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iGAP NEWSLETTER

Dear community,

Greetings from IndiaBioscience!

We are happy to share our fourth International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP) newsletter of the year. iGAP brings to you the latest information on international funding and networking opportunities. With an aim to improve the quality and quantity of international grant applications from Indian life science researchers, iGAP connects you to a wider community of grant-seekers and mentors.

Read on to know about our latest webinars, resources and articles published!

EMBO Press webinar - Moving to open access and open science

IndiaBioscience in partnership with the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) conducted a webinar on EMBO Press– Moving to open access and open science. The speaker, Bernd Pulverer introduced the concept of open access (OA) as a part of open science, and the purpose and challenges of Open Access. He also discussed OA as a business model. The webinar was followed by an open Q/A session, in which Pulverer addressed questions on OA.

You can watch the webinar here.

Voices from the Community: The Rowland Fellowship

In this article from the Voices from the Community series, Purnati Khuntia, postdoctoral fellow at Tamal Das’ lab at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), shares her experience and success with her recent award– the prestigious 2024 Rowland Fellowship by the Rowland Institute at Harvard.

The fellowship supports early-career experimental researchers as they start their independent research groups in Cambridge, Massachusetts. You can read her inspirational story here.

Voices from the Community: The EMBO Travel Grant

In another article from the Voices from the Community series, Bharat Bhusan Patnaik from Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, shares his success story of an EMBO Travel Grant.

Read here to know how a failure at a certain attempt opened another door that led to a prestigious EMBO grant, and further helped him chase his aspirations!

Voices from the Community: The MSCA Fellowship

In this article from the Voices from the Community series, Debabrata Dutta shares his experience and success with securing the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) by Horizon Europe for his project WHEAT-Doctor at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. Dutta also shares tips for writing a successful MSCA-PF application. Read on!

Voices from the Community

Would you like to share your international grant-writing story with us? If you have been a recipient of an international grant or have mentored a colleague with an international grant application, we would like to hear from you! Your stories can be inspiring to other researchers seeking international grants. If you are interested in sharing your story or mentorship inputs, please let us know through this form.

Shortlisted stories (with light editing) will be published on the iGAP webpage. Additionally, you may become a part of our mentor database and get a chance to mentor prospective applicants for international grants. Do check the database for the details of newly added mentors!

iGAP Dispatches part VII: Open calls ending soon!

In our iGAP Dispatches part VII, we highlighted the calls for international funding opportunities. Check our curated resources here.

Throwback to an iGAP article

Since the DAAD Doctoral Program Research Grants are currently open, it is a good time to share a previously published success story on the DAAD Fellowship by Shvaita Madhuri. In her story, Shvaita shares her experience and lessons learned during the journey. Read the article here.

Stay in touch

Through our newsletter, we share information on funding, networking and skill-building opportunities. It is great to stay connected with you and to extend our network to include more members from the life science community of India.

Please write to us at iGAP[at]indiabioscience[dot]org. Follow us on our YouTube channel, and other social media handles - X/formerly Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, for updates!

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