| 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
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
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
EURAXESS Science Slam India 2017 The EURAXESS Science Slam India is a competition open to all career levels starting with MA/MSc candidates (research-based or mixed) - from universities, research institutes or private sector, in all fields of research including Social Sciences and Humanities, Life Sciences and Engineering, of any nationality and age who are based in India. The EURAXESS Science Slam India 2017 will be organised in partnership with Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA), the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) and IndiaBioscience with the support of Finnair on December 8, 2017 in Kolkata. The candidates must submit a short video explaining their project for a pre-selection. After that the finalists will perform and throw light on their project in an entertaining way in front of the review panel and a mixed audience who will choose the winner this year. Application deadline: October 10, 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
PhD positions in Solar System Science The Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science (MPS) at the University of Göttingen invites applications for PhD positions in Solar System Science. It offers a research-oriented doctoral programme covering the physical aspects of Solar System science. It is jointly run by MPS and University of Gottingen. Research at the MPS covers three main areas, namely, ‘Sun and Heliosphere’, ‘Solar and Stellar Interiors’ and ‘planets and Comets’. The students collaborate with leading scientists in these fields. The call is open to students from all countries and offers an international three-year PhD program. Application deadline: November 15, 2017 Read more
Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting 2018 The 68th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting 2018, dedicated to Physiology & Medicine and related disciplines including all aspects of medicine or biology, biochemistry, cell biology and similar areas as well as any area of clinical medicine., is going to held be from June 24-29, 2018. A group of Indian students and young researchers is sent every year to Lindau, Germany, by the Indian Department of Science and Technology and the Lindau Council to discuss major issues of importance to their fields with Nobel Laureates and also with other students from around the world. Participants should be below 35 years of age. Master students, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers can apply. Selected researchers will get an opportunity to stay in Germany for two weeks. The second week will include a trip to select German institutes of repute and is sponsored and organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Application Deadline: November 30, 2017 Read More | 
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