Crest Award! Biotech research under Sc & Tech Ministry

Programme: DBT Crest Award

Conducted by: Department of Biotechnology

Broad research / training areas include:

• Plant Biotechnology (Plant, Agriculture and Forest biotechnology)
• Microbial biotechnology
• Animal and veterinary biotechnology (Animal biotechnology including biotechnological interventions in Feed and nutrition and animal health)
• Marine biotechnology and aquaculture
• Medical Biotechnology and human health (All areas related to medical biotechnology and human health including stem cell, vaccines, biologics and biotechnological interventions in nutrition and diagnostics, bioengineering and bio design of instruments, implants and devices)
• Bio energy
• Environmental biotechnology
• Industrial biotechnology and biochemical engineering
• Basic research in modern biology
• Nano-biotechnology
• Bioinformatics and IT-enabled biotechnology
• Intellectual property and patent law
• Bioelectronics
• Systems biology and synthetic biology
• Biomaterials

Eligibility:

• Applicants should hold a PhD degree or equivalent degree in the area of life sciences, biotechnology or biopharmaceuticals or MD in medicine / MPharma or MTech with good research contribution and 3 years research experience.
• Applicants should hold regular/ permanent positions in Government recognized research and academic institutions / universities and should be actively engaged in biotechnology or related R&D work.

Note: Applications from persons working on temporary positions (e.g. Research fellows or associates etc.) will not be considered.

Age: Up to 55 years (as on last date of submission).

How to apply: Click here to download application form

Applications duly filled and forwarded by the competent authority should be addressed to Programme Officer, DBT CREST AWARDS (2012-13), International Cooperation Division (IC-I), Department of Biotechnology, Room No. 814, 8th Floor, Block-2, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003.

Application deadline: December 31, 2011

General Instructions:

• The Government approved launching of a new scheme on Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP) – An Advanced Technology Scheme (ATS), envisaged as a government partnership programme with industries for support on cost sharing basis for high risk discovery and innovation, accelerated technology development specially for futuristic areas.
• This new scheme will be one of the most enabling mechanisms to promote biotech industry R&D and public private partnership programmes. The scheme provides for a government contribution of 30-50% to the industry for discovery linked innovation. Under this advanced technology scheme, support would be provided only for futuristic areas, transformational technology and product development for public good.
• Grant in aid support would also be provided for evaluation and validation of biotechnology products that are based on indigenous discovery and innovation. The scheme will support major research facilities and platform technology centers as core facilities that are readily accessible to SME’s and public sector scientists.

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Address:
Department of Biotechnology
Cooperation Division (IC-I),
Room No. 814, 8th Floor, Block-2
CGO Complex
Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003

Website: www.dbtindia.nic.in