From skvdst@alpha.nic.in Sun Oct 13 12:21:18 2002
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:21:36 +0530
From: S.K.Varshney
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Subject: DST Circular no. 25
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
(International Divison)
Contact address : skvdst@alpha.nic.in
E-mail Circular No. 25
Dated 8th October 2002
In this issue:
· Call for proposals under Indo-Armenian S&T programme
· Call for applications for public use of Spring-8 beam time,
Japan
· Call for application for JSPS applications
o Invitation Fellowship
o Post-doctoral Fellowship
· Have your e-mail address changed?
· General information
----IMPORTANT: THIS NEWSLETTER IS NOT ADDRESSED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL. PLEASE
READ CAREFULLY TO ENSURE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICPATE IN ANY OF THE
PROGRAMMES GIVEN BELOW.
CALL FOR PROPOSAL UNDER INDO-ARMENIAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and the
Ministry of Education & Science (MES), Government of Armenia have
recently concluded a Programme of Cooperation in Science & Technology for
the period 2003-2005.
Seismology and Astrophysics have been identified as potential areas of
cooperation. Proposals are invited for joint projects and bilateral
workshops in these two areas. Consent of Armenian scientist is also
required for submitting the proposal.
For further details, please contact Shri SK Varshney, Scientist D,
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi 110016
(skvdst@alpha.nic.in).
Application for Public-use SPring-8 Beam Time
(Research Period: February - July, 2003)
SPring-8, Japan is at present the world's most powerful third generation
synchrotron radiation facility set up for advance research areas such as
materials science, earth science, life science, medicine, etc. It
operates as an international centre of excellence opened to users from
across the world. At present there are two cycles of operation in a year
and Spring-8 presently makes the calls for applications for use of its
public beam lines two times in a year (usually in the months of April and
September) on its homepage (htttp://www.spring8.or.jp). Spring-8 provides
the local hospitality for conducting approved experiments for non
proprietary research. DST may consider providing return economy excursion
class airfare to some of the selected Indian scientists (on case to case)
basis for conducting the experiments.
SPring-8 has now made a call for its cycle : February through July 2003
with last date for proposals to reach SPring-8 being 26 October 2002.
Interested scientists are advised to consult the Spring-8 web site for
the latest list of available beam lines, formats for application and
guidelines. Indian scientists may submit their proposals directly to
SPring-8 and two copies of the proposal may be sent to DST. The SPring-8
would inform the applicants its decision directly. In case of experiment
proposal being accepted by SPring-8, proposal for travel support along
with the acceptance letter may be submitted to DST for consideration.
JSPS Invitation Fellowship and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programes for
Indian Researchers in Japan 2003-04
Department of Science & Technology (DST), is a Recommending Organisation
(RO) in India for the following Fellowship Programmes of the Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
i) JSPS Invitation Fellowship Programs (Short Term/ Long Term) for
Research in Japan.
ii) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Japan for Foreign
Researchers.
DST invites applications for FY 2003-04 from promising and qualified
Indian scientists/ technologists/ researchers for the above fellowships
to conduct research in Japan at Japanese Universities and other
Institutions as mentioned below.
Host Researchers and Host Institutions in Japan:
Candidates have to arrange in advance, a research plan for their stay in
Japan with their host researcher and obtain consent from them.. The host
researchers should be employed full time at the institution of one of
type listed below:
1. universities,
1. inter-university research institutions,
2. research institutions or scientific research corporations under the
jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science
and Technology (MEXT),
3. other research institutes and scientific research corporations as per
the list given with the application material. Latest list of these
institutes may also be seen from the JSPS website:
http://www.jsps.go.jp/e-home.htm)
Fields of Research: All fields of science, technology, engineering and
medicine.
A. Invitation Fellowships - Short-Term (14 TO 60 days)
PURPOSE: To invite senior scientists to participate in discussions which
may lead to joint research project formulation.
Eligibility: The applicants should be a citizen of India and should be
employed in a regular permanent/quasi-permanent position with an Indian
university / deemed university / scientific institute or laboratory under
Central / State Governments (but not from a defense laboratory or
establishment). Only senior scientists, university professors, and other
researchers with substantial professional experience can apply.
Coverage of Fellowship: The exact terms offered by JSPS would be given in
the Fellowship Award letters to the selected candidates. At present, the
JSPS provides the round-trip air ticket, per diem (Yen 18,000), domestic
travel allowance (Yen 150,000) and overseas travel accident and sickness
insurance coverage.
Slots AVAILABLE: Upto 8
Starting Date of Fellowships: Between 1st May, 2003 and 31st March, 2004.
B. Invitation Fellowships - LONG-Term (61 DAYS TO 10 MONTHS)
PURPOSE: To invite scientists to Japan for co-operative research work
with scientists at Japanese research institutes and universities.
Eligibility: The applicants should be a citizen of India and should be
employed in a regular permanent/quasi-permanent position with an Indian
university / deemed university / scientific institute or laboratory under
Central / State Governments (but not from a defense laboratory or
establishment). The applicants should have a doctorate degree in science,
technology, engineering or medicine for a period of more than 6 years as
on April 1, 2003. However, professors, associate/ assistant professors,
research associates and other persons who do not have a doctoral degree
but have substantial professional experience (minimum 9 years as on April
1, 2003) can also apply.
Coverage of Fellowship: The exact terms offered by JSPS would be given in
the Fellowship Award letters to the selected candidates. At present, the
JSPS provides the round-trip air ticket, monthly allowance (Yen 369,000),
domestic research travel allowance (Yen 100,000), research expenses (Yen
40,000) and overseas travel accident and sickness insurance coverage.
Slots AVAILABLE: Upto 3
Starting Date of Fellowships: Between 1st May, 2003 and 31st March, 2004.
C. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (12 to 24 MONTHS)
Purpose: To conduct collaborative research activities under the
leadership of scientists at Japanese Universities and Research
Institutions.
Eligibility: The applicants should be a citizen of India holding a
doctorate degree awarded on or after April 1, 1997 and an affiliate of a
recognized scientific institution in India but not from a defense
laboratory or establishment. Researchers like Post Doctoral Fellows,
CSIR/ UGC RAs or in similar positions in a research project holding Ph.D
Degree may also apply.
Note: Those who have previously been awarded a fellowship of 12 months or
longer under the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program or STA Fellowship
Program are not eligible.
Coverage of Fellowship: The exact terms offered by JSPS would be given in
the Fellowship Award letters to the selected candidates. At present, the
JSPS provides the round-trip air ticket, a monthly maintenance allowance
(Yen 392,000), a settling-in allowance (Yen 200,000), an annual domestic
research travel allowance (Yen 58,500) and overseas travel accident and
sickness insurance coverage.
Slots available: Upto 10
Starting Date of Fellowships: Between 1st July, 2003 and November 30,
2003.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
The candidates have to obtain in advance an Invitation letter including a
supporting statement signed by the host researcher in Japan.
The application forms may be printed from DST's website :
http://dst.gov.in and may be retyped.
In case of any difficulties the forms may also be obtained as MS word
file by sending e-mail to : nvasishta@hotmail.com or
nvasishta@alpha.nic.in
For obtaining a hard copy of the application materials, a request may be
sent in an envelope inscribed "JSPS Invitation Fellowships 2003" / "JSPS
Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003" alongwith a self-addressed unstamped
envelope (slightly bigger than A4 size) to:
Dr Naveen Vasishta, Senior Scientific Officer, International Division,
Department of Science & Technology, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 016.
Last Date for submission of Application for Invitation Fellowships : 30th
November, 2002
Last Date for submission of Application for Postdoctoral Fellowships :
31st December, 2002
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In case, your e-mail id is changed for whatsoever reasons, please get it
updated in our records so that you continue to get these circulars in
time.
General Information:
For suggestions, change of address, un-subscription, please write to
skvdst@alpha.nic.in.
SK Varshney
Scientist, International Division
Department of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110016
Phone 011-6862503, 6567373
Fax: 011-6961912, 6862418