Pre-doctoral Fellowships at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | ICGEB

What is this all about?
Pre-doctoral Fellowships at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Who Can Apply?
- Applicants must be nationals of an ICGEB Member State; Indian and South African nationals are not eligible to apply for the ICGEB fellowship to attend the Ph.D. Programme in New Delhi and Cape Town, respectively.

- A B.Sc. or M.Sc. university degree is required (an M.Sc. is essential for ICGEB New Delhi); good working knowledge of the English language (supported by a proficiency certificate such as TOEFL, Cambridge Certificate or equivalent) is essential.

- Candidates must be below the age of 32 years at the time of the closing date (i.e. date of birth after 31/03/78); there is no age limit for ICGEB New Delhi and Cape Town.

Period of Support
3 years, with extension of up to a maximum of one year;

Areas of Research
ICGEB NEW DELHI, INDIA
Mammalian Biology: Recombinant Gene Products, Immunology, Malaria, Structural and Computational Biology, Virology, Plant Biology: Insect Resistance, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Transformation

ICGEB NEW DELHI PhD PROGRAMME (commencement 1 August 2010). Hostel accommodation is provided on campus on a twin-sharing basis, at a nominal rate, for Ph.D. students only.

ICGEB TRIESTE, ITALY
Bacteriology, Genome Stability, Human Molecular Genetics, Molecular Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Pathology, Molecular Virology, Mouse Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Protein Networks, Protein Structure and Bioinformatics, Tumour Virology, Yeast Molecular Genetics
ICGEB TRIESTE PhD PROGRAMME (commencement 1 October 2010).

ICGEB CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Cancer Genomics, Cancer Molecular and Cell Biology, Cellular Immunology, Cytokines and Disease
ICGEB CAPE TOWN PhD PROGRAMME (commencement 1 August 2010).
Accommodation is available on campus in 2- or 3-bedroom furnished apartments on a shared basis on conditions to be negotiated with the University of Cape Town. No meals are provided.

Terms and conditions of support
- Stipends are calculated to cover the cost of normal living expenses (annually) for one person at the location of the individual host institute; fellowships are renewable for the following years provided that the Ph.D. Programme requirements are fulfilled.
- Other training costs include travel to and from the host country and medical health insurance cover.

Application
- See the Application Form and Guidelines in pdf or word.doc provided in the website and, in addition, attach the following:- Academic results (photocopies of certificates/diplomas showing grades, with English translation where necessary).

Deadlines
- Complete applications from nationals of ICGEB Member States must be sent to the ICGEB Liaison Officer in the applicant’s country of origin, by 31 MARCH 2010.

Italian nationals should send the complete application directly to ICGEB Trieste, by 30 APRIL 2010.

ICGEB,
Human Resources Unit,
Padriciano 99, 34149
Trieste - Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757305, fax: +39-040-3757379, email: fellowships@icgeb.org

Kindly note, Indian nationals are not eligible to apply for the ICGEB fellowship to attend the PhD Programme in New Delhi. Indian candidates who have cleared the National Eligibility Test (JRF) conducted by CSIR/UGC/ICMR/DBT should send their Curriculum Vitae, with a covering letter, by 10 JUNE 2010 to:

The PhD Programme Coordinator
ICGEB, P.O. Box 10504,
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg-110067
 New Delhi, India

Website Details: http://www.icgeb.org/pre-doctoral.html

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