Call for Applications! for Archives at NCBS: Research Fellowship and Scholar-in-Residence Program!

Call for Applications! for Archives at NCBS: Research Fellowship and Scholar-in-Residence Program!

The Archives at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) is delighted to announce a call for a new Research Fellowship and Scholar-in-Residence Program, toward developing scholarship based on the historical collections at the Archives at NCBS. This Program is generously supported by TNQ Technologies.

About the Archives at NCBS:

The Archives at NCBS (https://archives.ncbs.res.in) is a public collecting centre for the history of science in contemporary India. It has over 300,000 processed objects across over 50 collections in various forms, ranging from paper-based manuscripts to negatives to photographs, books, fine art, audio recordings, scientific equipment, letters, and field and lab notes. The 2000-square-feet state-of-the-art physical centre at NCBS includes space for research, processing, exhibitions, recording, and a leading-edge storage facility with monitors for temperature, light, humidity, air quality, water, fire, pests, and noise. The holdings include the papers of the molecular biologist and co-founder of NCBS, Obaid Siddiqi, TSG Sastry, a physicist who worked on the Thumba rocket programme, KS Krishnan, the renowned physicist who founded the National Physical Laboratory, Leslie Coleman, an early 20th century agricultural scientist in Mysore state, and the renowned agricultural scientist, MS Swaminathan. Most of the archival catalog is available online (as are many of the digital objects from the collections).

• Duration: Three to six months, in residence on the NCBS campus in Bangalore.
• Number: Two to four fellowships per cycle, depending on level of experience and proposal. Two scholars-in-residence per cycle.
• Eligibility: We invite applications from individuals around the world. There are no restrictions on the applicant’s discipline. Fellows could see their time at NCBS as a way to develop existing projects further, including current graduate research, doctoral or post-doctoral work. Scholars-in-residence could also see this as extending an independent body of research. Applicants do not need to be enrolled in an educational program or employed elsewhere. We look forward to applications from wide-ranging fields such as history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, law, literature, journalism, archaeology, art, architecture, education, economics, engineering and the sciences.
• Timeline:
  • Round 1:
    • Application deadline: August 9, 2024.
    • Selected candidates notified: August 26, 2024.
    • Start date: Oct 1, 2024 (flexible)
  • Round 2:
    • Application deadline: Nov 8, 2024.
    • Selected candidates announced: Nov 29, 2024.
    • Start date: Jan 1, 2025 (flexible).
• Review process: The application form includes provisions for uploading a resume and a statement of intent for the fellowship. A selection committee assembled from within and outside NCBS, will shortlist candidates from the applications we receive. The Committee may then request for references from shortlisted applicants and/or hold interviews with them to make a final selection. All applicants will be notified of the results.

• Research Fellowship: Research Fellows will be paid a consolidated fellowship between Rs 45,000 to Rs 60,000 per month for the duration of their residency, commensurate with education level and experience.
• Fellowship application: Applicants are requested to fill up the online form linked on this website. The form includes provisions for uploading a resume, a statement of intent about the proposed work and use of the collections at the Archives at NCBS.

For more details, refer here