IIT Gandhinagar Early-Career Fellowship 2021 | Rs. 1,00,000 per month (Rs. 90,000/- plus Rs 10,000/- HRA)

IIT Gandhinagar Early-Career 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.

Who Should Apply?

The applicant should have successfully defended their PhD thesis from an Indian Institution/University on or after January 1, 2020, and their research work should be rated high with supporting scholarly publications. The candidates who have submitted their doctoral thesis or expected to submit in the next two-three months are also welcome to apply

Fellowship
✦ Fellows will receive Rs. 1,00,000 per month (Rs. 90,000/- plus Rs 10,000/- HRA).
✦ 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 programmes, etc.
✦ 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, total Fellowship duration of two years).

Expectations

✦ Fellows are expected to dedicate themselves to work full-time towards their research goals in collaboration with a faculty member, and they should aspire to join another top academic institution after completing their tenure.

✦ Fellow will work on a specific research project in collaboration with a faculty member besides engaging in other scholarly activities.

✦ Fellows may be permitted to engage in teaching a course or guiding undergraduate & postgraduate students after assessing their research outcome.

✦ One of the aims of the project should be to timely disseminate the created knowledge through high-impact scholarly publications.

✦ The faculty collaborator undertakes to suitably involve, direct, supervise and evaluate the Fellow's work, and share quarterly assessments and at the conclusion of the Fellowship with the office of the Dean R&D.

✦ Fellows are expected to submit quarterly reports of their work and engagement in other scholarly activities to the faculty collaborator. The faculty collaborator will provide an objective assessment on the performance of the Fellow before forwarding the report to the office of the Dean R&D.

✦ Fellows are expected to follow the ethos of the Institute and be proactive towards their performance. We have zero tolerance policy towards poor performance and misconduct and any such instances would trigger one month's notice or immediately with pay of one-month fellowship.

Scholarship Name 4:	IIT Gandhinagar Early-Career Fellowship 2021
Description:	Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar invites applications for IIT Gandhinagar Early-Career Fellowship 2021 from Doctoral degree holders. The Early-Career Fellowship Programme demands an outstanding academic track record with limited opportunities for the year 2021.
Eligibility:	The fellowship is open for candidates who hold a doctoral degree. They must have submitted their doctoral thesis or are expected to submit the thesis in the next two to three months.
Prizes & Rewards:	Fellowship 1,00,000 per month (INR 90,000 plus INR 10,000 HRA)
Last Date to Apply:	07-06-2021
Application mode:	Via email only
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