VAIBHAV Fellowship 1st Call – Applications Invited
VAIBHAV Fellowship envisages a collaboration between scientists of Indian Diaspora with
Indian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), Universities and/ or public funded Scientific
Institutions. The VAIBHAV Fellow would identify an Indian Institution for collaboration and may spend up to two months in a year for maximum 3 years.
Emoluments for the Fellowship:
• Fellowship in INR 4 Lakh roughly (equivalent to USD 5000 per month), for minimum 01 month and maximum up to 02 months per year for a period of maximum 03 years,
• International Travel from place of work in parent institute to place of work in India in business
class once a year,
• Fully furnished Accommodation in guest house or hotel up to Rs.7500/- per day
• Contingency Rs.1,00,000 per year for research expenditure in India
• Domestic Travel (economy class) for academic purposes up to two Indian academic/ scientific institutes in a year
It may be noted that total eligible grant will be released to Indian host Institute and these
institute would be providing Fellowship amount to the VAIBHAV Fellow and extend other
support.
Expectations from the VAIBHAV fellow:
• Sharing the Best Practices on research and translation of research, incubation etc.
• Build long term connections,
• Connect Indian Students to the foreign faculty/scientists
• New approaches to Research processes and futuristic technologies
VAIBHAV Fellow is expected to give a report to DST within 21 days of completion of travel
indicating work done/initiated, follow up required etc. Expectations from Host Institution The host institute will host the scientist and provide office/lab facilities, consumables, access to lab equipment and facilitation for various infrastructure support. The following activities will be done by the host faculty/scientist:
• Will start a project/technology translation/start-up/incubation which should be aligned with the priorities area of the country
• The VAIBHAV fellow would collaborate with the Indian scientist team during his visit and
beyond via online meetings.
• The host institution would implement the project within 3 years in consultation with
VAIBHAV fellow.
• The host Institution would submit the progress report and financial documents to DST at the end of each year and a project completion report at the end of 3rd year. The reports need to be jointly prepared by the host and the VAIBHAV fellow.
• Host institute will adapt the shared best practices
• Will build the long-term research connections with the fellow
• Will develop a new approach to research processes and try to develop new
technologies/innovation etc.
In addition to the emoluments to VAIBHAV fellow, the financial support (up to 5 Lakhs per year for 3 years) will be given to host institution to facilitate the VAIBHAV fellow for research work as per DST norms. This funding will cover the following expenses in connection with a project;
▪ Consumables and Accessories,
▪ Contingency
▪ Institutional Overhead
Eligibility: (For host Indian Institutions)
• Higher Educational Institutions / University ranked in top 200 in NIRF overall rankings or
having NAAC ‘A+’ grade or above and/or
• Public funded Scientific Institutes/National Laboratories.
Documents needed to apply
▪ Statement of Purpose (one-page max.)
▪ Bio-data of Applicant in prescribed format (two pages max.)
▪ List of recent publications of applicant (last three years) with impact factors
▪ Copy of Valid Passport
▪ Academic Qualification – Copy of certificate for highest degree
▪ Experience Certificate
▪ Undertaking by the applicant in prescribed format
▪ No-objection certificate from the parent institute
▪ Consent letter from Host Institute in India
▪ CV of the host scientist /faculty (two pages max.)
▪ List of recent publications of the host scientist/faculty (last three years) with impact
factors
How to apply
Each application should be submitted to DST. Please note following important application
instructions:
▪ The application should be submitted on-line to DST.
▪ The applicant can download the proposal formats from websites www.dst.gov.in /
www.onlinedst.gov.in and should submit completed application form and all relevant
information through e-PMS portal of the DST. Applications would be received in on-line
mode only. Physical or e-mail applications will not be considered.
▪ Any shortcomings in the proposal or non-submission through the e-PMS portal will result
in rejection of the proposal. DST will not be responsible for these shortcomings.
▪ In case applicant could not submit the proposal in time, DST would not entertain that
project offline and also no request to extend the date would be entertained.
▪ It may be noted that after submission, applicant will get Temporary Project Number (TPN), auto generated by the system, which should be mentioned in all future references.
Important Dates
- Launch of VAIBHAV fellowship at DST websites: June 15, 2023
- Deadline to submit Application in current cycle: July 31, 2023 (5:00 PM IST)
VAIBHAV Fellowship 1st Call
