Department of Biotechnology

Call for Proposal for young investigators (RGYI Scheme)

Rapid Submissions and Rapid Approvals

Rapid grant submission for young investigators upto 40 years of age.

The Department of Biotechnology is attempting to reduce the age at which scientists get their first Principal Investigator grant and expand opportunities for young scientists. We invite proposals in any branch of biotechnology related to medical, agriculture, vetinerary, environment, marine, industrial or to bioresources.  DBT will provide rapid review and approval for suitable proposals and early funding.  Post Doctoral students can be Co-PI or Co-Investigator together with young faculty/ scientists holding permanent positions.  It will be our endeavour to release funds within eight weeks of the last date of submission of the proposal. Budget may be appropriate to the project goals and activities.

The interested scientists may submit 10 copies of their proposals in the format on or before 31^st August, 2010 to Dr. T. S. Rao, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Block–2 (8^th Floor), CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003 Tel.:011-24363726/24364065, Fax: 011-24362884 E-mail: rgyi.dbt@gmail.com

Please highlight in the envelope

“Submission of Proposal under RGYI Scheme”

For detailed advertisement and proforma please visit DBT website

(website address: http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=60)

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Please note the following instructions before submission of proposal

i.        The primary aim of the scheme is to reduce the age at which scientists get their first PI grant and expand opportunities for young scientists; hence no major infrastructure grant or higher budget will be provided under this scheme. Being a start-up grant, financial support will be given under this scheme to the young investigators who are not having any other grant while applying under this scheme.

ii.          Proposals must be forwarded through competent authority.

iii.          Include atleast one co-investigator

iv.      The Principal Investigator must have permanent position in the faculty. Post Doctoral students can be Co-PI or Co-Investigator.

v.          Transfer of project is not allowed after implementation of the project from one institution to another institution except exceptional cases.

vi.          Proposals not submitted in the proper format will be rejected in first stage.

vii.     In case of large number of proposals received under the scheme, only the short listed proposals will be considered by the competent authority for grant-in aid.

viii.          Eligibility : Research institutes, universities, agriculture/veterinary / medical schools, IIT’s and other engineering institutions, other recognized research laboratories in the public sector, DSIR recognized institutions and not-for-profit institutions. 

ix.          Young investigators may please avoid making unnecessary calls for RGYI scheme.

PROFORMA (available in DBT website)

PROFORMA FOR SUBMISSION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS ON RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAMME SUPPORT

(To be filled by the applicant)

PART I: GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Name of the Institute/University/Organisation submitting the Project Proposal:
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2. State: ................................. 3. Status of the Institute:

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(Please see Annexure-I)(Project Performa downloads in DBT site, Sl. No 20)

4. Name and designation of the Executive Authority of the Institute/University forwarding the application : ...............................................................................................................

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5. Project Title :...............................................................................................................

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6. Category of the Project (Please tick):.R&D/ Programme Support

7. Specific Area (Please see Annexure - II)(Project Performa downloads in DBT site, Sl. No 21)

8. Duration : ..................................... Years.................................. Months

9. Total Cost (Rs.) .............................................

10. Is the project Single Institutional or Multiple-Institutional  (S/M) ? :

11. If the project is multi-institutional, please furnish the following :

Name of Project Coordinator: ...............................................................................

Affiliation: ...............................................................................................................

Address: ..........................................................................................................………………....

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12. Scope of application indicating anticipated product and processes

13. Project Summary (Not to exceed one page. Please use separate sheet).

PART II: PARTICULARS OF INVESTIGATORS

(One or more co-investigators are preferred in every project. Inclusion of co-investigator(s) is mandatory for investigators retiring before completion of the project)

Principal Investigator:

14. Name:........................................................................................................................................

Date of Birth: ............................................................... Sex (M/F): ..................... ...................

Designation:............................................................................................................……..........

Department:............................................................................................................……...........

Institute/University:..................................................................................................................

Address:............................................................................................................………............

...................................…………………………………………………PIN:...........................

Telephone: .......................... Fax:........……………….....E-mail:............................…............

Number of research projects being handled at present:.............................................................

Co-Investigator

15. Name: .......................................................................................................................................

Date of Birth : .................................................................Sex (M/F) : .....................................

Designation : ............................................................................................................................

Department : ...........................................................................……………………………….

Institute/University: ................................................................................................................

Address : ...............................................................................……………..............................

....................................…………………………………………………PIN : .......................

Telephone : .......................... Fax:.....................…………E-mail : ……………………........

Number of Research projects being handled at present: .........................................................

Co-Investigator

16. Name : ....................................................................................................…………….............

Date of Birth : ................................................................ Sex(M/F) : ......................................

Designation : ...........................................................................................................................

Department : ..........................................................................................................…………..

Institute/University : ...............................................................................................................

Address : ………….................................................................................................................

.........................……………………………………………....... PIN : .........…......................

Telephone : .................…......... Fax ..............…............. E-mail : ..………............................

Number of Research projects being handled at present:..............................................................

Note : Use separate page, if more investigators are involved

PART  III : TECHNICAL DETAILS OF PROJECT

(Under the following heads on separate sheets)

16. Introduction (not to exceed 2 pages or 1000 words)

16.1 Origin of the proposal

16.2 (a) Rationale of the study supported by cited literature (b) Hypothesis (c) Key questions.

16.5 Current status of research and development in the subject (both international and national status)

            16.6 The relevance and expected outcome of the proposed study

            16.7 Preliminary work done so far

17. Specific objectives (should be written in bulleted form, a short paragraph indicating the methods to be followed for achieving the objective and verifiable indicators of progress should follow each specific objective)

18. Work Plan: should not exceed 3-4 pages (the section can be divided according to the specific aims and under each specific aim, the following should be stated clearly as sub headings)

            18.1 Work plan (methodology/experimental design to accomplish the stated aim)

            18.2 Connectivity of the participating institutions and investigators

 (in case of multi- institutional projects only)

18.3 Alternate strategies (if the proposed experimental design or method does not work what is the alternate strategy)

19. Timelines: (Please provide quantifiable outputs)

Period of study	Achievable targets
6 Months
12 Months
18 Months
24 Months
30 Months
36 Months

20. Name and address of 5 experts in the field

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Address

PART IV: BUDGET PARTICULARS

 Budget (In Rupees)

A. Non-Recurring (e.g. equipments, accessories, etc.)

S. No.	Item	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total

Sub-Total (A)

B. Recurring

B.1 Manpower (See guidelines at Annexure-III)

S. No.	Position No.	Consolidated Emolument	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total

Sub-Total (B.1) =

B.2 Consumables

S. No.	Item	Quantity	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total

Sub-Total (B.2) =

Other items	Consolidated Emolument	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total
B.3 Travel
B.4 Contingency
B.5 Overhead  (If applicable)					1
Sub-total of B (B.1+B.2+B.3+B.4+B.5)
Grand Total (A + B)

Note : Please give justification for each head and sub-head separately mentioned in the above table.

Financial Year : April - March

In case of multi-institutional project, the budget estimate to be given separately for each institution.

PART V : EXISTING FACILITIES

Resources and additional information

1. Laboratory:

1. Manpower

2. Equipments

2. Other resources such as clinical material, animal house facility, glass house. Experimental garden, pilot plant facility etc.

 

 

PART VI: DECLARATION/CERTIFICATION

It is certified that

a)      the research work proposed in the scheme/project does not in any way duplicate the work already done or being carried out elsewhere on the subject.

b)      the same project proposal has not been submitted to any other agency for financial support.

c)      the emoluments for the manpower proposed are those admissible to persons of corresponding status employed in the institute/university or as per the Ministry of Science & Technology guidelines (Annexure-III)

d)      necessary provision for the scheme/project will be made in the  Institute/University/State budget in anticipation of the sanction of the scheme/project.

e)      if the project involves the utilisation of genetically engineered organisms, we agree to submit an application through our Institutional Biosafety Committee. We also declare that while conducting experiments, the Biosafety Guidelines of the Department of Biotechnology would be followed in toto.

f)        if the project involves field trials/experiments/exchange of specimens, etc. we will ensure that ethical clearances would be taken from concerned ethical Committees/Competent authorities and the same would be conveyed to the Department of Biotechnology before implementing the project.

g)      it is agreed that any research outcome or intellectual property right(s) on the invention(s) arising out of the project shall be taken in accordance with the instructions issued with the approval of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, as contained in Annexure-V.

h)      we agree to accept the terms and conditions as enclosed in Annexure-IV. The same is signed and enclosed.

i)        the institute/university agrees that the equipment, other basic facilities and such other administrative facilities as per terms and conditions of the grant will be extended to investigator(s) throughout the duration of the project.

j)        the Institute assumes to undertake the financial and other management responsibilities of the project.

Signature of Project Coordinator                                        Signature of Executive Authority
(applicable only for multi-institutional projects)                                    of Institute/University with seal

Date :                                                                                      Date :

Signature of Principal Investigator :

Date :

 

 

Signature of Co-Investigator                                        Signature of Co-Investigator

Date :                                                                                      Date :

PART VII: PROFORMA FOR BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF INVESTIGATORS

Provide the following information for the key personnel in the order listed on PART II.
Follow this format for each person.  DO NOT EXCEED THREE PAGES

Name : .......…………………………………………................................................................
Designation :………………………………………………......................................................

Department/Institute/University : ..............................................................................................

Date of Birth : .................................. Sex (M/F) ............................... SC/ST :  .........................

Education (Post-Graduation onwards & Professional Career)

Sl No.	Institution Place	Degree Awarded	Year	Field of Study

A.     Position and Honors

Position and Employment (Starting with the most recent employment)

Sl No.	Institution Place	Position	From (Date)	To (date)

Honors/Awards

Professional Experience and Training relevant to the Project

B. Publications (Numbers only) .................

Books : .................... Research Papers, Reports : ................General articles :...........................

Patents : .........................Others (Please specify) :..............................................................

Selected peer-reviewed publications (Ten best publications in chronological order)

List maximum of five recent publications relevant to the proposed area of work.

 

 

C.     Research Support

Ongoing Research Projects

Sl No.	Title of Project	Funding Agency	Amount	Date of sanction and Duration

Completed Research Projects (State only major projects of last 3 years)

Sl No.	Title of Project	Funding Agency	Amount	Date of completion

Place :                                                                                     Signature of Investigator
Date  :

Annexure - I

Status of the Institute submitting the Project Proposal

1.      Central University

2.      State University

3.      Deemed University

4.      College (Please specify the University to which affiliated )

5.      Institution of CSIR

6.      Institution of ICAR

7.      Institution of ICMR

8.      Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)

9.      Institution of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

10.  Institution of the Department of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)

11.  Institution of the Department of Science & Technology (DST)

12.  Institution/Organisation of any other Government Agency (please specify)

13.  Autonomous Institute/Society (please specify the parent Ministry/Department)

14.  Public Sector Undertaking (Please specify the Nodal Ministry/ Department)

15.  Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)/ Society

16.  Private Institute/Organisation

Annexure – II

Illustrative List of Subject Areas for the consideration of the Project Proposal

1. AGRICULTURE & ALLIED AREAS

1.1 Field Crop

1.2 Horticulture & Plantation Crops

1.3 Forestry Species, Fuel Fodder, Biomass

1.4 Plant Molecular Biology

1.5 Biological Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Weeds

1.6 Biofertilizers

1.7 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

1.8 Seri-Biotechnology / Sericulture – host plants

1.9 Tissue Culture Plants

1.10 Biodiversity Conservation & Bioprospecting

1.11 Any other (Please specify)

2. MEDICAL SCIENCES & ALLIED AREAS

2.1 Neurosciences & Neurobiology

2.2 Infectious Diseases of Humans

2.3 Non-infectious Diseases of Humans

2.4 Immunobiology

2.5 Human Genetics/ Genome Analysis

2.6 Bio-Medical Instrumentation

2.7 Therapeutics & Posology

2.8 Vaccines & Diagnostics

2.9 Any other (Please specify)

3. ENVIRONMENT

3.1 Plant Biodiversity

3.2 Microbial Biodiversity

3.3 Pollution Management

3.4 Bioremediation

3.5 Afforestation & Conservation

3.6 Any Other (Please specify)

4. ANIMAL SCIENCES

4.1 Breeding, Embryo transfer and related areas

4.2 Genetic enhancement, transgenics

4.3 Diagnostics & Vaccines (improved & recombinant)

4.4 Zoonotic diseases

4.5 Immunobiology

4.6 Feed and Nutrition

4.7 Any Other (Please specify)

5. AQUACULTURE

5.1 Breeding & Genetic Enhancement

5.2 Feed, nutrition, probiotics

5.3 Culture/hatchery technologies in new and non-traditional species

5.4 Vaccines, immunostimulants, diagnostics

5.5 Genomics, genes of interest

5.6 Frontline Demonstration, Rural development

5.7 Any Other (Please specify)

6. MARINE SCIENCES

6.1 Marine species other than Fish

6.2 Marine Microbiology/ flora & fauna

6.3 Extremophilic Organisms

6.4 Genomics, genes of interest

6.5 Any other(Please specify)

7. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

7.1 Microbiology/ Strain Improvement

7.2 Industrial Products/ Bio-Process Optimisation & scale-up

7.3 Biogeo-technology/Biodegradation/Bio-leaching

7.4 Theoretical/ Mathematical modeling of Industrial processes.

7.5 Biotechnology Parks

7.6 Any Other (Please specify)

8. FOOD SCIENCES

8.1 Food Processing/ Packaging/ Preservation etc.

8.2 Food Additives /Ingredients

8.3 Food-borne diseases/ Diagnostics

8.4 Quality Control/Assay Systems

8.5 Food Safety

8.6 Any other(Please specify)

9. BASIC RESEARCH (Please indicate subject area/keywords)

10. BIOINFORMATICS, BIOCOMPUTING, STRUCTURAL/THEORETICAL

BIOLOGY, DATABASE DEVELOPMENT, ALGORITHMS / SOFTWARE

DEVELOPMENT, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR GENOMICS/

PROTEOMICS ETC. (Please indicate subject area / keywords)

11. BIOTECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

11.1 SC/ST or Weaker Sections

11.2 Women Oriented

11.3 Rural Development

11.4 Biovillage,

11.5 Any Other (Please specify)