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I.C.I. (India) have offered to the National Institute of Sciences of India the sum of 336,000 rupees (about £25,000) for research fellowships in chemistry, physics and biology, to be held at Indian universities or institutions approved by the Council of the National Institute of Sciences, over a period of five to seven years. Each fellowship will be worth 400 rupees per month and will be tenable in the first instance for two years. There is provision for four new fellowships every year during the period 1945–49. In addition, there will be a grant for research expenses to be made to the fellowship holders according to their needs of special apparatus and materials. For this purpose the National Institute has at its disposal an average of 600 rupees per annum for each fellowship. There will be a grant of 13,200 rupees per annum to the National Institute for five years to enable it to pay for administration and the travelling expenses of such fellows of the Institute as may be selected to visit the fellowship holders at their universities or institutions. Appointment to, and control of, the fellowships will be in the hands of the Council of the National Institute, acting on the advice of a special research fellowships committee, representative of various scientific fields and drawn from various parts of India, so as to include any community, the overriding consideration for membership being scientific fitness therefor. The fellowships will be open to persons, irrespective of sex, race or religion, resident or domiciled in India (British India or the States) and less than thirty-five years of age, and will be tenable at any university or institution in India approved by the Council of the National Institute. Fellows will be permitted to do a limited amount of approved teaching or demonstrating.
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Fellowships for Scientific Research in India. Nature 156, 107 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156107a0
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