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Building Bharat-Boston Biosciences -B4- Program 2020-21

Building Bharat-Boston Biosciences -B4- Program 2020-21

About Building Bharat-Boston Biosciences -B4- Program 2020-21 Visiting Scientists Program

Up to 11 Visiting Scientists will be sponsored to pursue research in fields related to the biosciences at Harvard University and other institutions in the Boston area. The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute will organize seminars at Harvard for Visiting Scientists to discuss their research with the broader community at Harvard and beyond.

Visiting Scientists are expected to reside in the Cambridge vicinity and to actively participate in the events and intellectual life of the Institute. In addition, Visiting Scientists are expected to contribute to the greater Harvard community by teaching, mentoring, or advising students.

This program is a collaboration between IBAB (Bengaluru, India), IISER (Pune, India) and The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

ELIGIBILITY

Faculty who are currently employed in an Indian institution with less than 42 years of age and 7 years of service as on March 31, 2020. Applicants must be Indian citizens currently residing in India. Must be currently teaching and researching in biosciences or related fields in an Indian institution.

Starting Date: April-May 2020

Duration of the Program: 12 months

Stipend: INR 195,000/month for 12 months.

*Apart from the above mentioned stipend, the visiting scientists are expected to receive their salary from the Indian Institution that they are employed in, through these 12 months.

**Health insurance & round-trip economy travel expenses to & from Boston will also be provided as per the policies of the funding agency.