Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award - 2010

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Department of Biotechnology,
Ministry of Science & Technology
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Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award - 2010
Department of Biotechnology, under Ministry of Science & Technology, has invited applications from the young Indian investigators upto the age of 35 years for Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) - 2010.

The 'Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award' (IYBA) was instituted by the Department of Biotechnology in the year 2005, as an attractive, career-oriented scheme to identify and nurture outstanding young scientists with innovative ideas and desire to pursue research in frontier areas of biotechnology.

The award will consist of financial support for a project and Cash Award/fellowship for the awardees. Awardees having a regular employment will receive a cash award of* Rs.1.00/- Lakh every year during the course of the project in addition to grants-in-aid of Rs. 50.00/- lakhs for a project. The awardees, those are not in the regular employment, will receive a fellowship of Rs. 40,000/- per month and shall be attached to a Senior Scientist (Mentor) in a University, Research Institute, Medical/ Agriculture/ Veterinary College or any other institute of repute.

The minimum eligibility criteria for applicants will be the following:

(i) The candidate should have secured First Class grades in examinations of all academic courses for award of a degree from the graduate level onwards.
(ii) Cumulative publication impact factor of 10 OR Cumulative publication impact factor of 5 with two published Indian Patents or one International patent.
(iii) Qualification: Ph.D. in any branch of life sciences including Medicine, Veterinary Sciences, Pharmacy, Agricultural Sciences, and Engineering Sciences. Master degree in Medicine, Engineering/Technology is also an eligibility to apply.
(iv) Age limit: 35 years or below as on 31st December 2010.
(v) The applicant should be an Indian National.
(vi) In addition to the above minimum eligibility criteria, it is essential that the proposed project work is carried out in any recognized research institution/university in India having adequate facilities to carry out the proposed research project. A consent letter from the institution/ university should be furnished along with the application.
(vii) A nomination/recommendation by a Fellow of any of the National Academies, or a Director of National Laboratory, or a Head of a S&T Department of Government of India, or a Vice-Chancellor of a University or an eminent scientist in the field of biotechnology is also essential.

Application format can be downloaded from the website link: http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/IYBA_201...%20website.doc

Applications (2 copies) neatly typed on plain paper in the prescribed format along with enclosures & certified copies to be sent to* Dr. T. Madhan Mohan, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Block-2, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003, so as to reach latest by 15th December, 2010.*

Soft copy of the application also needs to be sent to:* iyba.dbt@nic.in.

For further details, logon to the website link: http://dbtindia.nic.in/news_manageme...33&button=Edit