<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">The announcement below may be of interest to members of the CODATA community in economically developing countries.<div><br></div><div>With very best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Simon.<br>
<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">RTF_DCS Fellowship <<a href="mailto:rtfdcs15@gmail.com">rtfdcs15@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Fwd: Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists (RTF-DCS): Call for Applications for 2016-17</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">31 May 2016 10:57:26 CEST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">undisclosed-recipients:;<br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.1pt">E-MAIL</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.1pt">FROM:      The Centre for Science
and Technology of Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T
Centre)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">TO:        
Scientists and Science Administrators in Developing Countries</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">CC:
         Embassies / Consulates of
Developing Countries in New Delhi</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">CC:         
Indian Embassies / Consulates in Developing Countries</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">CC:
         Indian Academic and R&D
Institutions</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">CC:         
Focal Points of the NAM S&T Centre in Member Countries and NAM S&T–Industry
Network Members</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">CC:         
Bureau Members of the 13<sup>th</sup> Governing Council of the NAM S&T
Centre</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">=
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:right;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">No. NAM – 05/74/2016</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:right;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">5<sup>th</sup> April 2016</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 90pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Subject: 
Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists (RTF-DCS): Call
for Applications for 2016-17</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Greetings from the Centre for Science
and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T
Centre)!!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">2.       
The NAM S&T Centre invites applications from the scientists, technologists
and engineers of the developing countries for the award of Fellowships under
the ‘Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists<b> (RTF-DCS)’</b> scheme
for the year 2016-17. The RTF-DCS Programme aims at capacity building of the
developing countries in the fields of Science & Technology through the
affiliation of their scientists with Indian scientific and academic Centres of
Excellence.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">3.       
The salient features of the RTF-DCS programme are as under:-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">         
(i)    <b>No. of Fellowships</b>: 50</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 63.8pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">(ii)  <b>Duration
of Fellowship</b>: The Fellowship is for a period of six months. Therefore the
interested applicants must be absolutely certain about their availability for
six months, if selected for this Fellowship.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 63pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">(iii)  <b>Broad
Disciplines, in which Fellowship are available</b>: Agricultural Sciences;
Biological and Medical Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Physical Sciences and
Mathematics; Earth Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Materials, Minerals and
Metallurgy; and Multi-disciplinary & Other Areas.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 63pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">(iv)   <b>Eligibility
Conditions</b>: Scientists/researchers from any developing country (except
India) below 40 years of age (as on 1<sup>st</sup> January  2016) and
possessing at least a Post Graduate Degree in any Natural Science subject or an
equivalent degree in Technology / Engineering / Medicine / allied disciplines.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 63pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">(v)  <b>Financial
Term</b>s: Full financial assistance to the Fellows, including (a) round trip
international airfare by excursion/economy class, (b) a monthly Fellowship
amount of Indian Rupees (INR) 35,000 [about US$525 at the current exchange
rate] (non-taxable) to cover accommodation, meals  and  other
miscellaneous expenses and (c) a one-time grant of INR 30,000 [about US$450]
for research contingency and domestic travel, including airport transfers,
visiting research institutions, attending scientific events and field-trips
within India, subject to the approval of the research supervisor. The Indian
host institutions will also be suitably compensated for their services for
implementation of the programme.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">4.       
Detailed guidelines of the Fellowship scheme are given in the <b>attached </b>Announcement
Brochure.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">5.       
To prepare the proposal, the applicants should carefully study the material
available in these guidelines.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">It is advisable for an applicant [<i>though
not mandatory, but may be useful for his/her final selection/placement</i>] to
make a prior contact with a concerned Indian scientist or an institution in
India where work is in progress in the area of interest to the applicant, and
obtain consent that he/she, if selected, will be accepted to work in the
institution on the proposed research project. A copy of the consent letter, if
available, should be enclosed with the application.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">A suggestive list of Indian academic and
research institutions has been <b>enclosed </b>with the Announcement,
but the applicant is free to contact any other institution in India about which
information may be gathered either through Internet search or other means.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">6.       
Application should be submitted to the NAM S&T Centre in the prescribed
format (<b>enclosed with the Brochure</b>). <b><u>Only electronic
communication will be accepted.</u></b> Therefore the filled-in
application form and other enclosures as listed in Section-VIII, Para-1 of the
Brochure should be sent as attachments to an e-mail </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">addressed to </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:rtfdcs15@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:windowtext">rtfdcs15@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">, after scanning the
documents wherever required.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Please do not send us hard copies of the
application or any other document.</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">7.       
Selection will be made by a High Level Selection Committee based on the quality
of the research proposal submitted by the applicant and his/her academic merit.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">8.<b>        
The last date for submission of completed application form along with required
enclosures is <u>Friday, 17<sup>th</sup> June 2016</u>.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">You are earnestly requested to kindly
widely disseminate this announcement to the concerned researchers and research
institutions in your country, and if possible, display on the Notice Board.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof.
Arun Kulshreshtha</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">+++++++++++++++++++++</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Prof.
Dr. Arun P. Kulshreshtha,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Director General,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Centre for Science & Technology of Non-Aligned and
Other Developing Countries</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">(NAM S&T Centre),</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Core 6A, 2<sup>nd</sup></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Floor,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">India</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Habitat Centre,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Lodhi
Road,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">New
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