Mobility Grant

Max Plank India Mobility Grants

PROFILE

Max Planck-India Mobility Grants are travel grants by which cooperation between young Indian scientists and a Max Planck Institute (MPI) is to be initiated.

Scientists who are awarded these grants must spend a minimum of one month per year at a Max Planck Institute.

The hosting Max Planck Institute will receive €5.000 per year for three years out of MPG central funds and will use this to cover costs for return tickets from India to Germany, accommodation costs, per diem, local travel costs and consumables for the Mobility Grant Holder. The mobility grant is not paid out to the candidate as a personal fellowship, but is disbursed for the candidate’s purpose through the hosting Max Planck Institute.

Grant Holders should be motivated to extend invitations to their partners from MPI to their home institutes in India in order to further enhance cooperation.

The programme ​“Max Planck-India Mobility Grant” (MPIMG) is open to all Max Planck Institutes (MPI) and to all research institutions in India.

Candidates can be nominated by a Director, a Group Leader or a Principal Investigator of a Max Planck Institute. As a first step candidates need to approach a contact person of a suitable MPI.

The aim is to offer Indian scientists to get the opportunity for an annual research stay at a Max Planck Institute with access to research facilities, training and networking opportunities as well as scientific exchange.

Target Group: Excellent Indian Junior Scientists (doctorate no longer than 4 years ago at the time of the application)

Size of programme: Up to six mobility grants per year.

QUALIFICATION

Qualified, promising Indian postdocs (so-called ​“young faculty” in India) who are already able to demonstrate a recognizable scientific profile are eligible to be nominated for the Max Planck India Mobility Grants. Nominees should have obtained their doctorate no longer than four years ago (for a doctorate in medicine: no longer than six years). A prior period as a guest at a Max Planck Institute is not a necessary precondition. Candidates for Max Planck-India Mobility Grant must be affiliated to an Indian research institution.

TO APPLY

Application from candidates to MPIs (Max Planck Directors, Group Leaders or a Principal Investigators); nomination sent through Max Planck Researchers to HQ. Proposals are evaluated according to the standard procedures for MPG.

The following documents are to be submitted electronically by the Indian scientists applying for the Max-Planck-India Mobility Grant in agreement and with signature of the nominating Max Planck Researcher:

  1. Cover page (see below)
  2. Letter of intent by the hosting Max Planck Researcher that he/​she is willing to host the candidate for a minimum of 1 month p.a. for three years
  3. Curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages)
  4. List of publications (max. 2 pages)
  5. Short project description (max. 3 pages)
  6. Statement by the candidate that he/​she is willing to spend minimum 1 month p.a. at the MPI (max. 1 page)
  7. Letter of intent from the Director of the Indian research institute / university to which the candidate is affiliated supporting the nomination and accepting the conditions as set forth (1 page).

Please ensure to send only fully completed nominations containing all documents under points 1 – 7 above electronically.
Documents to be sent to the Max Planck Society electronically:
Addressed to:
Max Planck Society
Ms. Renate Bischof-Drewitz
Division of International Relations
Hofgartenstr. 8
D‑80539 München
Germany
E‑mail: bischof-​drewitz@​gv.​mpg.​de

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Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science (EMEQ) scheme

Objective :
The Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science (EMEQ) scheme is aimed at providing research support to researchers belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe in undertaking research in frontier areas of science and engineering.

Eligibility :

  1. The applicant should be an Indian National.
  2. Should be an active researcher belonging to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe category working on regular basis in an academic institutions/national lab or any other recognized R&D institutions in the field of Science and Engineering.
  3. The applicant should hold Ph.D. degree in Science or Engineering or M.D. / M.S. / M.D.S. / M.V.Sc. degree.
  4. The applicant should have at least four years of service remaining before superannuation as on the date of submission of the proposal.
  5. Researchers/Scientists who have ongoing project under EMEQ scheme as on the date of submission of the proposal are not eligible to apply.
  6. Co-Investigators are not allowed in the scheme

 

Nature Of Support :

  1. Funding is provided up to a maximum of Rs. 50.0 lakh (excluding overhead charges).
  2. The research grant will cover equipment, manpower, consumables, travel and contingency. Overheads will be provided as per prevailing norms of SERB.
  3. Duration of the project shall be for a maximum of three years.

 

Plagiarism :
Proposals submitted need to be original and plagiarism in any form will not be acceptable. All submitted proposals would be subjected to a third-party similarity check and proposals are liable to be rejected if found plagiarised. Any text taken verbatim from other source needs to be identified using quotation marks and proper reference. Applicants are requested to pre-check their proposals for plagiarism before uploading to avoid any serious repercussions at a later stage.

Scientific Social Responsibility : SERB has adopted Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) Policy to imbibe a culture of social commitment among SERB Grantees. The policy intends to effectively utilize scientific infrastructure and expertise of SERB grantees to benefit other S&T stakeholders especially the less-endowed researchers and the society. SERB Grantees need to undertake some SSR activities during their project period. SSR activities need to be chosen during submission process. Depending on the activities chosen additional budget would be provided under separate head to carry out the chosen activities.

Mode of Application and Selection :

  1. The call for applications will be made once a year and will be notified through the websites www.serbonline.in and www.serb.gov.in.The project proposal should be prepared according to the guidelines and submitted online through the website www.serbonline.in
  2. The selection will be based on the recommendations of a Task Force Committee that will be constituted by the Board. If desired by the Committee, the applicants may be called for personal discussion.

 

How to Apply Online :
For online submission of the application the following points may be noted:

  1. Applicant(s) should first register into the online website
  2. After log-in, applicants are required to fill all the mandatory fields in Profile Detail section under User Profile, which includes Bio data, photo, Institute Address, etc.
  3. Some of the details of your proposal like Project Title (max 500 characters), Project summary (max 3000 characters), Keywords (max 6), Objectives of project (max 1500 characters), Expected output and outcome of the proposal (max 1500 characters), Budget (Manpower, Consumables, Travel, Equipment, Contingency, Overheads ) have to be entered at the time of proposal submission.
  4. Other relevant information of the proposal has to be uploaded as a single PDF file, not more than 10 MB, as technical document (TD)

 

Documents Required (in PDF format) :
For online submission of the application the following points may be noted:

  1. Biodata (under user profile section) Download Template

 

Formats and Guidelines

The details of Programme Advisors / Coordinators and Programme Officers are given below

S.NO Name of the Program Program Coordinator Program Officer
1 Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science Dr. Premila Mohan
Scientist G		 Dr. T. Thangaradjou
Scientist F