About This Event
We successfully hosted the workshop today with about 20 early-career researchers, organised by BRIC-ILS in collaboration with IndiaBioscience and ANRF. The program had participants from different institutes of Odisha, GM University, Sambalpur, IISER berhampur, NIT Rourkela, Govt. Womens' College, Keonjhar, CUTM, Bhubaneswar etc.
Program highlights
🔹 Welcome address and program highlights by Dr Mamoni Dash, Scientist, BRIC-ILS
🔹 IndiaBioscience activities and resources: Dr Siuli Mitra
🔹 R&D grants from government agencies, trusts and foundations: Ms Sonali Nayak (DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance)
🔹 R&D grants and schemes of the Government of Odisha: Dr Sashikanta Dash (DST Odisha)
🔹 Experiences of ANRF PMECRG grantees: Dr Akhilesh Mishra (NIT Rourkela) and Dr Seema Pradhan (BRIC-ILS)
🔹 Project development and grant writing: Dr B. Ravindran
🔹 The perspective of a grant evaluator: Dr Vatsala Thirumalai (NCBS)
🔹 Panel discussion on writing a successful grant application
🔹 Afternoon one-on-one sessions with mentors
A heartfelt thank you to our mentors and speakers for generously sharing their time and insights on the critical points of developing a strong proposal: Dr B. Ravindran, Dr. Rajeeb Swain, Dr Rupesh Dash, Dr Arun Nagaraj, Dr Mamoni Dash, and Dr Vatsala Thirumalai.
Thanks also to IndiaBioscience, ANRF and all the participants for their enthusiasm and thoughtful questions. Best wishes to everyone applying!
