National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) at Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi

To identify motivated young researchers and provide them support for doing research in frontier areas of science and engineering. The fellows will work under a mentor, and it is hoped that this training will provide them a platform to develop as an independent researcher.

Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi (SERB)

Eligibility criteria: Ph.D.

Benefits of scholarship/Award/: 

Salary: 55,000/- per month and 35,000/- per month for those who submitted thesis

Research Grant: 2,00,000/-

Overheads: 1,00,000/-

Application Procedure

For successful online submission of the application the following points may be noted:

• Applicants should first register into the online website   click here to register
• After log-in, applicants are required to fill all the mandatory fields in Profile Detail section under User Profile. which includes Bio-data, Photo, Institute Address etc.
• Details including Project Title (max 500 characters), Project summary (max 3000 characters), Keywords (max 6), Objectives of project (max 1500 characters), Expected output and outcome of the proposal (max 1500 characters) should be provided online at the time of submission of the application.
• Work Methodology and Research plan has to be uploaded in single PDF file not more than 3 pages (max 10 MB).

Documents required to apply for Scholarship

• Bio-data (under user profile section) Download Template
• Age Proof Certificate
• Qualification Certificate
• Category Certificate (in case of Age Relaxation)
• Undertaking Certificate by the applicant Download Template
• Endorsement Certificate from the Mentor & Host Institute Download Template
• Short CV of the mentor (see online portal for its format)
• CV of Mentor Download Template

Important Dates

Last Date: 30/May/2019

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