Fund for Improvement of S&T in Universities by DST-FIST Program – 2020

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Fund for Improvement of S&T in Universities by DST-FIST Program – 2020

Designation/Position- DST-FIST Program – 2020

Department of Science & Technology (DST), India invites application for DST-FIST Program – 2020 from eligible and interested candidates

About- Proposals are invited online for consideration of support under the Scheme “Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure
(FIST)” of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The Scheme is intended to provide basic
infrastructure and enabling facilities for promoting R&D activities in new and emerging areas and attracting fresh talents
in universities & other educational institutions. It is considered as complimentary support for enabling Departments/
Centres/ Schools/ Colleges to pursue research activities more effectively and efficiently.

Location- India

Central University Recruitment 2020 – CUJ Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Scientist Jobs in India – CSIR-CIMFR, Basic pay- Rs. 78,800/– 2,09,200/-

Eligibility/Qualification–

  • For University / Degree awarding Academic Institutions, the support will be considered for the ‘Department / School / Center’ as a unit.
  • All Science (including Medical & Agriculture) and Engineering Departments/ Centres having strong PG research programs which have existed for at least 3 years or more in universities and other higher educational institutions recognized or regulated by UGC/ AICTE and/or MHRD/ State Education Department based, are eligible seeking support for the 1st time.
  • All other agency based academic University/ Institutes are excluded from the scope of FIST support.
  • The Department/ Centre/ School already supported under FIST Program may submit fresh proposal after completion of the ongoing project duration, provided such projects completed in all respects and obtained ‘Completion Certificate’ whose copy may be attached in the current proposal.
  • The number of Core Faculty Members with PhD degree in the Department/ Centre/ School shall be at least 5 (Five), 8 (Eight) and 10 (Ten) for Level I, Level II and Level III, respectively.
  • For applying under Level III support, the concerned Department must have been in existence for at least 15 years and implemented at least two (2) FIST Projects at Level II category and have obtained one ‘Excellent’ and one ‘Very Good’ grading in last two FIST Level ‘II’ Projects.
  • Those Departments that have completed 2 cycles of support in any particular level i.e. Level I or Level II and which would be not eligible in normal way to next higher level after 2 cycles of support may be considered for support, only for research, with the maximum quantum equal to 50% of upper limit of support in any given category as a upper limit in 3rd cycle of support (i.e. an upper limit of Rs 1.5 crore in Level I and Rs 5.0 crores in Level II for research purposes only).

For College, the support to ‘College as a whole’ shall be considered for the post-graduate S&T departments only and not for other Departments i.e. Humanities, Management, Commerce etc.

PRIVATE Academic University/ College/ Institution under Not-for-Profit status and GOVT. AIDED Colleges would be considered as Academic Institutions (Private) option during the process of online submission of proposal.

For Selffinanced post-graduate departments of Private Universities/ Academic Institutes and Private/ Govt. aided Colleges, support shall be considered only on merit of research activities for research facilities. Such departments of the University or “College as a whole” should have at least 50% students at the PhD level pursuing their PhD as full time Research Scholar and receiving their fellowships either by virtue of NET/GATE qualification or holder of Institute/any other agency fellowship and such department/ College would need to contribute 50 % of total recommended budget

Job/Position Description- 

Type of Support:

(1) Level – 0: Proposals from active PG Colleges (Govt./ Govt. aided/ Private) shall be considered for shall be considered for a maximum support of up to Rs. 150 lakh for establishing research facilities for the S & T departments for 5 years.

(2) Level – I: Proposals from relatively small but active post-graduate S&T Department from State & Central Universities and degree awarding academic Institutions requiring moderate funding for improving quality of research. The support would be up to Rs 300 lakh for 5 years for augmentation of research facilities to a Department/ School/ Centre.

(3) Level – II: Proposals from well established S&T Department from State/ Central Universities and degree awarding academic Institutions with high repute requiring substantial funding (upper limit – Rs.1000 lakh for 5 years) for acquiring state-of-the-art equipment & setting up laboratories for conducting internationally competitive research. In addition, an amount of Rs 10.0 lakh (Rs 2.0 lakh/year) would be allocated separately to implement Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) under the FIST Program. The SSR activities that can be supported are given in the Draft SSR document at the DST website.

(4) Level – III: Proposals from well established, internationally competitive S&T Department from State/ Central Universities and degree awarding academic Institutions. The upper limit of funding support would be Rs 2000.0 lakh for 5 years) for acquiring only state-of-the-art very sophisticated equipment/ facilities. In addition, an amount of Rs 10.0 lakh (Rs 2.0 lakh/year) would be allocated separately to implement Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) under the FIST Program. The SSR activities that can be supported are given in the Draft SSR document at the DST website.

How to Apply- 

  1. Log on onlinedst.gov.in to access the home page of the “DST e-PMS Portal”.
  2. To save your time and avoid data loss please download the appropriate proposal format as suitable for your either
    Department [LEVEL I/ LEVEL II/ LEVEL III] or PG College [LEVEL 0], fill all the information required as per the format
    as a Word and PDF file (max. size 5Mb) and then keep it ready for upload during submission of mandatory
    documents.
  3. Click on “Submit proposals” link which would take you to a page seeking multiple information starting with – General
    information, Principal investigator etc. Under ‘Financial Details’, for Non-Recurring budget head, you may directly go
    to Equipment (E) and fill the required details. Subsequently, for other two Non-Recurring budget heads, Infrastructure
    (IF) and Networking (NW), you may kindly fill the same in the blank box labeled as ‘Other Cost Details’, respectively.
    After completing details regarding IF items you may add one more blank box labeled as ‘Other Cost Details’ to fill
    the details of NW activities.
  4. For Maintenance, you may select ‘Any Other Head’ under ‘Financial Details’. There is no need to give year wise phasing and so you may opt directly for ‘Select All’ box for ticking all the years mentioned in the adjacent boxes. Please note that the figures filled here should match with the figures mentioned in the budget section of the format uploaded. Please also note for FIST Program you do not need to fill – Suggested referees and Current Ongoing Project. Fill all the mandatory information sought against each menu except (Suggested referees and Current Ongoing Project).
  5. After filling all above particulars there is provision for preview your detail before final submission of application form
    on clicking on “Preview” button. Preview page will display all facts/particulars that you have mentioned on entry time
    if you are sure with filled details then click on “Submit” button to finally push data into server.
  6. Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change
    will be possible/ entertained after clicking the FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON.

Mandatory Documents to be uploaded with the Online Proposal:
 Endorsement from PI and Summary Sheet for FIST-2020
 Endorsement Letter from the Registrar of the University/Head of the Institute/ Principal of the College
 Department of Science and Technology – Policy on Conflict of Interest
 Terms and Conditions for “FIST” Grant
 Project Implementation Group (PIG)
 Brief Summary of the FIST Support (Not required for Departments/ Colleges seeking first time support)

For Contact- For any enquiry, contact:
Dr Arindam Bhattacharyya
Email id: a.bhattacharyya@nic.in

Last Date for Apply–  05 May 2020

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