The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) invites nominations for CSIR Young Scientist (YS) Awards for the year 2021. The awards are to be given for research contributions made primarily in India. The nominee should be a regular Scientist (as per CSRAP Rules)of CSIR system and should have joined the CSIR laboratory on or prior to26th September 2019. The age of the nominee should not be more than 35 years as on 26^th September 2020.

The YS Awards are given annually in the following disciplines: 1) Biological Sciences, 2) Chemical Sciences, 3) Earth-Atmosphere-Ocean-Planetary Sciences, 4) Engineering Sciences and 5) Physical Sciences (including instrumentation). 

Nominations addressed to Scientist Incharge – SSB YSA Unit, CSIR HRDG New Delhi must be submitted in the prescribed format via e‑mail to ssb@​csirhrdg.​res.​in on or before 31^st January 2021. No hardcopy to follow. 

Please visit www​.csirhrdg​.res​.in for further details and nomination format.