Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program at CDI

Objective - The Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Diabetes Research aims to support excellent research by scholars with a PhD degree and an outstanding academic record

Eligibility

1. Applicants must have a consistently good academic record and demonstrated research potential.
2. Candidates with a Ph. D Degree or who have submitted their thesis for doctoral degree or equivalent may also apply. The thesis must be in the appropriate discipline.
3. The age limit for applicants for the Post-Doctoral Fellowship will be a maximum of 45 years.
4. The eligibility requirements may be waived on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the review committee depending on the applicant's achievements.

Process Flow:

1. Announcement for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme will be made available on the Chellaram Diabetes Research Centre website.
2. Research Proposals will be invited from young researchers willing to work in the area of diabetes and related disorders as announced in the announcement.
3. A concept note in the format will be submitted by the applicants online.
4. All submitted concept proposals will be reviewed, evaluated, and scored by the Grant Review Committee members, followed by shortlisting of the concept proposals.
5. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to approach mentors from CDI to design a full project.
6. The Mentor from CDI will take all possible efforts to design, modify, collaborate and arrange the facility required for the execution of the full proposal.
7. The full proposal will be submitted by the Fellow through the Mentor to the CDRC review committee and simultaneously to the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) for review and approval.
8. Once the full proposal is approved by CDRC and IEC, the fellow will receive the award letter from CDRC with applicable terms & conditions. The Mentor will also be notified regarding the sanction of the fellowship.