The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) offers summer fellowships for two months to bright undergraduate and MSc students studying in India.

All the fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

Summer Research Fellowships Programme

Requirements-

Students who have secured not less than 80% in Maths and Science subjects in their 10th and 12th standard or equivalent examinations, and not less than first class in graduation and post graduation (if applicable).

Students presently studying in I and II year of B.Sc., I, II & III year of B.S., I, II & III year of B.E. /B.Tech., I year of M.Sc., and I-III year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Life Sciences.

Students presently studying in II & III year of B.Sc., II, III & IV year B.S., II, III & IV year of B.E/B.Tech., I year of M.Sc. and I-III year of Integrated M.Sc. can apply for Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Mathematics.

Students presently IV year of BS-MS, I year of M.Sc. and IV year of Int. M.Sc. can apply for Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences.

The students selected under this programme are placed with scientists at the Centre or elsewhere in India, for 2 continuous months with a stipend of Rs. 6000 /- p.m and travel support as per Centre’s norms.

Important Dates:

Last date for downloading application form from website : 30 November 2017

Last date for receipt of completed application form : 8 December 2017

Selected candidates will be intimated by 28th February 2018

Research Areas-

Life Sciences: Infectious diseases, bioinformatics, developmental biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, life-history evolution, immunology, circadian biology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, population ecology, evolutionary genetics, experimental evolution,chronobiology,behavior.

Material Sciences: Including Nano Sciences

Chemical Sciences: Solid state chemistry, theoretical/computaional chemistry inorganic, physical chemistry and organic chemistry.

Physical Sciences: Condensed matter theory and experiment, statistical physics, semiconductor physics, materials physics, biophysics, nano physics, polymer physics, organic electronics, computational physics, computational material science, elementary particle physics.

Engineering Sciences: Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, flow of complex fluids, granular media, experimental fluid mechanics, thermal science, chemical engineering and physical metallurgy.

Mathematics

Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric boundary layer, near-surface environment, radiation, solar-terrestrial relations, monsoon dynamics, modelling

Application form-

The filled in application form with attested documents should reach the address mentioned below:

Mailing address:

The Academic Coordinator
Fellowships and Extension Programmes
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Jakkur P.O., Bangalore – 560 064.

Contact-

Fellowships and Extension Programmes
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Bangalore - 560064
Phone - 080 - 22082900
Fax - 080 - 22082980
E-mail - fellowships@jncasr.ac.in