Eligibility:
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Only Indian Women and unemployed.
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The women scientist will be submitting a research plan in some recognized area through any medical college/bio-medical research institute.
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Candidates with research publication are given preference.
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Age between 30-50 years of age as on the last date of receipt of application.
Website: http://icmr.nic.in/dhr/hr
5. Department of Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology (DST) scheme is for women having a break in their career with no regular employment.
a) Women Scientist Scheme-A (WOS-A): Research in Basic/Applied Science.
Under this scheme, a candidate will work as a bench level researcher and then she gets exposed to new venues for getting a permanent position in the R & D sector. It covers 5 disciplines like Physical & Mathematical Sciences (PMS), Chemical Sciences (CS), Life Sciences (LS), Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), and Engineering Technology (ET). The fellowship grant covers the fellowship and cost of equipment, travels etc. It is open all around and posses no deadline.
b) Women Scientist Scheme-B (WOS-B): S&T interventions for Societal Benefit.
This scheme will grant fellowship to those candidates who want to pursue research in areas that cover crucial social challenge and its solutions. The proposal should highlight the societal benefit and its contribution to technology development.
c) Women Scientist Scheme-C (WOS-C): Internship in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for the Self Employment.
This scheme was initiated by Patent Facilitating Centre of Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC) that gives training to women candidates for a period of one year in Intellectual Property Right sectors and their management. It is eligible for women candidates having a qualification in the field of science/ engineering/ medicine. Its aim is to make, protect and manage intellectual property rights in India.
For WOS-A and WOS-B the minimum age for applying is 27 years and the maximum age is 57 years. Candidates belonging to reserved category are given age relaxation of 5 years.
Under this scheme, a candidate will get a research grant for a good project for a period of maximum three years that includes fellowship along with the cost of equipment, contingencies, consumables etc. Candidates can apply throughout the year.
6. Mobility Scheme for Women
This programme was introduced by women centred umbrella called KIRAN (Knowledge Involvement in research programmes Advancement through Nurturing, 2014) that addresses the problem faced by women scientist because of relocation. It provides a chance good atmosphere during the early phase of a women research career.
Here, we have tried to inform the different fellowship schemes that are provided by different government scientific institutions. The programs are available in timely manner which can be seen on the respective websites. Fellowships are very important for women researchers as most of their potential remains underutilized when they stay away from research. The existing gender inequality in research and development sector is resulting in economical inefficiency and causing much harm to the society. Therefore, more and more provisions should be made by government and private sectors for decreasing this gender inequality and encouraging women to come up with their talents and utilize it for development of our society.
