Joint NAM S&T Centre – ICCBS Fellowship in Natural Products Chemistry, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Call for Applications for 2022-23
The NAM S&T Centre is pleased to invite application from eligible candidates for the “Joint NAM S&T Centre - ICCBS Fellowship in Natural Products Chemistry, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals” for the year 2022-23.
This Fellowship is offered to scientists and researchers of the Member Countries of the NAM S&T Centre and the Members of its NAM S&T–Industry Network for affiliation with the International Centre for Chemical & Biological Sciences (ICCBS), H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi, Pakistan [https://www.iccs.edu/] for a period of up to ~3 months to work in the ICCBS Laboratories in the areas of Drugs Research and Development including Natural Products Chemistry and Herbal Medicines; Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Neutraceuticals; Molecular Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology, Nanotechnology, Proteomics and Genomics, Clinical Research etc. in order to enhance their research skills, facilitate exchange of information and contacts and create a network between the scientists and researchers from Pakistan and other developing countries.
Under this scheme, the NAM S&T Centre pays the return international airfare from the home country to Karachi to the selected Fellows only from those Member Countries of the NAM S&T Centre or Members of the NAM S&T – Industry Network, which have no outstanding dues towards the annual membership subscription to the Centre. The ICCBS will provide free furnished accommodation and a monthly subsistence allowance of PKR 35,000/- to the selected Fellows for the duration of the Fellowship.
Applications recommended by the parent institutions of the applicants and endorsed/ recommended by the Focal Points of the NAM S&T Centre in their countries may be submitted to the NAM S&T Centre through E-mail in the relevant format.
There is no last date for submitting applications and selection will be made on first-cum-first basis strictly based on the professional details of the applicant, plan of work to be carried out and mutual research interests of the applicant and ICCBS. Copies of the guidelines for the Fellowship and the application form are attached (also available at the Centre’s Website www.namstct.org).
Scientists from countries which are not the Members of the NAM S&T Centre, and from Pakistan, are not eligible to apply for this Fellowship. Lists of the Member countries and the list of NAM S&T – Industry Members of the Centre and the details of the Focal Points of the Centre in these countries/ Network Members are available at the Centre’s
For more information about the full announcement, guidelines and application forms, please visit the website https://www.namstct.org
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