The NCBS – BERI (BioEngineering Research Initiative) Early Career Award invites applications from postdoctoral researchers. The key objective of the award is to facilitate interdisciplinary interaction between physicists, biologists, engineers, medical doctors and material scientists.

An applicant must –

1. Be a postdoctoral researcher.

2. Have a postdoctoral research experience of not more than 4 years.

3. Be able to articulate his/her scientific interests and directions.

4. Be sponsored by a local host, who is a member of inStem/NCBS faculty.

The award includes a consolidated fellowship of INR 60,000 per month.

Applicants will identify the laboratory with which they would like to be associated in preliminary discussions with the host faculty member. Once both the host faculty member and the candidate agree, an application can be submitted to Head Academics at NCBS who will coordinate the processing and review of the application.

Your full application package as a single collated PDF should consist of the following:

60. Your latest CV

61. A research proposal with detailed plans and timelines of the project, developed in close collaboration with your proposed host

In addition, we require the following:

A letter of support from your proposed host (emailed directly to acadoffice@ncbs.res.in)

At least 2 letters of references (emailed directly by the referees to acadoffice@ncbs.res.in) Please note that the applicant is responsible for timely arrival of the letters.

A committee appointed by the Head Academics will evaluate applications and short-listed candidates will be invited to visit the campus for a seminar followed by interview with the committee members. The decision of the evaluation committee will be communicated within one month of the visit.