PECFAR is a fellowship to facilitate a two-way exchange of young early-career Indian and German researchers through short visits for networking and exploring avenues for collaboration and innovation in applied research.
Yes.
4 years and above.
Not preferred in case you underwent education in India.
No.
No. Applicants are solely responsible for identifying & forming their respective pairs and acquiring acceptance letters from institutes/organizations of the paired fellows.
Yes. It is mandatory for both the fellows in the pair to visit their respective paired institution/organisation.The duration of fellowship visit is up to 2 months with mandatory minimum stay of 3 weeks.
The two fellows can choose to travel to India/Germany at different times but within a time gap of 9 months. They should by all means not travel at the same time.
40 years.
The parent organization is the organization in which the fellow is working currently. Mentor will be his/her supervisor/ Head of the organization.
IGSTC will complete the evaluation process within 8 weeks approximately after the deadline.
No.
Yes, provided the other fellowship doesn’t come with any restrictions.
No
The Awardees shall book single round economy class shortest route air tickets within the sanctioned grant. IGSTC will not reimburse the cost of cancellation and re-routing. There is no restriction on the air carrier or travel agents for booking air tickets.