New Delhi: In order to encourage more women scientists to join their male counterparts in doing high level biotechnology research, the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India has launched biotech career advancement and reorientation scheme’Bio-CARe’ specifically for the same purpose.
The programme is targeted towards career development of employed as well as unemployed women scientists. The scheme is open for all areas of biosciences (including agriculture, veterinary science and medicine). Age limit for application has been kept as 55 to ensure maximum impact.
Bio-CARe aims at providing support for research project grants to women scientists for whom it is the first extramural research grant. The purpose is to build capacities for women scientists so as to help them undertake independent R&D projects. However, the women scientists who have received any earlier grant from any government funding agency as Principal Investigator are not eligible.
It would also be a good opportunity for women scientists who have had a career break to get into the main stream of research.
The call for proposals under the Bio-CARe scheme for women scientists is open now. Last Date for submission of proposal which was earlier kept as 31st March, 2016, has been extended now upto 30th April, 2016.
Interested scientists may submit their proposal through e-Promis portal of DBT (http://dbtepromis.gov.in) where project performa is available. Details of the scheme are at DBT website www.dbtindia.nic.in For further assistance contact Dr Suraksha S Diwan on email biocare.dbt@nic.in
