PhD Fellowships

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Title of the Invitation

Nominations for the constitution of “National Working Group on Quantum Technology (NWG-QT)

Funding Organization

Department of Telecommunications

Overview

  • The NWG-QT has an objective to bring on-board all stakeholders on Quantum Technology from academia, industry/startups, R&D organizations, service providers, Govt. Organizations, etc. for the development of standards in Quantum Technology domain. The NWG-QT will also build consensus and harmonize the interests of various stakeholders and make contributions to the National and Global Standards Development/Setting Bodies in Quantum Technology domain.

  • In this regard, nominations are invited from the domain experts from academia, industry/startups, R&D organizations, service providers, Govt. Organizations, etc. for becoming a member of NWG-QT. The nominations may kindly be sent by e-mail to adgqt.tec-dot@gov.in and dirqt.tec-dot@gov.in with the following details latest by 22.12.2023: (i) Name (ii) Designation (iii) Organisation (iv) E-Mail ID (v) Contact No. (vi) Area of Work

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DST-STI Policy Fellowship

Funding Organization

Department of Science and Technology

Overview

  • DST has been supporting a STI Policy Fellowship Programme (DST-STI PFP). The DST-STI PFP provides scientists, engineers and policy enthusiasts, an opportunity to gain exposure from the close quarters of policy making and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the STI policy realm.

  • The fellowship provides an opportunity to develop the skills for young professionals who are interested to engage with the STI policy domain and/or as STI policy researchers contributing towards empowerment of STI policy landscape in the country.

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Fulbright Nehru Masters Fellowship

Funding Organization

United States-India Education foundation

Overview

  • Bachelors degree with at least 55% or masters degree or or a full-time postgraduate diploma from a recognized Indian institution, must have at least three years' full-time (paid) professional work experience.

  • Arts and Culture Management including Heritage Conservation and Museum Studies; Economics; Environmental Science/Studies; Higher Education Administration; International Affairs; International Legal Studies; Journalism and Mass Communication; Public Administration; Public Health; Urban and Regional Planning; and Women’s Studies/Gender Studies.

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Fulbright-Nehru Academic and professional excellence Fellowships

Funding Organization

United States-India Education foundation

Overview

  • Faculty/researchers must have a Ph.D. degree with at least five years relevant experience or masters degree with 5 years relevent experience

  • Agricultural Sciences; Anthropology; Bioengineering; Chemistry; Computer Science (including, but not limited to, cyber security, digital economy, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics); Earth Sciences; Economics; Education Policy and Planning; Energy Studies; History; Language/Literature/Linguistics; Materials Science (with emphasis on environmental applications); Mathematical Sciences; Neurosciences; Performing Arts; Physics; Political Science (including, but not limited to, International Security and Strategic Studies); Psychology; Public Health (including, but not limited to, pandemic preparedness and comprehensive surveillance (genomic surveillance, sewage surveillance, sero-surveillance)); Public Policy; Sociology; Urban and Regional Planning (with emphasis on smart cities and waste management); Visual Arts; and Women’s and Gender Studies

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Fulbright Nehru chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Funding Organization

University of Massachusetts (UMass Amherst) and the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)

Overview

  • Faculty/researchers must have a Ph.D. degree with at least five years of relevant experience or master’s degree with 5 years relevant experience

  • Areas of governance, education, gender rights, economics, public finance, healthcare management, and city/urban development, among others can apply.

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Fulbright-Nehru_Visiting_Chair_Program_at_Emory University

Funding Organization

Halle Institute for Global Research at Emory University (Emory) and the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)

Overview

  • Faculty/researchers must have a Ph.D. degree with at least five years of relevant experience or master’s degree with 5 years relevant experience 

  • Politics, economics, and culture, topics might include social enterprise approaches among multi-national corporations, geopolitics and its relation to regional cultural practices, and transnational arts movements.

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Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

Funding Organization

United States-India Education foundation

Overview

  • Candidates should be proficient in both written and spoken English and will be required to take Internet-based Test (iBT) of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), must either possess a four-year bachelor's degree or a completed master's degree; or a full-time postgraduate diploma, must have at least 5 years’ experience

  • Agricultural and Rural Development; Communications/Journalism; Economic Development; Educational Administration, Planning and Policy; Finance and Banking; Law and Human Rights; Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change; Public Health Policy and Management; Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration; Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention; Technology Policy and Management; Urban and Regional Planning

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Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program

Funding Organization

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Overview

  • Must clearly demonstrate maturity, dependability, integrity, and professionalism, A score of no less than 79-80 on the internet based TOEFL is required

  • The master’s degree should be in fields such as English language, English/American Literature, American Studies, Linguistics, Comparative Literature, and related areas

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Raman–Charpak Fellowship programme

Funding Organization

Indo French centre for the promotion of advanced research

Overview

  • Indian & French PhD research scholars and Maters Students , Max 30 years

  • Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences, Materials Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Biological Sciences, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences

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Ms. Agatha Harrison Memorial Fellowship

Funding Organization

Department of Higher Education, Government of India

Overview

  • Candidates should have uniform academic record with 60% (at least) in Post- Graduation and with a PhD degree in the subject field chosen or published works of equivalent merit, age of 30- 40 years, a minimum of 3 years experience after completing Ph.D

  • History, Economics and political science

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Felix Scholarship

Funding Organization

University of Oxford, University of Reading, and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (part of the University of London)

Overview

  • First class Bachelor's degree from a recognised Indian university

  • This in turn would endow them with skills and visions enabling them, when returning to their country of origin, to contribute to the culture and welfare of their home communities. Students are required to be pursuing studies in subjects that would be of benefit to their country of origin and they should have a desire to return to their own country once their studies are complete.

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Chevening Scholarship

Funding Organization

Government of the UK

Overview

  • Chevening enables outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue one-year master’s degrees in the UK.

  • Have completed all components of an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry onto a postgraduate programme at a UK university by the time you submit your application. This is typically equivalent to an upper second-class 2:1 honours degree in the UK but may be different depending on your course and university choice.

  • Have at least two years (equivalent to 2,800 hours) of work experience.

  • Apply to three different eligible UK university courses and have received an unconditional offer from one of these choices by the deadline listed on the application timeline.

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GREAT Scholarships

Funding Organization

British council

Overview

  • For the 2023-24 academic year there are 25 postgraduate scholarships available from UK universities, across a variety of subjects for students from India. Each scholarship is worth a minimum of £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year postgraduate course.

  • Each scholarship is jointly funded by the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council with participating UK higher education institutions.

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Commonwealth Split-site Phd Scholarships

Funding Organization

UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Overview

  • Be registered for a PhD at a university in an eligible Commonwealth country by the time your Scholarship starts

  • High-quality graduates whose proposed research has a developmental focus and who have the potential to become influential teachers or researchers in their home countries.

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COMMONWEALTH MASTER’S SCHOLARSHIPS

Funding Organization

UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Overview

  • Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships are for candidates from eligible low and middle income Commonwealth countries, to undertake full-time taught Master’s study at a UK university.

  • Hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) honours standard, and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree)

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowships

Funding Organization

UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Overview

  • Purpose: To provide professionals with the opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in their given sector, and to have catalytic effects on their workplaces.

  • Intended beneficiaries: Mid-career professionals (with five years’ relevant work experience) working in development-related organisations in low and middle income Commonwealth countries.

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Newton International Fellowships

Funding Organization

The royal society

Overview

  • Applicants must have a PhD or be in the final stage of their PhD provided that it will be completed (including viva) before the start date of the fellowship

  • Biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.

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SERB Newton - Bhabha International Fellowships

Funding Organization

SERB and the royal society

Overview

  • Applicants must hold regular positions in institutions based in India or should have completed PhD degree in science, engineering and mathematics not earlier than the preceding two years from recognized institutions in India

  • Science, engineering and mathematics.

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Charles wallace India visiting fellowship

Funding Organization

King's India Insitute, King's College London

Overview

  • The applicant should be Indian citizens living in India, Be aged between 25 and 45 (there is no upper age limit for translator fellowships)

  • Have completed postgraduate studies and/or have at least 5 years professional or academic experience

  • Provide a proposal stating clearly what they want to do at the host institution and how they plan to use the experience on return to India

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Scotland's Saltire Scholarships

Funding Organization

Abertay University

Overview

  • The scheme offers up to 50 awards, each worth £8000 towards the cost of tuition fees for one year of study. To be eligible, you must be intending on studying full-time a taught Masters degree in one of the following subject areas:

  • Science

  • Technology

  • Creative industries

  • Healthcare and medical sciences

  • Renewable and clean energy

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The Lady Meherbai D Tata Education Trust awards scholarships

Funding Organization

Tata trust

Overview

  • Indian woman graduate from a reputed university and 2 years’ experience in Sociology, Psychology, Law – Specialising only on matters related to women and children, Education – Teachers’ training programme, Education and welfare of children with special needs, Gender studies – Violence against women and children (including domestic violence and by others), (meaning violence at home and by others issues concerning Indian women as singles, single mothers and married women), Child health – Development and nutrition, Health policy and health education – Mental health, Public health – Community health services, reproductive health, epidemiology, Needs of adolescents, Communication for development – Focus on issues related to women and children, Research and study of social norms in communities, Community Development, Rural Development, Public Policy, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Development, Sustainable Development

Title of the Invitation

Newton Bhabha Fund PhD Placements Programme

Funding Organization

Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy in the UK and Ministry of Science and Technology in India, along with the British Council in India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Overview

  • The programme is envisaged to:

  • Develop individual capacity through international training and development opportunities.

  • Increase the number of trained researchers in the UK and India to foster research and innovation in the two countries.

  • Build cultural understanding and foster long-term sustainable research collaborations.

  • Develop international joint training pathways.

  • Increase awareness of the research strengths of the UK and India.

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STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

Funding Organization

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Overview

  • Applicant must hold a PhD or have relevant experience and clear leadership potential.

  • Funding 80% of its full economic cost rest of them will be agreed by host research institute.

  • Accelerator physics, astronomy, cosmology, nuclear physics, solar and planetary science, particle astrophysics, particle physics.

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Medical Research Council (MRC)

Funding Organization

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Overview

  • Apply for funding to support applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities.

  • We will accept proposals of all sizes, including large research projects and small to medium-scale applications.

  • Apply for funding to establish an accelerating the green economy centre to support the growth of emerging green industries, in economic geographies across the UK.

  • Collaboration with stakeholders is essential.

  • Apply for funding to the Developmental Pathway Gap Fund (DPGF), to generate critical preliminary data to build confidence in the development strategy for a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic test, or other medical intervention development.

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British Council Scholarships for women in STEM

Funding Organization

British council

Overview

  • Applicants from India can apply for both Master’s Scholarships and Early Academic Fellowships.

  • Have an undergraduate degree that will enable them to gain access to one of the pre-selected postgraduate courses at a UK university (for Masters level) or completed all components of PhD in the last three years (for Early Academic Fellowships)

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Indo-U.S. Fellowship for Women in STEMM (WISTEMM)-Women Overseas Fellowship

Funding Organization

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Overview

  • Provide opportunity to bright Indian women students and scientists to gain exposure and access to world-class research facilities in U.S. academia and labs. Promoting research and capacity building for Indian women students and scientists in different frontline areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM).

  • Pave the way for the next generation Women Scientists and Technologists from India to interact with American peers, thus helping to build long-term R&D linkages and collaborations. Encourage, motivate and provide opportunity to outstanding women students to take up research path.

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Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship

Funding Organization

SERB

Overview

  • Application for support to undertake research training during the doctoral research in Overseas Universities on a competitive mode is sought from eligible researchers.

  • To build national capacity in frontier areas of Science and Engineering, which are of interest to India by providing research training to PhD students admitted in the Indian institutions in overseas universities / institutions of repute.

  • To provide opportunity to performing Indian research students to gain exposure and access to top class research facilities in academia and labs in specific Overseas Universities.

  • To create opportunities to build long-term R&D linkages and collaborations with accomplished scientists and technologists from around the world.

  • To tap the expertise gained by these young scientists to strengthen/initiate national programmes in their domain knowledge.

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German Research Chair “Mathematics and its Applications” at AIMS South Africa

Funding Organization

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Overview

  • The call for the German Research Chair in “Mathematics and its applications” at AIMS South Africa is advertised internationally. Applications may be submitted by academics who

  • - have completed a doctorate and have an outstanding internationally recognised research record

  • - conduct research in the field of mathematics and its applications and welcome the challenge of cooperating with other fields inside and outside academia

  • -  conduct application-relevant research and are thereby able to contribute to the development of Africa

  • - have at least three years of teaching experience, including experience in supervising university students

  • - are active in international scientific networks and collaborations

  • - have experience in scientific capacity building (research and teaching)

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Amelia Earhart Fellowship

Funding Organization

Zonta International

Overview

  • Women of any nationality pursuing a Ph.D./doctoral degree who demonstrate a superior academic record conducting research applied to aerospace engineering or space sciences are eligible.

  • It is imperative that students be registered in a full-time Ph.D./doctoral program and have completed at least one year of that program or have received a master’s degree in an aerospace-applied field at the time the application is submitted. Applicants must not graduate from their Ph.D. or doctoral program before April 2025. Post-doctoral research programs are not eligible for the Fellowship

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UNESCO/People's Republic of China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme

Funding Organization

UNESCO

Overview

  • Applicants applying for General Scholar programs must not be older than the age of forty-five (45) and have completed at least two years of undergraduate study; and those who applying for Senior Scholar programmes must be a master’s degree holder or an associate professor (or above) and not older than the age of fifty (50)