Get Research Grant of Rs. 50 Lakhs Under “Early Career Research Award scheme” by SERB, Govt of India

Early Career Research (ECR) Award

Call for Proposals under this scheme is now open. Eligible Researchers can submit the proposals till Sep 30 2016.

Objective:

Early Career Research Award scheme aims to provide quick research support to the young researchers who are in their early career for pursuing exciting and innovative research in frontier areas of science and engineering.

Nature & Duration of Support:

• The Early Career Research for the purpose of the program refers to the first assignment of the applicant in a regular capacity in a recognized academic institution or national laboratory or any other recognized R & D institution in India.
• The Early Career Research Award is a one-time award and carries a research grant up to Rs. 50 Lakhs (excluding overheads) for a period of three years.
• The research grant covers equipment, manpower, consumables, manpower, travel and contingency apart from overheads.

Eligibility:

• The applicant should be an Indian citizen.
• The applicant should hold Ph.D. degree in Science or Engineering or M.D or M.S degree in any area of medicine.
• The scheme encourages young researchers at the start of their independent research careers.
• The applicant, therefore, must hold a regular academic/research position in a recognized academic institution/ or national laboratories or any other recognized R&D institutions and must apply not later than the first two years of their regular service.

Selection & Mode Of Application

• The selection will be based on the recommendations of an Expert Committee that will be constituted by the Board. If desired by the Expert Committee, the applicants may be called for personal discussion.
• The Call for applications will be made three times a year (January, May and September) and will be notified through the website www.serbonline.in and www.serb.gov.in. The application form along with a proper research proposal highlighting the objectives of the research work to be undertaken should be submitted online through the website www.serbonline.in

How to apply online:
For successful online submission of the application the following points may be noted:

• Applicants should first register into the online website click here to register
• After log-in, applicants are required to fill all the mandatory fields in Profile Detail section under User Profile. which includes Bio-data, Photo, Institute Address etc.
• If you have a CO-PI in your proposal then ensure that your CO-PI is registered into the system and has filled Profile Detail section under User Profile which includes Bio-data, Photo, Institute Address etc.
• Some of the details of your proposal like Project Title (max 500 characters), Project summary (max 3000 characters), Keywords (max 6), Objectives of project(max 1500 characters), Expected output and outcome of the proposal (max 1500 characters), Budget (Manpower,Consumables,Travel, Equipment, Contingency, Overheads ) have to be entered at the time of proposal submission.
• Other relevant information of the proposal has to be uploaded in single PDF file not more than 10 MB as other technical document (OTD). Download Template