Indo-French Visiting/Mobility Programme for Women in Science

This programme will encourage women candidates to work with the Indian/French scientific communities with an aim to accelerate their talented instincts towards carrying out advanced studies and research in the frontier areas of Science & Technology.

Central In Kind

States / UT: All India

Ministry / nodal: Ministry Of Science And Technology

Nodal department: Department Of Science & Technology

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

Categories: Science, IT & Communications, Women and Child

Sub-categories: Research & Development

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: French, Mobility, Woman, Science, France, Scientist, Researcher

Details

The “Indo-French Visiting/Mobility Programme for Women in Science (PROWIS-II)” is dedicated to the young women scientists of both India and France. This programme will encourage women candidates to work with the Indian/French scientific communities with an aim to accelerate their talented instincts towards carrying out advanced studies and research in the frontier areas of Science & Technology.

Duration of Programme:

The duration of the Programme will be for two weeks.

Benefits

  • 1. Return airfare (economy class) accommodation & per diem allowances local travel in India/France airport transfer insurance and visa charges shall be given to the selected candidates
  1. Return airfare (economy class), accommodation & per diem allowances, local travel in India/France, airport transfer, insurance, and visa charges shall be given to the selected candidates.

Eligibility

  1. Women applicants must be Indian or French citizens (citizens residing in France) from a recognized university or research institution in India/France.
  2. Indian applicants should hold a PhD degree & sanctioned/tenured post in a scientific/academic institution and be willing to undertake collaborative research projects in French institutions/universities.
  3. French women applicants holding a PhD degree and currently completing a postdoctoral project & willing to undertake collaborative research projects in Indian institutions/universities.
  4. The mobility should take place during the employment period of the applicant in the concerned institution.
  5. The applicant should not have availed of any visiting fellowship in France/India during the last 5 years.
  6. This fellowship cannot be availed simultaneously with any other fellowship.

Note 01: Preference will be given to those candidates who don't have any international exposure.
Note 02: CEFIPRA may relax the eligibility conditions in case of potential candidates.

Exclusions


Application Process

Online

The eligible candidates need to register and apply at https://www.cefipra.org/ or log on to: https://cefipra.org/prowiss/

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

References

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