British Council India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India are pleased to invite applications for funding to support short-term PhD placements between UK and Indian institutions.

It is the fourth consecutive year Newton Fund India in partnership with DST and DBT is offering opportunity for the UK and Indian PhD scholars to spend a period of their study (2 to 4 months) in Indian and UK higher education institutions taking place between March to December 2018. 

This placement is student centred and aims to enhance the capacity building of individuals by participating in international intellectual networks, building cultural understanding, and fostering long term sustainable research collaborations.

Kindly promote this opportunity to your respective students as necessary.

Eligibility

In UK, the scheme is open only for UK scholars pursuing their PhD at a UK higher education institution. (Please see list of eligible institutions on the British Council website)

In India, The scheme is open only for Indian scholars enrolled at Indian higher education institution with following criteria:

1. INSPIRE PhD Senior Research Fellows (SRFs) of Batch 2014 are eligible to apply for a STEM and Life Sciences subject.
2. PhD Scholar (other than INSPIRE Fellows) who have qualified through national level test and are pursuing PhD in mid second or third year of Life sciences are eligible to apply.

Key Dates:

Deadline for receipt of applications: Thursday, 21 August 2017 by 16.00 hrs (UK time)

Selection results announced by mid November 2017

Placements to take place between March to December 2018

For more information

Please visit British Council, India website: https://www.britishcouncil.in/newton-bhabha-phd-placements-programme