SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) 2024: Apply Online, Reward

Science and Engineering Searchable has launched the SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship for the young researchers of India. Under this fellowship, researchers will be provided with leadership skills and other basic knowledge. The fellowship is to provide basic knowledge to the students so that they can get a job easily. This scholarship is available for all meritorious students in graduation and post-graduation courses. The duration of the SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship is 2 years. All the students who clear the eligibility criteria can fill out the application form on the official website.

About SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship 2024

To help meritorious students from financially backward families the science and engineering research organisation has launched SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship. Under this fellowship, the student will be able to work under a mentor and will be provided with training to get a job in the 21st century. The student will be taught leadership skills, learning journey, community immersion, and other basic skills. All the selected candidates for this fellowship will be provided INR 55000 per month as a monthly stipend. Along with the monthly allowance, the candidate will also get a yearly research grant of INR 2 lakhs and overheads of INR 1 lakhs under this fellowship

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Key Highlights of SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Fellowship conducted by	Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Name of fellowship	National Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Eligibility criteria	Ph.D., MS, and MD degree holders
Region	India
Rewards	Up to INR 200000
Last date of application	15 June 2021
Official website	SERB NPDF

SERB NPDF Objective

The SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship is aimed to identify motivated young researchers and provide them support for doing research in frontier areas of Science and Engineering. The fellows will work under a mentor, and it is hoped that this training will provide them with a platform to develop as independent researchers.

National Post-Doctoral Fellowship Rewards

The National Post Doctoral Fellowship 2021-22 is a temporary program conducted for 2 years. The candidates can use the national post-doctoral fellowship cash awards for minor equipment, consumables, domestic travel, and contingencies. However, the SERB will not provide the workforce to support the candidate’s research project. The details of the national post-doctoral fellowship benefits are as follows:

• The candidates will receive INR 55,000 as a consolidated monthly stipend.
• The candidates who have their submitted thesis but awaiting a degree will receive INR 35,000 monthly as a stipend.
• The national post-doctoral fellowship will offer INR 2,00,000 per annum as a research grant.
• The fellowship also provides INR 1,00,000 per annum for overheads.

Nature of National Post-Doctoral Fellowship

• The fellowship is tenable only in India and can implement in any of the recognized academic institutions, national laboratories, and other recognized R&D institutions. The host institution should provide the necessary administrative and infrastructural support
• The fellows will not allow working with the Ph.D. guide/co-guide. It is also normally not available at the same Department/institution where the candidates have earned their Ph.D./M.S./M.D degree.
• The fellowship is purely a temporary assignment and is tenable for a period of 2 years.
• Research grants can use for minor equipment, consumables, contingencies, and domestic travel. There is no provision for providing manpower support under this scheme. The Fellow is expects to undertake the research objectives by himself/herself during the entire duration of the fellowship.
• The fellows are not eligible to receive any other fellowship from any Government or Non-Governmental source during the tenure of the fellowship.
• The fellows must seek the consent of SERB if he/she intends to be away from the implementing institute (except for field work related to the project) continuously for a period of more than eight weeks.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant should be an Indian citizen
• The applicant must have obtained a Ph.D/M.D/M.S degree from a recognized University. Those who have submitted their Ph.D./M.D/M.S thesis and are awaiting the award of the degree are also eligible to apply. However, such candidates, if selected, will be offered a lower fellowship amount till they qualify for the eligible degree
• The upper age limit for the fellowship is 35 years at the time of the submission of the application, age will be calculated by taking the date of closure of the respective call. Age relaxation of 5 (five) years will be given to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged & Women candidates
• NPDF can be availed only once by a candidate in his/her career.
• A mentor must hold a regular academic/research position in a recognized institution in India. Should hold a Ph.D. degree in Science or Engineering.
• A mentor shall not have more than two SERB NPDF fellows at any given time.
• Applicants of NPDF, SRG, and EMR can submit their proposals only once in a calendar year in any of these schemes.

Documents Required

• Bio-data (under user profile section)
• Age Proof Certificate
• Qualification Certificate
• Category Certificate (in case of Age Relaxation)
• Undertaking Certificate by the applicant
• Endorsement Certificate from the Mentor & Host Institute 
• Short CV of the mentor
• CV of Mentor 
• Plagiarism undertaking

Termination of the Fellowship

• If any fellow wishes to terminate the fellowship, he/she shall inform the SERB through the mentor and host institute immediately. The implementing institute should not incur any expenditure from the date of termination of the project or the date of resignation of PI. The institute will also arrange for the submission of the documents mentioned above.
• SERB reserves the right to terminate the Fellowship at any stage if it is convinced that appropriate progress is not being made or the grant has not been utilized properly.

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Application Procedure for National Post-Doctoral Fellowship

• For registration under the National postdoctoral Fellowship, the applicant first visits the SERB NPDF website.

• On the homepage, you have to log in.
• After that applicants are required to fill all the mandatory fields in the Profile Detail section under User Profile. which includes Bio-data, Photos, Institute addresses, etc.
• Details including Project Title (max 500 characters), Project summary (max 3000 characters), Keywords (max 6), Objectives of the project (max 1500 characters), Expected output, and outcome of the proposal (max 1500 characters) should be provided online at the time of submission of the application.
• Work Methodology and Research plan have to be uploaded in a single PDF file, not more than 3 pages (max 10 MB).

Contact Details

• Phone Number 011–40000398
• Email ID (project-related issue) response@serb.gov.in
• Email ID (portal-related issue) info@serbonline.in
• Address- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)5 & 5A, Lower Ground Floor, Vasant Square Mall, Sector-B, Pocket-5, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070

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