| Open call for Indo-German Bilateral Workshops The Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) invites proposals for organizing Indo-German workshops on areas of mutual interest with an aim towards creating platforms for substantive interactions between scientists/researchers from academia and industry. The workshops have to take place in India or Germany and to be designed around a specific research topic out of thematic areas relevant to both DST and BMBF, which includes thematic areas of 2+2 project calls. Persons holding regular positions in public or private non-profit research organisations, institutions of higher education and universities are eligible to apply round the year. Read more
Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty Scheme (VAJRA) Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention at Bengaluru on 8th January 2017 had announced the launching of VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty scheme by the Department of Science and Technology which enables Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in India. The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department has implemented the Scheme. The VAJRA faculty engages in collaborative research in public funded institutions. The Indian collaborator and the overseas faculty will jointly frame a research plan and the application duly endorsed by the Head of the Institution will be submitted online by the Indian collaborator. Public funded academic institutions and national laboratories are eligible to host the VAJRA Faculty. Applications for VAJRA Faculty Scheme can be submitted from July 1, 2017 onwards.  Read more Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) and European Fellowships (EFs) The MSCA-IF aims at supporting the international mobility of researchers through two sub-schemes i.e. the Global Fellowship allowing Europeans to come to India and the European Fellowship for Indians to go to Europe in one of the 28 Member States or in one of the 14 countries associated to Horizon 2020. Since the launch of Horizon 2020, 380 Indian researchers have benefited from MSCA grants. The MSCA provides grants at all stages of researchers' careers, from PhD candidates to highly experienced researchers, and encourages transnational, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA is the main EU programme for doctoral training, funding 25,000 PhDs. The call is open to young & experienced researchers of any nationality, i.e. researchers holding a doctoral degree or at least four years’ full-time research experience by the time of the call deadline. Application deadline: September 14, 2017 Read more
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for German Chancellor Fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Foundation invites applications from Indian young professionals from wide range of fields such as politics, business, media, public administration, society and culture. The Fellowship for prospective leaders offers talented young professionals an opportunity to spend a year in Germany which they can use to advance their professional training and conduct together with their German host a project they have developed themselves. Application deadline: September 15, 2017 Read more
Fellowship in climate research at International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM), in Hamburg, offers fellowships to outstanding students interested in interdisciplinary climate research. Emphasizing the physical system, the School encompasses the broader field of Earth sciences, including economics and social sciences. The PhD program is open to applicants holding a Master’s degree (with written thesis) in physics, geophysical sciences including meteorology and oceanography, chemistry, ecology, mathematics, computer science, engineering, economics, or political science. Also students currently still working on their MSc thesis are encouraged to apply. Application deadline: September 15, 2017 Read more
PhD program at International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles In cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry offers a unique and flexible research program that grants German and foreign students a broad selection of learning opportunities while still maintaining a research focus. The IMPRS-gBGC offers a fully funded PhD program specializing in global biogeochemistry and related Earth System sciences. Applicants must hold or are about to receive a Master of Science or equivalent degree in Natural Sciences. Application deadline: September 5, 2017 Read more
DAAD Call for Applications: Bilateral Exchange of Academics To improve international relations and bilateral research cooperations between German and foreign universities, the DAAD supports exchanges of scientists and academics from partner countries. The basis of these exchanges is cultural exchange programmes and bilateral agreements with foreign partner organisations. Applications are invited from foreign academics and scientists who have usually completed a doctoral degree and work at a university or research institute in their home country. Based on bilateral MoUs with partner organizations in India the exchange of faculty is only possible for scientists and faculty at research institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), universities under the responsibility of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Application deadline: October 15, 2017 Read more
EU Call for Propasals - ERASMUS+ Programme Numerous Call for Proposals have been announced under the Erasmus+ Programme, the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport as well as on the 2016 and 2017 Erasmus+ annual work programmes. The Erasmus+ programme covers the period 2014 to 2020. Any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth and sport may apply for funding within this programme. In addition, groups of young people who are active in youth work, but not necessarily in the context of a youth organisation, may apply to learn mobility of young people and youth workers as well as for strategic partnerships in the field of youth. Under the ERASMUS+ programme there are a definite number of calls for proposals having different deadlines till October 2017. Application deadline: October 2017 Read more
PhD Program at the IMPRS for Astronomy & Astrophysics Bonn, Cologne The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy & Astrophysics is a joint doctoral program between the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (Bonn) and the Universities of Bonn and Cologne. Students with a master’s degree or equivalent or about to finish a master’s in Astrophysics are eligible to apply for this program. Application deadline: November 15, 2017 Read more
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