier Fellowship.
The IIT Gandhinagar Early-Career Fellowship (IITGN-ECF) offers young scholars the opportunity to work on exciting challenges or research problems in a creative and interdisciplinary ecosystem. Fellows in the program will have access not only to their assigned department but to the entire research infrastructure and facility of the Institute, which prizes interdisciplinarity.
Eligibility Criteria :
- The applicants should have successfully defended the doctoral thesis from an institution in India or abroad on or after 1st January 2021 and their research work should be rated highly with supporting scholarly publications.
Fellowship:
- Fellows will receive Rs. 1,00,000 per month (Rs. 90,000/- and Rs 10,000/-HRA). HRA is to be provided only if the fellow is not availing of any on-campus accommodation.
- A professional development grant of up to Rs. 2.00 Lakh per year will be made available that also supports international travel to attend conferences, workshops, training programs, etc.
- In case relocating from abroad, travel reimbursement for self, spouse, and dependents if any plus cost of transportation of household goods up to a combined maximum limit of Rs. 1,00,000/- subject to the production of necessary bills towards travel. The air travel is limited to economy class and the reimbursement is subject to the undertaking that the Fellows will be associated with IITGN for at least six months.
- Fellows can submit individual proposals for financial support to conduct seminars, workshops, and other scholarly activities.
- The Fellowship will be awarded initially for one year. In case of outstanding performance, the Fellowship may be extended for another one year (that is, a total Fellowship duration of two years).