British Council’s Newton-Bhabha Fund: Developing Individual Capacity of Scholars, Deadline: 16 August 2016

The British Council is currently inviting applicants for its Newton-Bhabha Fund with an aim to develop individual capacity of scholars through PhD placements.

The Newton Fund aims to promote the economic development and social welfare of India through working with India, to address the global societal challenges affecting people in India. It will do so through strengthening their science and innovation capacity.

Priority Sectors

• Environment, Food and Agriculture sciences
• Public health and well being
• Biological and medical sciences
• Engineering, Physical and space sciences

Funding information

• UK scholars travel – International return airfare (economy class), visa fees to India and travel Insurance (if required) – Maximum up to £900 all inclusive
• UK scholars arrival allowance in India – INR 10,000
• UK scholars’ stipend in India – INR 25,000 – The Indian Government will pay UK scholars a monthly stipend of INR 25,000 and accommodation charges @10%,20% or 30% of stipend, based on the class of city, basic medical care insurance.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications are welcome from PhD scholars from India and UK in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Life Sciences.
• On the UK side: The scheme is open only for UK scholars pursuing their PhD at a UK home institution. Applications will be considered from scholars from all institutions which are strong in research in the priority sectors
• On the Indian Side: The scheme is open only for Indian scholars enrolled at Indian higher educationinstitution with following criteria:
  • INSPIRE PhD Senior Research Fellows (SRFs) of Batch 2013 are eligible to apply for a STEM subject.
  • PhD Scholar who have qualified through national level test and are pursuing PhD in mid second or third year of Life sciences are eligible to apply. The following national level tests are considered – CSIR/UGC-NET, GATE, BET, INSPIRE, ICMR-NET, ICAR-NET. Please upload certificate of succeeding the national level test as a supporting document.
• For both Indian and UK scholars: The scholar should have a valid passport before applying for the funding. The scholar would be required to submit their PhD thesis only after completion of the Newton Bhabha PhD placement.
• The applications should be with reference to the mentioned above priority areas.

How to Apply

Applicants must apply online via given website.

Eligible Countries: India & UK

For more information, please visit Newton-Bhabha Fund.