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CSIR-Research Grants
Research Fellowships & Associateships
GENERAL
1.
The EMR Division under HRD Group of Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) provide CSIR Research Fellowships
and Associateships to bright young men and women for
training in methods of research under the expert guidance of faculty
members/scientists working in University Departments/Institutes of National
Importance/National Laboratories and Institutes of CSIR in various fields of
Science & Technology and Medical Sciences. List of CSIR Laboratories is at Annexure-I.
2.
The CSIR Fellowships/Associateships
are tenable in Universities/IITs/Post-Graduate Colleges/Government Research
Establishments including those of CSIR, R&D establishments of recognized
public or private sector, industrial firms and other recognized institutions.
However, CSIR reserves the right to determine the place best suited to provide
necessary facilities in the area of science and technology in which the awardee
is to specialize.
3.
The CSIR Fellowships / Associatships
are tenable in India. Only bonafide Indian citizens,
residing in India are eligible for the award of research Fellowship/Associateships. The programme is
aimed at National Human Resource Development for S&T.
4.
The award of CSIR Fellowship / Associateships
is for fixed tenure and does not imply any assurance or guarantee for
subsequent employment by CSIR to the beneficiary. The authority to award /
terminate vests with CSIR. The awardee shall not lay claim to permanent
absorption in CSIR, after the expiry of Fellowship / Associateship.
5.
SUBJECT OF RESEARCH
Preference is given to a subject / topic of research relevant to the
research programmes of CSIR laboratories and
nationally important S&T areas.
6.
CSIR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (JRF)
A large number of JRFs are awarded each year by CSIR to candidates holding BS-4 years program/BE/B. Tech/B. Pharma/MBBS/ Integrated BS-MS/M.Sc. or Equivalent degree/BSc (Hons) or equivalent degree holders or students enrolled in integrated MS-Ph.D program with at least 55% marks for General & OBC (50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually handicapped candidates) after qualifying the National Eligibility Test ( NET) conducted by CSIR twice a year June and December.
Candidates with bachelor’s degree, whether Science,
engineering or any other discipline, will be eligible for fellowship only after
getting registered/enrolled for Ph.D/integrated Ph.D. programme within the validity period of two years.
Candidate enrolled for M.Sc. or having completed 10+2+3 years of the
above qualifying examination are also eligible to apply in the above subject
under the Result Awaited (RA) category.
7.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
On-line applications for JRF-NET are invited twice a year on all India basis through press advertisement. The information with
respect to inviting applications is also made available on HRDG website (www.csirhrdg.res.in).
8.
AGE LIMIT
The upper age limit for applying for the award of JRF shall be 28 years,
which is relaxed upto 5 years in the case of
candidates belonging to Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes/OBC, Physically
Handicapped/Visually Handicapped and female applicants.
9.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
The Selection for award of JRF shall be made on the basis of a
competitive written test called the National Eligibility Test (NET), conducted
by CSIR at national level twice a year in the following areas (1) Chemical
Sciences (2) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences (3) Life Sciences,
(4) Mathematical Sciences, (5) Physical Sciences, and (6) Engineering Sciences.
From June 2011, CSIR has introduced a Single MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) Paper
based test comprising of three parts. Part-A shall be common to all subjects
comprising question on General Science and Research Aptitude. Part-B shall
contain subject-related conventional MCQ and Part-C shall contain higher value
questions that may test the candidate’s knowledge of scientific concepts and/or
application of the scientific concepts. Negative marking for wrong answers
shall be done.
The candidates who qualify the test are informed individually. The
Fellowship is awarded on receipt of necessary details of the qualifying degree
examination, proposed place of research work, research topic, the name of
supervisor and the concurrence of the Institution to provide all the necessary
facilities. The validity of the offer of the JRF award is two years and will not
be extendable.
Application Format of
the Undertaking by a Research Fellow / Associate on
Acceptance of the Award of Research Fellowship / Associateship
(Click here to download)
10.
PHD REGISTRATION AND TERMINATION OF FELLOWSHIP
JRF-NET qualified Graduate Candidates
Candidates with bachelor’s degree, whether Science,
engineering or any other discipline, will be eligible for fellowship only after
getting registered/enrolled for Ph.D/Integrated Ph.D. programme {Ph.D proforma Download from here} within the validity period of two years.
JRF-NET qualified Postgraduate Candidates
CSIR Junior Research
Fellows should register for PhD within a period of two years {Ph.D proforma Download from here} from the date of
joining their fellowship, failing which the fellowship may be terminated. In
exceptional circumstances, CSIR may consider giving extension for an additional
period of one year. During the extended period, the Junior Research Fellowship
will, however, not be upgraded to Senior Research Fellowship. If at the end of 3rd year also,
the fellow is not registered for PhD, the fellowship will be terminated.
The
Fellowship shall stand terminated from the date of PhD viva-voce or from the date the Fellow resigns
and his/her resignation has been accepted by CSIR or on completion of tenure.
The fellowship may also be terminated if the institution where it is tenable
refuses to provide facilities to the fellow on disciplinary grounds and so
informs CSIR.
11.
STIPEND & TENURE
i. The
stipend of a JRF selected through CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) will
be Rs 25,000/ p.m for the first two years. In
addition, annual contingent grant of Rs. 20,000/- per fellow will be provided to the University / Institution. The guidelines for
utilization of contingent grant are given in Annexure–II
ii.
On Completion of two years as JRF and if the fellow is registered for PhD, the
fellowship will be upgraded to SRF (NET) and the stipend will be increased to
Rs. 28,000/- p.m for the 3rd and subsequent years, on
the basis of assessment of Fellows’ research progress/ achievements through
interview by an Expert Committee consisting of the Guide, Head of the
Department and External Member from outside the University/ Institution who is
an expert in the relevant field, not below the rank of Professor/ Associate
Professor. As far as possible the External Member should be the chairman of
three members Committee. Where the guide happens to be the Head of the
Department, the Dean, Faculty of Science or any senior member of the Department
may be associated as the third member of the Committee (Annexure
-III). In the event of the Committee not recommending upgradation or the fellow has not registered for PhD, the
candidate will continue as JRF with a stipend of Rs 25,000/- p.m
for the 3rd year or his/her fellowship may be terminated depending upon the recommendation
of the Committee and the decision of CSIR in this regard. The progress of
research work of JRF will be assessed by duly constituted three members assessment committee again at the end of 3rd year for such upgradation.
It is expected that Fellows will
have published work to their credit by the end of 3rd year. This shall form an
important quantitative and qualitative criterion for judging the progress made
by the candidate. If the work of JRF is still not found satisfactory for upgradation by the Committee or did not registered for PhD,
the fellowship will be terminated. Further, if the progress is not satisfactory on completion of any sanctioned tenure, the fellowship will be terminated. Extension of tenure for the 4th
year of SRF (NET) will be on the basis of the progress report and
recommendation of the guide. The 5th year extension as SRF(NET)
is permissible on the recommendation of a three member assessment Committee and
progress report duly supported by publications in the form of
reprints/preprints/manuscripts of the paper published, accepted or communicated
for publication (Annexure-IV).
The total tenure as JRF plus SRF(NET) will not exceed five years. This will include the
tenure of Fellowship awarded by UGC/DST/DBT/ICMR/ICAR etc or any other funding
agency/Institution. The order for continuation at the same rate of stipend as SRF(NET), continuation at the same rate of stipend as JRF or
otherwise will be issued by the EMR Division of HRDG, CSIR. Extension may not
also be granted if the fellow does not acknowledge the support of CSIR in his/her research
publication(s).
12.
CSIR SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SRF)
A certain number of SRFs will be
awarded each year by CSIR directly to those possessing the following qualification
and experience:
MSc/BE/BTech or equivalent degree with at least 55% marks and one
publication in SCI Journal and should have completed at least two years of post
MSc/BE/BTech research
experience;
OR
MTech/ME or
equivalent degree in engineering/technology with at least 60% marks;
OR
BE/BTech or equivalent degree with at least
60% marks and two years research experience as on the last date of application;
OR
MBBS/BDS or equivalent with at least 60% marks and one year internship;
OR
BPharm/BVSc/BSc(Ag) or equivalent degree
with at least 55% marks and one publication in SCI Journal and should have
completed at least three years research experience;
OR
MPharm/MVSc/MSc(Ag) or equivalent degree
with at least 55% marks and one publication in SCI Journal and should have at
least one year research experience.
13. AGE LIMIT
The upper age limit for applying for
the award of SRF shall be 32 years. The upper age limit is relaxable
upto 5 years in case of candidates belonging to
scheduled castes/Scheduled Tribes/OBC, physically handicapped and female
applicants.
14. APPLICATION PROCEDURE
On-line Applications for
SRF are invited every year on all India basis through
press advertisement. The information with respect to inviting applications is
also made available on our website www.csirhrdg.res.in.
Applicants are required to apply on-line and the hardcopy of this on-line
application duly completed and forwarded through the proposed Supervisor and
Head of the Department/Institution and should be submitted within the
prescribed date.
15. SELECTION PROCEDURE
Selection will be made through
interview whereby the assessment of academic record and published/project work
is tested by discipline-wise high-level expert Committees.
Merely fulfilling of eligibility
criteria may not entitle a candidate for being called for interview. Candidates
will be called for interview after screening on the basis of criteria adopted
by CSIR depending on the number of fellowships available. CSIR reserves
the right to call or not to call a candidate for interview.
The validity of the award letter
shall be six months from the date mentioned in the award letter. No extension
beyond six months will be considered. Decision of CSIR in matters of selection
for interview or for award of Fellowships etc. shall be final and binding on
the candidate.
16. TENURE
The tenure of SRF will initially be
2 years. Extension of tenure for the 3rd year will be issued by EMR
Division of HRDG (CSIR) after receiving the recommendation of three member
Expert Committee consisting of Guide, Head of Department and External Member from outside the University/ Institution who
is an expert in the relevant field, not below the rank of Professor/Associate
Professor and duly supported by detailed progress report (Annexure-IV) and publications in
the form of reprints/preprints/ manuscripts or paper communicated for
publication (Annexure-V). As
far as possible the External member should be the Chairman of three members
Expert Committee. The total tenure as JRF and
SRF combined (from all sources) will not exceed 5 years. The total period of
tenure as Research Fellow/ Associate will include any other fellowship of
equivalent status from any other agency/institute and is computed after
deducting the tenure of fellowship/associateship
already availed. A Research Fellow/Associate who joins on the first day of the
month, his/her tenure will be completed on the last day of the previous month.
In other cases the tenure will be completed on the last day of the same month
of joining the Fellowship.
SRF will be terminated from the date
of PhD viva-voce or completion of tenure, whichever is earlier.
17. STIPEND
A SRF in a science/engineering/medical & pharmaceutical, veterinary discipline is entitled to a stipend of Rs.28,000/- pm for the entire tenure of fellowship.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
18. AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP AND
RELEASE OF GRANTS
The Fellowship will be awarded to
the selected applicants by a formal letter giving details of the grant and the
conditions governing it, under intimation to the University/Institution, which
forwarded their applications. The offer should be availed within two years in
case of JRFs and six (6) months for SRF/RA from the date mentioned in the award
letter. The grant money is payable in four installment (quarterly basis) during
the financial year on presentation of claim bill, in triplicate, in prescribed proforma (Annexure-VI)
duly signed by the Finance Officer/Head of the Institution. The first payment (installment)
will be made after the receipt of the joining report of the fellow along with
other necessary documents as mentioned in the award letter, through the Guide
duly forwarded by the Executive Authority of the institute in whose favour the grant is to be released. Subsequent annual
payments (on quarterly basis) will be made only after receipt of (a) the
progress report of the Research Fellow in the prescribed proforma
(Annexure-IV)
for the period ending 31 March and previous one year report, (b) utilization
certificate (Annexure-IX),
and statement of receipt and payment (statement of accounts) (Annexure-X)
incurred during the financial year ending 31 March, along with the claim
bill for the next financial year from the concerned institution. The sponsor
Institution/University may advance money for payment of stipend to the fellow
and to meet the contingent expenditure on his/her joining the fellowship for
subsequent years, which may be adjusted subsequently on receipt of the grants
from the CSIR for the Fellowship. The unspent amount of earlier payments and Interest
Earned by Institutions/Universities on Grants released by CSIR for fellowships/associateships has to be refunded to CSIR at the end of a
financial year or has to be adjusted while submitting/making the fresh claims
for payment. The accounts should be maintained on ledger type system by the
grantee Institution for the Research Fellow (Annexure-VII).
The university/Institution shall be responsible for proper utilization of grant
and for rendering the account to the CSIR-HRD Group.
19. CONTINGENT GRANT
An annual contingent grant of Rs.20,000/- per fellow is provided to the University/Institution.
For less than one year, the contingent grant will be admissible on pro-rata
basis. Part of this grant may be utilized in the interest of research work,
purchase of books, etc. The unspent balance of contingency grant at the end of
a year may be carried forward to the next year,
however, the next release of contingency grant will be subject to adjustment of
unspent balance of contingency grant of the previous year thereby restricting contingency expenditure to a maximum of Rs 20,000/- in a year. Further, request
(claim) for release of contingency grant of the previous financial year(s) will
not be entertained. The guidelines for utilization of the contingent
grant are given in Annexure-II. The CSIR Research Fellows will be given
Rs.3,000/- (lump sum) extra on submission of PhD thesis in e-form. For details, Head,
CSIR’s Unit for R&D of Information Products (URDIP), ‘JOPASANA’, 85/1, Paud Road (Near Vanaz Engineering
Company), Kothrud, Pune -411 038, Maharashtra,
may be contacted. The website address of URDIP is www.urdip.res.in.
The University/Institution has to submit the consolidated Utilization Certificate (Annexure-IX) and Statement of Expenditure (Annexure-X) at the end of each Financial Year failing which grant-in-aid payable for next year will not be released.
20. PROGRESS REPORT
The preparation of annual progress
report on the research work done shall be essential part of the Fellow’s work.
Each Research Fellow shall submit his/her annual research report in the
prescribed proforma (Annexure-IV)
within a period of 15 days after completion of one year tenure to CSIR (HRD
Group) through his/her Guide/Head of the Department. It is essential to give up
to-date and full information against all the columns of Annexure-IV.
The results should be presented quantitatively in Tables/Figures and discussed
in terms of the objectives and conclusions drawn should also be given.
Fragmentary reports shall not be entertained. The progress report should be always
accompanied by copies of published papers, re-prints and pre-prints of papers
accepted for publication, manuscripts of papers communicated for publication
duly acknowledging financial assistance of CSIR.
21. PUBLICATION/PATENT
(A) Publication The results of Fellow's research work may be published in
standard refereed journals at the discretion of the Guide. IT SHOULD BE ENSURED
THAT THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY CSIR is ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED IN ALL SUCH
PUBLICATIONS. One copy of the published research papers should be sent to CSIR.
(B) Patent The commercial
exploitation of the results and ownership of patent rights pertaining to
investigations concerning the intellectual work of the CSIR research
fellows/associates will be as follows: (i) Public funded educational/research
institution, to which a fellow is associated, may seek patent right at their
own cost and/or commercial exploitation of the results of the investigation
concerning the Intellectual work of the fellow and all rights would vest
exclusively with the Institution concerned. All matters concerning ownership of
IP and its licensing/exploitation would be governed by the IP policy of the
concerned institutions. (ii) In case an institution, to which a fellow is
associated, is not in a position to seek patent rights and/or commercial
exploitation of the results of the investigation concerning the intellectual
work of the fellow, CSIR at its own cost may seek the patent rights and/or
commercial exploitation of the results of the intellectual work of the fellow
and all rights would vest exclusively with CSIR. (Issued vide CSIR OM NO. F.No. 6/IPR/2011/EMR-I dated 29th July 2011)
22. OBLIGATIONS OF RESEARCH FELLOW
i.
He/She has to be a full time researcher
and submit himself/herself to the disciplinary regulations of the University/
Institute/ Laboratory where he/she is working. Regular attendance of the fellow
may be ensured by the department by keeping an attendance register.
ii.
In case a fellow decides to appear for competitive
examination, he/she would invariably seek permission from the guide and inform
CSIR about it.
iii.
The Research Fellow is not to take any assignment
other than related to his/her approved research programme,
paid or unpaid. However, if required, the fellow may assist the host institute
in its academic work/other activities, as per guidelines of its PhD programme, provided such assignments should not hamper the
progress of research work of the fellow.
iv.
Once a Research Fellow accepts the Fellowship and
joins, it is incumbent on him/her to continue the research for the normal
tenure of the fellowship or for such lesser duration in which the original
objectives of the research problem have been achieved.
v.
No Fellow shall discontinue his/her Fellowship without
prior approval of CSIR. In case he/she wishes to discontinue the fellowship
prior to completion of the tenure on attainment of original objectives of
research, he/she must submit the resignation to CSIR through the Guide one
month in advance, indicating specific reasons for not continuing the
Fellowship. The Fellowship shall cease from the date stipulated in the CSIR
letter approving the resignation.
vi.
The research Fellow must send a detailed consolidated
report of the research work done during the entire period of Fellowship on
completion of the tenure/resignation of the Fellowship through the Guide to
CSIR, in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-VIII), within one
month.
vii.
During the tenure of the Fellowship, the Fellow shall
correspond with CSIR only through the Guide with the approval of the Head of
the Institution.
viii.
The Research Fellow shall
keep CSIR informed about his/her getting the higher degree, submission of
thesis for Ph.D., MD, MDS, MS, MPhil, ME etc. and
submission/acceptance/publication of any research paper arising out of the
research work done during the tenure of the fellowship. He/She
must acknowledge the support of CSIR in the publication(s). One copy each of
all the research papers published must be sent to CSIR at each stage of
publication/ manuscript/reprint.
23. TEMPORARY TEACHING &
RESEARCH JOB
A Research Fellow on the
recommendation of Guide, and provided that his/her University/ Institute has no
objection, may be permitted by CSIR to take up temporary paid
lectureship/research job in a recognized R&D Institution/University,
College/Institute of repute/Recognized R & D Institution/ PDF studies in
India & abroad for a period not exceeding one year during the entire tenure
of the Fellowship (JRF & SRF together). The Research Fellow will not be
entitled to any extension of the Fellowship for such periods. The Fellow will
not be entitled to stipend and contingency grant during such leave. Such leave
period will be counted in the tenure. Such leave can be taken only after
joining and working as Research Scholar at least for one year. Fellow has to
report for duty at the same place from where he proceeded on leave.
24. LEAVE
Leave with stipend not exceeding 30
days for each completed year of tenure may be allowed by the Guide after the
request has been communicated to CSIR. The leave will be treated as part of the
Fellow’s tenure. The leave due can be carried over to the next year, however
not more than 90 days can be accumulated at any time during the tenure. Of this
not more than 30 days can be availed in a calendar year with stipend and beyond
that any leave will be treated as “Leave Without
Stipend”. During the first year of Fellowship or any uncompleted year, leave
may be granted on pro-rata basis. Sanction of leave without stipend may be
considered by CSIR under special circumstances. In case a Fellow proceeds on
leave before expiry of Fellowship tenure, he/she must join back before the
expiry of tenure; failing which the tenure will be deemed to have terminated
with effect from the date he/she proceeded on leave. The fact of joining back
from leave should be communicated to CSIR immediately. As the CSIR releases the
grant in advance, therefore, the amount on account of “Leave Without
Stipend” has to be refunded to CSIR at the end of a financial year or adjusted
against the fresh claim, if any.
25. The
Guide can grant leave to a Fellow in his/her charge with the concurrence of the
Head of the Institution/Department if the leave is due as prescribed in para 24 above. If leave is not due, such cases will be
decided by CSIR only. The Fellow should not be allowed to proceed on leave to
visit abroad for attending conferences/seminars etc. without prior approval of
the CSIR well in advance. The entire duration of such foreign visits if funded
by any national/international agency, whether partially or fully, would be
treated as leave without stipend.
26.(i) Women
Fellows with less than two surviving children are entitled to full stipend plus
HRA, during the period of absence upto 180 days on
grounds of maternity. Such leave shall be sanctioned by the Guide under
intimation to CSIR. The Fellowship amount for leave period will be paid after
the fellow resumes duty and submits a medical certificate in support of actual
confinement. It is expected that the Fellow will make up for the research work
during the remaining tenure.
26.(ii) Male
Fellows of CSIR with less than two surviving children are entitled for 15 days
paternity leave during confinement of his wife on submission of relevant
documentary proof.
27. TRANSFER OF FELLOWSHIP
The fellow should carefully choose
the host institution, guide/supervisor, availability
of necessary infrastructural and other research facilities etc. to carry out
his/her research before joining. Request for transfer of fellowship will not
be entertained except on compelling circumstances for which the fellow &
his/her guide should submit proper justification. The No Objection Certificate
should be produced by the Fellow/ Associate from supervisor and Head of
Department of University/Institute from where transfer is sought and consent of
the Guide/Host Institute where Fellowships is sought to be transferred by giving
reasons of transfer. No fellow will be allowed to join another institute
without seeking prior approval from CSIR for "transfer of fellowship"
and if he/she joins elsewhere without approval of CSIR, his/her fellowship may
be terminated. Fellowship/Associateship will stand terminated from the date of resignation. Further, no transfers will be allowed in the last six months
of the tenure of fellowships & also after submission of Ph.D. thesis.
28. TERMINATION OF FELLOWSHIP
Senior
Research Fellowship will be terminated from the date of viva-voce of PhD or on
completion of fellowship tenure, whichever is earlier. The fellowship shall also stand
terminated from the date the Fellow resigns and his/her resignation has been
accepted by CSIR. The Fellowship may be terminated by the CSIR on the
recommendation of the Supervisor and Head of the Department/Institution. The
fellowship may also be terminated if the institution where it is tenable, refuses to continue to provide facilities to the
fellow on disciplinary grounds and so informs CSIR.
29. If
a fellow leaves without permission, stipend due at any time shall not be paid
to him/her by the Institution, till all University and other dues are cleared
and certified by the University/Institution. Responsibility in such cases shall
be that of the University/Institution concerned.
30. The unspent balance of grant lying with the Institution at
any time due to termination /resignation/transfer of fellowship of a Fellow/Leave
sanctioned without stipend/interest earned on grants released by CSIR must be
refunded to CSIR immediately by means of a demand draft in favor of Deputy
Secretary, EMR, CSIR Complex, New Delhi.
31. Research
Fellows must settle their claims within one year of leaving the Fellowship. No
claim will be admitted by CSIR after one year of leaving the Fellowship.
32. ACCOMMODATION / HRA
All Research Fellows may be allowed
hostel accommodation wherever available and those residing in hostel provided
by University/Institute will not be eligible for HRA. Reimbursement of hostel
fee is not permissible. Where this is not possible, house rent allowance will
be allowed as per the rules of the host institutions. In no case it should
exceed the rates payable to Central Government Employees in that area. The
basis for calculating HRA will be the actual stipend of the Research Fellow.
The concerned institution will send HRA claim bill, in triplicate separately in
respect of the Fellows who fulfill the requisite conditions of the host
institution.
33. MEDICAL BENEFITS
33.1
Further, all Research Fellows may be provided
medical facility as per Central /State Government Medical norms. This will be
limited to the fellow only and not for his/her family members/dependents.
33.2 The host
institute may get the fellows/associates medically examined at the time of
joining or thereafter.
34. OVERHEAD CHARGES
34.1 For
maintaining and timely submission of the accounts of CSIR grants, the
beneficiary University/Institution is entitled to claim from CSIR the overhead
charges at the following rates.
a) For Research
Fellows and Associates: Rs.500/- per year per fellow without any ceiling on the
total amount.
b) The rates are
made applicable from the financial year 1998-99 onwards.
34.2 The
admissibility of the overhead charges shall be subject to the timely submission
(within one month) of the following statement/documents to CSIR.
a) Consolidated
list of research fellows/associates working/terminated/ transferred/ resigned in
the particular year with their date of termination/transfer/resignation of
fellowship/associateship.
b) Year-wise
information with respect to the PhD degrees awarded to CSIR Research Fellows
(JRF/SRF)/PhD theses submitted by CSIR Research Fellows (JRF/SRF).
c) Consolidated
utilization certificate (Annexure-IX) in
respect of all the fellows during the financial year in question.
d) Statement
of Receipt & Expenditure (Annexure-X) of CSIR grants head-wise and year-wise. Audited
statement by statutory auditors or government auditors may be sent later on.
e) Details
of refunds of unspent balance of terminated Fellowships/Associateships,
transferred Fellowships/Associateships, scholars who
resigned during the year/Leave sanctioned to fellow(s) without Stipend and the Interest Earned on Grants released by
CSIR along with cheque/draft number, date &
issuing bank branch etc.
f) Abstract
of claim for overhead charges.
34.3. Payment of the overhead charges to the
employees maintaining accounts of CSIR shall be made only on authorization by
CSIR and on receipt of the statement/documents mentioned above.
34.4. The
utilization of overhead charges will be at the discretion of the
institute/university.
35. SRF (EXTENDED) ***Programme has been discontinued w.e.f. 01-04-2016.
For those meritorious candidates who
have submitted their PhD thesis and are awaiting the award of PhD degree and
have at least one publication in SCI journal may apply for SRF (Extended). The
tenure will be for a maximum period of one year only. This tenure of SRF (Ext)
will be counted in case the candidate applies and get selected as CSIR RA,
after getting the PhD degree. The upper age limit for SRF (Ext) is 33 years.
SRF (Extended) will be governed by rules as applicable to Research Associates
(RA).
36. CSIR
RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP (RA)
A certain number of RA-ships may be
awarded each year directly by CSIR to young research workers who have shown
promise in original research and propose to pursue research work in science,
engineering, medicine or technology on specific projects. The Associate will do
full time research work on problems stated in his/her application and approved
by CSIR.
37. ELIGIBILITY
a) PhD (in a science or engineering subject) or MD/MS/MDS (in medical science subject) or ME/MTech/MPharm/MVSc with three years R&D experience as on the last date of application, evidenced from fellowship or associateship or from date of registration of PhD.
b)
PhD (science/engineering) thesis submitted are also eligible for RA’ship. Selection in such cases will be subject to the condition that PhD viva-voce done & declared qualified for award of PhD/awarded PhD degree before the expiry of the validity of the award offer.
c) The candidate applying for Research Associateship must have at least one research publication in standard refereed journal as listed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
38. AGE
LIMIT
The upper age limit for applying for
award of RA shall be 35 years. The upper age limit is relaxable
upto 5 years in the case of applicants belonging to
scheduled castes/scheduled tribes/OBC, physically handicapped and women
applicants.
39. APPLICATION
PROCEDURE
Same as given at “Para-14”.
40. SELECTION
PROCEDURE
Same as given at ‘Para-15’
41. STIPEND
The
consolidated stipend of RA will be one of the following.
a) Rs.36,000/- (fixed)
b)
Rs.38,000/- (fixed)
c)
Rs.40,000/- (fixed)
The stipend may normally be fixed at
Rs.36,000/-. However, a selected RA may be placed in the higher stipend if there
is ample justification and such recommendation is made by the discipline wise
Selection Committee and approved by DG, CSIR.
42. TENURE
Research Associateship
(RA) will be tenable initially for a period of one year. It may be extended
further at the discretion of CSIR. In such a case the progress of RA would be
assessed each year by high level discipline wise Assessment Committee
consisting of one external member not below the rank of Professor, Supervisor
of the candidate and Head of the department. If the supervisor happens to be
the Head of the department, another professor of the same Department may be
associated with the Committee. External member should be preferably chairman of
the three members Committee. However the order for extension or otherwise will
be issued by the EMR Division after having considered by the high level
discipline wise Committee’s report, together with the detailed progress report
duly supported by reprints/ preprints/manuscript of the papers published,
accepted or communicated. Noncompliance of CSIR norms for submission of annual progress report along with other requisite documents within six months after completion of yearly tenure may result in termination of fellowship/associateship. The total tenure of RA is 3 years including the tenure
of associateship awarded by UGC/DST/ICMAR/ICAR etc.
and the period availed by him/her as SRF(Ext) awarded
by CSIR.
43. AWARD
OF ASSOCIATESHIP AND RELEASE OF GRANTS.
The procedures will be the same as
applicable in case of the Fellowship (as explained at Para: 14-18).
44. CONTINGENT
GRANT
The Contingent grant is Rs.20,000/- per annum. The details in para
19 of the Fellowship will be applicable for utilization of this grant.
45. The
associate shall present yearly reports on the progress of his /her work, through
the supervisor and the Head of the Department in the University/Institution, in
the prescribed proforma (Annexure-IV).
46. The
associate shall, at the expiry of the Associatship
submit a comprehensive report of the work done during the entire period of Associateship, through the supervisor, to CSIR in the
published work (manuscript, reprints) (Annexure-VIII).
47. If
an Associate wishes to leave the Associateship before
the end of the tenure, it should be with the prior approval of CSIR.
48. The
Asociateship can be terminated, if the CSIR is not
satisfied with the progress or conduct of the Research Associate.
49. For
the rules regarding selection, payment of funds, utilization of the contingent
grant, submission of progress report, tenure, publications and the patents,
leave for temporary or paid lectureship research job etc. the general rules
applicable to JRFs & SRFs will apply to RAs also.
50. DELEGATION
OF POWERS TO DIRECTORS
The Director of CSIR
laboratory/Institute is empowered to upgrade the JRF to SRF and extend the
tenure of SRF and RA after following the prescribed procedure and eligibility.
The order is to be issued by the laboratory and only a copy of the order is
required to be sent to Head, HRDG for monitoring. Director is also empowered to
sanction leave (without stipend also), accept resignation etc. under intimation
to HRDG. This will apply in case of those Fellows/Associates who are awarded
Fellowship/Associateship by HRD Group of CSIR.
Director is also empowered to sanction leave without stipend to
fellow/associate proceedings abroad upto the period
of one year only under intimation to HEAD, HRDG. Director of CSIR Laboratory/Institute
is also empowered to change the guide of a research fellow/associate under
intimation to HRDG.
51. GENERAL
CSIR may send whenever considered
necessary its officers for reviewing the work of the fellows and Associates,
inspection of accounts, attendance, etc, in Universities/Institutes where the
Research Fellows/Associates are placed.
52. Any
kind of paid or honorary, part-or-full-time employment or private practice even
in honorary capacity is not permissible during the tenure of Fellowship/Associateship.
53. The
stipend of research fellow/associate is exempt from the payment of income tax
under 10(16) of IT Act,
54. These
terms and conditions supersede all previous instructions issued in regard to
JRF/SRF/RA. However, any relaxation would require approval of DG, CSIR. In all
matters decision taken by CSIR shall be final.