SERB Science and Technology Award for Research (SERB-STAR) is a prestigious award instituted by SERB to recognize and reward outstanding performance of Principal Investigators (PIs) of SERB Projects. SERB has been supporting basic research in frontier areas of science and engineering through its various programs and schemes. The number of researchers under the ambit of SERB has increased over the years and they contribute significantly towards the progress of science and engineering in the country through their research endeavour. SERB-STAR is an initiative to acknowledge exemplary contributions in research and also to motivate the PIs of ongoing projects for outstanding performance.

• The application would be by nomination which must be submitted online through the website www​.ser​bon​line​.in
• Call for nomination would be made once in a year.
• Nomination shall be made by the Head of the Institution of the nominee.
• At Stage 1 — Preliminary Scrutiny, verification of eligibility criteria including ​“Excellent” grading will be carried out by SERB. Only those nominations found eligible, would be considered for Stage 2 — Award Selection Process. 
• The selection by a competent committee will be based on performance of completed projects and other research work would carry a top up weightage.

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