Dynasty grants for young biologists
The Dynasty Foundation announces a competition for grants for young biologists specializing in molecular and cellular biology.
Objectives of the Competition:targeted support for young candidates of sciences specializing in molecular and cellular biology;
- increasing the domestic mobility and scientific level of young biologists;
- preparation of actively working young biologists to create their own research groups;
- inclusion of young biologists in the international system of science organization.
Who can participate?Candidates of sciences, as well as holders of equivalent degrees (PhD, MD) who have defended their dissertation (by the date of defense) no more than 3 (three) years before the start date of the Competition (including dissertations that were defended on September 1) can take part in the Competition.
The Contestant must be under 35 years old on the start date of the Competition (he must not be 35 years old on September 1 of the year of the announcement of the Competition).
The participant submits only one application for the competition, however, in case of non-consideration of the grant, it is possible to re-participate in the Competition in subsequent years.
Biologists working in the following fields can take part in the Competition (according to the codes of the classifier "Corps of Experts":
- 301 Biophysics
- 302 Biochemistry
- 303 Enzymology
- 304 Molecular Biology
- 305 Bioinformatics (computational molecular biology)
- 306 Systems biology
- 307 Structural biology
- 308 Cell biology and cytology
- 309 Immunology
- 312 Biotechnology
- 314 Molecular medicine
- 3152 Population genetics
- 3153 Medical genetics
- 3154 Molecular genetics
- 3163 Cellular neurophysiology
- 3165 Biophysical physiology of plants
- 3202 Molecular evolution
- 3211 Molecular microbiology
- 3221 Molecular Virology
The scientific activity of the winners of the Competition at the expense of grants from the Dynasty Foundation should be carried out on the basis of Russian scientific and/or educational organizations.
The deadline for submitting documents is October 15, 2011 (until 24.00 Moscow time).
How will the selection process take place?The examination is two-level:
the initial examination is carried out by experts from among the leading Russian and foreign scientists, as a rule, from among the participants of the "Corps of Experts"; each application is considered by three experts. The final examination is carried out by the Expert Council.
What will the experts look at?novelty and relevance of the study;
- elaboration of the research plan, including alternative ways of solving the problem in case of difficulties;
- scientific level of the Contest participant (previous results, level of publications);
- the scientific level of the host laboratory and the availability of the necessary infrastructure.
All other things being equal, applications involving a change of institute / laboratory have an advantage (i.e., the grantee carries out scientific activities at the expense of a grant from the Dynasty Foundation on the basis of an institute (laboratory) other than the organization in which the work on the PhD thesis was carried out).
The winners of the Competition are determined by January 31, 2012.
What does the winner get?The grant is awarded for 3 years with the possibility of extension for 1 year.
The grant amount is 600,000 rubles per year. Of these, the remuneration of the grantee is no more than 300,000 rubles, and the remaining amount of money is spent on the purchase of consumables, additional equipment and components (including computers), attraction of necessary services, participation in conferences, payment for the publication of articles.
It is allowed to use no more than 25% of the grant amount that was not used in one financial year during the next financial year.
Details and a set of documents are available on the Foundation's website.
Portal "Eternal youth" http://vechnayamolodost.ru20.09.2011