The representation and contribution of Indian researchers (especially early and mid-career) at global platforms have increased over the last few years, thanks to the availability of international grants, fellowships, exchange programs, and collaborative efforts. Given the diversity of institutions and the number of community members, especially in the domain of Life Sciences in India, there is tremendous scope to increase the international representation of life science researchers’ in India. Several international grant agencies have pointed out that the number of applications from India for international funding and collaborations are low, and several of them fail to meet the quality standards they seek to fund and support.
IndiaBioscience believes that this problem, to a great extent, can be solved by increasing awareness and knowledge. With this belief, IndiaBioscience started the International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP) in 2020. iGAP is a project envisioned to improve the quality and quantity of applications from India to international funding opportunities. It aims to do so by awareness, education, guidance, and providing examples of previous awardees, which will together facilitate the Indian life science community.
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote research in synthetic biology. In this article, Gauri Saini talks about the iGEM Competition, which invites students working in the field of synthetic biology to showcase their projects.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers multiple funding schemes encouraging Indians across career stages to sojourn in Germany for internships, research projects, and networking. In this article, Manasvi CM highlights the salient features of these programs and their deadlines.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Global Research Award is a career-development award open to early-career scientists and doctors working globally in the field of hematology. It supports their research careers during transitioning from training to independent leadership roles in hematology. The deadline for this year’s application is 31 August 2021.
Bharat Bhusan Patnaik is as an Associate Professor at the PG Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha. In 2024, he received the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Travel Grant for his presentation at the EMBO workshop: Establishing state-of-the-art mollusc genomics held at the University of Namur, Belgium. In this article, he shares his story of a failure that turned into a successful EMBO Travel Grant.
Purnati Khuntia is a postdoctoral fellow at Tamal Das’ lab, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Hyderabad. Her research focuses on hair follicle morphogenesis in mouse skin epithelium. She has recently been awarded the 2024 Rowland Fellowship by the Rowland Institute at Harvard. In this article, she shares her story of securing the Rowland Fellowship.
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In this webinar, Bernd Pulverer, Head, EMBO Press introduced the concept of Open Access (OA), discussed the purpose and challenges of EMBO's transition to OA and also spoke about OA as a business model.
A webinar introducing the EMBO Global Investigator Network (EMBO GIN), including a discussion on motivations, application process and selection criteria
Speakers: Gerlind Wallon (EMBO Program Head), Baskar Bakthavachalu (IIT Mandi), Sandeep Eswarappa (IISc Bengaluru) in conversation with Rohini Karandikar
An informational webinar on the EMBO Young Investigators Programme (EMBO YIP) for early career researchers in life sciences.
Guests: Gerlind Wallon (EMBO YIP Programme Head), Karim Labib (Professor, University of Dundee), Gaurav Ahuja (IIIT Delhi), Siddhesh Kamat (IISER Pune)
IndiaBioscience brings to you the International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP) which aims to improve the success rate for Indian applications at international funding opportunities - for some of which India even contributes towards. Here we explore the DAAD’s binational doctoral degree or sandwich scholarship.
IndiaBioscience brings to you the International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP) which aims to help Indian Life Science researchers seek and acquire international funding. Here we explore the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP).
IndiaBioscience brings to you the International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP) which aims to help Indian Life Science researchers seek and acquire international funding. Here we explore the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowships.
The sciences of biological and artificial intelligence are rapidly growing research fields that need enthusiastic minds with a keen interest in solving challenging questions. The Max Planck Institutes for Biological Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems offer up to 10 students at …
The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports life scientists who have been group leaders for less than four years at the time of application in setting up their laboratories. Young Investigators receive financial support for networking for four years and benefit …
The American Association For University Women - International Fellowships is a program designed to provide support to non-U.S. citizen women who are/wish to pursue full-time graduate or postdoctoral studies in the United States. The program is particularly geared towards individuals …
