Short-term fellowship under the Human Resource Development Programme for Health Research aims to provide advanced training in India and abroad to medical and health research personnel in cutting-edge research areas related to medicine and health.
Short Term Fellowship under the Human Resource Development Programme for Health Research - Introduction
Short Term Fellowship under the Human Resource Development Programme for Health Research aims to provide advanced training in India and abroad to medical and health research personnel in cutting-edge research areas related to medicine and health to create trained human resources for carrying out advanced research activities. The scheme is intended to create a pool of talented health research personnel in the country by upgrading the skills of medical students and faculty through specialized training in priority areas of health research in leading national and international institutions, encouraging and supporting the trainees to develop and take up research projects for addressing critical national and local health problems.
- Short Term Fellowships for Training (1-3 months) in Indian institutions to researchers employed as regular faculty having at least three years of experience in the college/institute as a regular employee.
- Short Term Fellowships for Training abroad/foreign institutes in identified areas (1-3 months) to persons employed as regular faculty.
- Short Term Specialized Training (1-3 months) to mid-career or senior-level faculty of medical colleges working or involved with three other approved schemes of DHR.
Objective:
- To increase the overall availability of trained personnel for health research from medical colleges across the country through scholarships and fellowships for young medical doctors to take up medical and health research as a career.
- To focus on the creation of a cadre of trained medical/health researchers in specific identified priority areas of health research viz. Clinical Trials; Toxicology; Good Clinical Practices (GCP); Good Laboratory Practices (GLP); Quality Control (QC) and QA; Genomics; Proteomics; Clinical Psychology, Geriatrics; Modern Biology; Biotechnology; Stem cells; Genetics; Drugs chemistry; and operational research etc.
- To create, support, nurture, and encourage the trainees from these medical colleges to forge linkages with other scientists from universities, research institutes, etc. to develop multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral teams necessary for addressing critical national and local health problems.
Areas of Research:
- Toxicology
- Genomics
- Proteomics
- Geriatrics
- Stem cell research
- Clinical Trials
- Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
- Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
- Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA)
- Modern Biology
- Biotechnology
- Genetics
- Chemistry
- Operational Research
- Health Informatics
- Medical Ethics
- Disease Modelling
- Health Economics
- Environmental Health
- Mental Health/Clinical Psychology
- Any other area recommended by the committee as per National Health Policy/National Health Goals.
Benefits
Short Term Fellowship (1-3 months) in Indian institutes:
- A consolidated stipend of ₹40,000/- per month for a period of stay in the host institute, which is at a different station from the parent institute.
- In case the training is at the same station, the rate of stipend payable will be ₹20,000/- per month.
- Expenditure on travel will be as per the T.A. rules of the parent organization.
- One-time contingency grant of ₹20,000/- (maximum) to meet the expenses of local taxi charges, attending meetings, etc.
- The amount (stipend and contingency) will be placed at the disposal of the parent institute for disbursement to the fellow as per the prescribed norms, and the parent institute will submit the utilization certificate under the GFRs for the expenditure incurred.
Short Term Fellowship (1-3 months) in Foreign institutes:
- A consolidated stipend of US $3000/- per month (or equivalent in other foreign currency) for the period of stay in the host institute abroad.
- Cost of air passage economy class by Air India from the parent institute to the foreign host institute via the shortest possible route.
- One-time contingency grant of ₹30,000 (maximum) to meet the expenses of local taxi charges, visa fee, and health insurance, attending meetings, etc., and ₹20,000/- for attending progress review meetings at DHR.
- A grant of US $600 for the fellowship duration for attending conferences/institutes of interest may be given with the recommendations of the guide in the foreign host institute.
- The stipend will be given to the ‘selected fellow’ through a bank transaction at the beginning; the equivalent amount in Indian rupees for the first month will be paid to the fellow as an advance stipend.
- The expenditure incurred in the head ‘contingency’ will be reimbursed to the fellow after the production of the original voucher.
Eligibility
- Only Indian citizens working in Indian institutes are eligible.
- They should hold M.D./M.S./M.D.S. or MBBS/BDS/MVSc./M.Sc./M.Pharma/M.Tech or an equivalent qualification with a Ph.D. in health/biomedical research.
- Faculty must have at least three years of experience in the college or institute as a regular employee.
- Applicants must be 55 years of age or younger as of the last date of receipt of the application.
- They should not have availed any fellowship of one month or longer from any government agency (central or state) for the same subject of training or research project.
- The fellowship is for 1–3 months and is non‑transferable.
Exclusions
Application Process
- Step 01: The full-length research proposals may be submitted online only, and no proposal in physical/hard copy is to be submitted with respect to the advertisements published in leading newspapers and uploaded on the websites of DHR & ICMR.
- Step 02: Open the DHR Electronics Project Management System (e-PMS) Portal.
- Step 03: Register yourself in the portal if you are using the e-PMS portal for the first time. The process for registration is e-PMS Login → Register; the registration page will open.
- Step 04: Login to the portal using the page.
- Step 05: After logging in, verify your email by clicking the verification link that will be sent to your email. Log in to your email and click on the verification link you receive. Then, log in again to the portal or refresh the e-PMS portal.
- Step 06: Complete your profile.
- Step 07: After completing the mandatory section of PI/Fellow Profile, click on Proposal Submission → Submit New Proposal → Select the appropriate sub-scheme under HRD.
- Step 08: Before proceeding to the submission of the proposal, it is suggested to read the scheme guidelines and prepare all relevant information, documents, and the research plan.
For scheme/call for proposals related queries:
Contact: Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi
Telephone No.: 011-23736216
For website/online submission-related queries:
Contact: Technical Team, ICMR Headquarters, New Delhi
Telephone No.: 011-26589571, Email: [email protected]
Downloads & Media
EXTERNAL LINK
Official Website
PDF
Guidelines
EXTERNAL LINK
DHR Electronics Project Management System Portal