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• iGAP: Helping Indian researchers access international grants

  

  In 2019, IndiaBioscience launched the International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP), an initiative that aims to raise awareness about international funding opportunities available to Indian researchers, as well as to train and motivate them to apply for the same. This article looks back at some of our past activities and provides a snapshot of all the resources we have created under this project.

  Posted on Feb 15, 2021 in Career Development, Funding & Database/Resource

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• Open Science responses during the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic, while affecting the lives and work of scientists all over the globe, has also enabled an outpouring of generosity and innovation when it comes to rapid and open sharing of research outputs. During the International Open Access Week 2020, we examine some of the initiatives taken by various national and international organisations to improve global access to COVID-19 research.

  Posted on Oct 20, 2020 in COVID-19, Intellectual Property & Database/Resource

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• Sowing the seeds of a long-term mental health study in an Indian population

  

  In addition to limited awareness about mental health in the general populace, a scarcity of large-scale clinical investigations has also been holding back mental health research in India. Recently, three Bengaluru-based research institutions have joined hands for a study that will last two decades and create an extensive resource base of scientific information related to mental illnesses in an Indian population.

  Posted on Oct 25, 2019 in Neuroscience, Database/Resource & Mental Health

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• As IISERs enter their 10th year, a self-congratulatory note on Biology research

  

  L S Shashidhara takes a look at the strengths of the Indian Institutes of Science Educations and Research (IISERs) and their successes in biology as they enter their 10th year.

  Posted on Dec 16, 2015 in Teaching, Research & Database/Resource

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• EURAXESS Links India: Connecting researchers to Europe

  

  Are you looking for opportunities to pursue a research career in Europe? Would you like to collaborate with a European lab to take your research further? EURAXESS Links India is the place to go to find the relevant information and contacts. Harini Barath tells us more about what they have to offer researchers who are looking for that European connection.

  Posted on Jul 09, 2015 in Career Development, Funding & Database/Resource

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