18 Nov 2010
Type: Scholarship Notices
The department of Biotechnology (DBT), M/o Science and Technology, govt of India signed a letter of intent with national institutes of health to develop an Indo-US research career transition award programme (Khorana-Nirenberg scholars) to foster collaborative biomedical research and training
The goal of this joint programme is to establish long-term career paths for Indian scientists of exceptional ability and with strong potential for leadership in their field
The program has two phases, a period of post-doctoral training (2-3 years) at NIH followed by a research or faculty position (2-3 years) funded by DBT at one of India’s centers of scientific research
The nodal agencies to implement the programme are the department of biotechnology (DBT), govt of India and the HHS national institutes of health (NIH), USA
The programme invites applications from Indian nationals holding MD or Ph.D degrees awarded since 2005
Up to four Khorana-Nirenberg scholars will be selected for this highly competitive programme
Please email applications by 30th November, 2010 to Dr TS Rao at knsp.dbt@gmail.com
NIH contact for information only sohrabys@nei.nih.gov
Application format and details about the programme are available on the DBT website at:- http://dbtindia.nic.in/index.asp
and on the NIH website at:-
http://www.nei.nih.gov/jobs/nih_dbt.asp
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