CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2023
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07/11/2022
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30/11/2022
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CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2023
Eligibility
Decoration
No. of Awardees
Who can nominate ?
Selection Process
Ceremony Details
Notifications
CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2023
To promote excellence and recognize outstanding contributions made by the yound CSIR scientists for their work done primarily in India during the last five years preceding the year of the Award.
Eligibility
1. Any scientist, engaged in research work in any of the CSIR laboratories/institutes, who is not more than 35 years of age, as reckoned on 26 September, 2022 (CSIR Foundation Day) of the preceding year, is eligible for the Award.
2. The nominee should be a regular Scientist (as per CSRAP Rules) of the CSIR system and should have joined the CSIR laboratory on or prior to 26 September of the previous year.
Decoration
1. The Awards are given annually in the following fields:
i) Biological Sciences
ii) Chemical Sciences
iii)Earth-Atmosphere-Ocean-Planetary Sciences
iv) Engineering Sciences
v) Physical Sciences (including instrumentation)
2. Each award consists of a citation (signed by the Director-General, CSIR and the Vice-President, CSIR), a cash prize of Rs.50000 (Rupees fifty thousand) and a plaque
3. Special Honorarium of Rs. 7500 till the age of 45 years
4. Research grant of Rs 25 lakh (Rupees twenty-five lakh) over a period of five years, is also given, which is normally to the tune of Rs 5 lakh per annum per CSIR Young Scientist Awardee
No. of Awardees
Total 10 Awardees: 2 awardee per field
Who can nominate ?
It is self nomination with a letter of recommendation by Directors/ Chairperson of Research Councils / Bhatnagar Awardees who can propose nominations only of scientists belonging to the CSIR laboratories/ institutes with which they are associated.
Selection Process
1. Each nominee is required to make a brief presentation (15 minutes) about his/her research work before the concerned Advisory Committee. This may be followed by 5 minutes question-answer session/discussion
2. No nomination will be considered in absentia
3. The awards are given for outstanding contributions made by the Young CSIR scientists on work done primarily in India
4. The award in a specific discipline may be withheld if no candidate of requisite merit is forthcoming in that year
5. The recommendations of the Advisory Committees are subject to approval by the Governing Body of CSIR
Ceremony Details
The CSIR Young Scientist Awards will be presented to the recipients on 26 September, the CSIR Foundation Day every year at a formal function arranged by CSIR. At this ceremony, citations highlighting the work of the recipients are read out.