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.

The Early-Career Fellowship Programme demands outstanding academic track record with limited opportunities for the year 2021. While the expectation from the candidates is very high, the Institute is committed to providing necessary support along with a conducive environment to achieve the goals. Fellows are expected to reach higher scales in their research outcome with significant impact, and that will be supported through exposure to networking for collaborative research, student mentoring, external grant writing, engaging in transformative projects and missions, pursuing entrepreneurial endeavours, etc.

The applicant should have successfully defended their PhD thesis from an Indian Institution/​University on or after July 1, 2020. They should demonstrate high quality research work, supported by scholarly publications. The candidates who have submitted their doctoral thesis are also welcome to apply.

• As part of the application process, the applicants will develop a research proposal in a prescribed format in collaboration with a faculty member at IITGN. The plan will outline their research and professional objectives and must be endorsed by the proposed faculty collaborator. The applicants are strongly encouraged to directly contact the faculty collaborator.
• The applicant will also submit a personal statement describing their aspirations and the expectations from themselves during this Fellowship.
• The candidates from IIT Gandhinagar can apply to work with a faculty collaborator other than their PhD supervisor on a topic of their mutual interest.
• The applicant will provide names and contact information of THREE referees who can objectively assess the candidate’s potential towards this Fellowship.
• Applicants are free to apply to ANY discipline and can submit only ONE application.
• Faculty members may endorse more than one proposal.

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