Last date for submitting applications: 15th January 2020
Greetings from SIIC IIT Kanpur!
We are happy to announce that as one of the SPARSH Centres, IIT Kanpur is inviting applications for SPARSH fellowship under Waste to Value theme.
Social Innovation Immersion Program (SIIP), a component of SPARSH scheme, is BIRAC’s social Innovation fellowship/award program which provides opportunity for clinical and rural immersion and funding support for developing the prototype through mini kick start grant apart from the monthly fellowship to young social Innovators.
Theme: Waste to Value
Highlights of the Fellowship/Award
· Fully funded fellowship with monthly stipend of Rs. 50,000 pm (for 18 months)
· Rs. 5 Lakhs mini kick start grant
· Clinical/Rural Immersion
· Access to network of Mentors and Investors
· Opportunities to seek funding on completion from other programs at SIIC – like BIG, PRISM, PRAYAS, EIR
Eligibility:Indian undergraduate (B.Tech, BE, MBBS) or postgraduate (MSc, MS, M.Tech, MPhil, MD) & PhD below 35 years from fields of life sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, medicine & human biology are eligible to apply.
Please note: The SPARSH Fellowship requires the Innovators to work fulltime and cannot be combined with fellowships from other funding organizations.
Benefits of applying through IIT Kanpur:
· Access to SIIC's infrastructure like Imagineering lab, BioIncubator and lab facilities of other departments at IITK
· Strong auxiliary support system – IP and Tech Transfer, Legal and compliance support
· Collaborations with hospitals, poultry farms, agricultural lands, tannery and rubber industries to access all types of waste
· Mentoring by faculty members and alumni
· Access to funds from existing SIIC programs, alumni association and more
How to Apply
For submitting application please log in to BIRAC website www.birac.nic.in
For submitting application please log in to BIRAC website www.birac.nic.in
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