ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship (AI-RTF) 2024

ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship (AI-RTF) 2024 is open to Masters students. This scholarship is provided by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and the value of this scholarship is Up to ₹60,000 per month and other benefits.

Open for

Master's degree holders

Degree

Masters

Provided by

Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India

Deadline

31 Mar 2024

Scholarship Value

Up to ₹60,000 per month and other benefits

To be eligible, an applicant must:- hold a nationality of any of the ASEAN Member State be below 45 years of age as of the date of submission of the application hold a master's degree in Natural Sciences or an equivalent degree in Technology/Engineering/Medicine/allied disciplines be working/studying in any National R&D or academic institution in the home ASEAN member country be fluent in the English language

Note

• The applicants who have already availed of the Research Training Fellowship (RTF) are not eligible to apply again.
• Indian nationals are not eligible for the fellowship.
• Applicants who have availed of any fellowship scheme of the Government of India during the last 3 years are not eligible to apply.
• The proposed research work in India must be linked/connected to any of the ongoing research projects/schemes of the Indian host institute.

A total of 50 fellows will be selected under this fellowship scheme. The fellowship includes the following benefits:-

A consolidated Fellowship amount of ₹60,000 per month

A one-time grant of ₹40,000 as research contingency expenses, airport transfers, domestic travel for attending scientific/events and field trips within India

Institutional overhead charges of ₹2,500 per month

Round trip international airfare by lowest economy class and by the shortest route from the international airport in the home country of the applicant to the international airport nearest to the host institution in India including visa fees, overseas medical insurance etc.

The individual fellow or the fellow's government/institution is required to bear the following costs:-

All expenses in the home country incidental to travel abroad, including expenditure incurred to obtain a passport and visa

All medical examinations and vaccinations and miscellaneous expenses such as internal travel to/ from the international airport of departure in the home country

Salary and other related allowances in the home country during the fellowship period (if applicable)

Neither the AISTDF nor the host institution in India will take any responsibility for the following expenditure of the fellows during the tenure of the fellowship:-

Compensation in the event of death, disability or loss of personal belongings or compensation for damage caused by climatic or other conditions

Travel and other costs incurred by the dependents (who might accompany the fellows)

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• The allowance will be released to the host institution in India for disbursement to the fellow.
• The host Institution will arrange appropriate accommodation for the fellow based on payment.
• The selected fellow is advised to take an appropriate policy for health insurance coverage for the period of stay in India.
• The cost of obtaining an overseas insurance policy is covered and reimbursable under AISTDF.

Eligible candidates can apply for the scholarship by following the steps mentioned below:-

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• Some of the details of the proposal like project title, project summary, keywords, objectives of the project, expected output and outcome of the proposal etc. have to be entered at the time of proposal submission.
• Other relevant information about the proposal has to be uploaded as a single PDF file, not more than 10 MB.