Showing posts with label technology fellowships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology fellowships. Show all posts

Sunday, October 21, 2012

SMCS-TISS Early Career Fellowship

SMCS-TISS Early Career Fellowship

The Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences announces a fellowship for film-makers at an early stage of their career. The fellowship is designed to provide the resources and environment for films that are innovative, relevant and contribute to the growing body of documentary and short film work in India.

Each fellowship consists of:

* A stipend of Rs. 25,000 per month for a maximum period of eight months.
* The provision of in-house HDV video editing facilities on the Mumbai campus if required.
* Reimbursement of actuals of production expenses on the basis of a pre-approved budget. Maximum budgetary allotment for production is Rs. 2.50 lakhs.

The fellowship is open to all Indian nationals. An early career media practitioner is defined as someone who has completed her/his media education not more than 5 years ago. In case of applicants without a media degree, they should have executed not more than 5 projects.

Two fellowships are available based on the quality of applications. One fellowship is open and the other fellowship will be based in the North-East Region of India.
Interviews for the open fellowship will be held on the Mumbai campus of TISS. Short-listed candidates will have to come for an interview on December 29, 2012.

For more information visit : http://www.cmcs.tiss.edu/

Saturday, July 25, 2009

TWAS Fellowships in India

TWAS Fellowships in India

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, Trieste (Italy) – offers fellowships to scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue postgraduate studies or postdoctoral research in India.
TWAS is an autonomous international organization founded in Trieste, Italy, in 1983. TWAS represents the best of science in the developing world. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the South. Since 1986, TWAS has been supporting scientists and institutions in
developing countries through a wide range of programmes that focus on scientific capacity building largely through South-South cooperation.
The administration and financial operation of TWAS is undertaken by UNESCO in accordance with an agreement signed by the two organizations.
TWAS fellowships in India are offered in collaboration with four programme partners, including:
* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR);
* Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
* Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)
* S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences.
The main eligibility criteria to apply for the TWAS Fellowships in India are:
• Be a maximum age of 30 (postgraduate) or 40 years (postdoctoral). In the case of fellowships offered through CSIR the age limits are 35 (postgraduate) and 45 years (postdoctoral)
• Hold a master's degree (postgraduate) or PhD (postdoctoral) in the natural sciences
• Be nationals of a developing country (other than India).
• Obtain a preliminary Acceptance Letter from the chosen host institute (refer to the sample Acceptance Letter in the application form).
To learn more about the application procedure and to download application forms,
see: https://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fell
TWAS Fellowships Office
ICTP Adriatico Guesthouse, 7th floor
Phone: +39 040 2240-314
Fax: +39 040 2240-689
E-mail: fellowships@twas.org