B4 VISITING SCIENTISTS PROGRAM 2020 - 2021 | BUILDING BHARAT BOSTON BIOSCIENCES PROGRAM | ₹1,95,000

B4 VISITING SCIENTISTS PROGRAM 2020 - 2021 | BUILDING BHARAT BOSTON BIOSCIENCES PROGRAM

ELIGIBILITY

Faculty who are currently employed in an Indian institution and are less than 42 years of age with at least 7 years of work experience by March 31, 2020. Applicants must be Indian citizens and currently residing in India. They must be currently teaching and researching in biosciences or related fields.

Starting Date: April-May 2020

Duration of the Program: 12 months

Stipend: INR 195,000/month

*Apart from the above-mentioned stipend, the visiting scientists are expected to receive their salary from the Indian institution that they are employed in, through these 12 months.

*Health insurance and round-trip economy travel expenses to and from Boston will also be provided as per the policies of the funding agency.

This program is a collaboration between IBAB (Bengaluru, India), IISER (Pune, India) & The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA) and is funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.