Science and Engineering Research Board

Established through an Act of Parliament: SERB Act 2008
Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

EMR Eligibility Guidelines:

Extramural Research (EMR) funding scheme of SERB to academic institution, research laboratories and other R&D organizations to carry out basic research in all frontier areas of Science and Engineering is in limelight for more than four decades since from the inception of SERC. This scheme encourages emerging and eminent scientist in field of science and engineering for individual centric competitive mode of research funding. Since the scheme provides core research support to the active researchers, the existing name Extramural Research (EMR) has been renamed as Core Research Grant (CRG).

Objective:

The scheme provides core research support to active researchers to undertake research and development in frontier areas of Science and Engineering.

Eligibility:

• Applicants [Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PrincipalInvestigator(s) (Co-PI(s))]should be Indian citizens. Foreign nationals (including OCI and NRI) are also eligible to apply provided they fulfil the eligibility criteria notified by SERB (SERB Funding Guidelines for foreign nationals dated 27th Oct 2016).
• The applicant(s) must hold a regular academic/research position in a recognized academic institution or national laboratory or in any other recognized R & D institution in India.
• Faculties recruited through UGC-Faculty Recharge Program are eligible to apply. INSPIRE Faculty, Ramanujan and Ramalingaswamy Fellows arealso eligible to apply provided they have at least three and half years of tenure remaining at the time of submission of application.
• Investigators who will be superannuating during the duration of the project or already superannuated are also eligible to apply. In such cases, a Faculty/Scientist from the host institute who has at least 5 years of service remaining should be associated as a Co-PI. The host institution should allow the investigator to continue after superannuation and provide required support towards implementation of the project.
• The PI and Co-Investigator(s) should hold Ph.D. degree in Science, Mathematics, Engineering or M.D / M.S. / M.D.S. / M.V.Sc degree at the time of applying for grant.
• The term “Regular” in the context of CRG refers to the applicants who are appointed against the sanctioned post or in a tenure post, but are likely to be renewed after the end of the tenure.

[Note: Research Associates, Ad-hoc faculties, Guest Faculty, Visiting Scientist, consultant, Project Fellows and Faculty members whose contract is renewed every year are not eligible.] (In cases where it is not covered in any of the above, SERB has the right to determine the eligibility)

 

Nature & Duration of Support:

• The CRG schemeprovides research support to an individual researcher or a group of researchers working in a recognized academic institution or national laboratory or in other recognized R & D institution in India.
• [Private Academic institutions with valid UGC / AICTE / PCI approval, Private R&D Institutions with valid DSIR-SIRO recognition andVoluntary and Non-Governmental Organizations registered under NITI-AAYOG Darpan portal are eligible to host a project.]
• The funding is provided normally for a period of three years.
• The research grant is provided for equipment, manpower, consumables, travel and contingency. “Overheads”is also be provided to the implementing institution as per prevailing norms of SERB.

Mode &Selection of Application:

• An applicant is eligible to apply only one proposal during a call.
• Any proposal technically rejected should not be resubmitted without any substantial revision to any schemes or programs of the SERB.
• Not more than one project is allowed at any given time. However, projects under the programs EMEQ, HRHR, IRRD and special calls are exempted from this category. The PI is encouraged to apply for another project six months prior to the completion of the project.
• The Call for applications will be made twice a year (July and December) and will be notified through the website www.serbonline.in and www.serb.gov.in. The application form along with a proper research proposal highlighting the research work to be undertaken should be submitted online through the website www.serbonline.in.
• The selection will be based on the recommendations of Program Advisory Committee (PAC) constituted by the Board. If required, the applicants maybe called for discussion/ presentation.

Funding Cycle

• Timeline: First Call: First call in a financial year will be made in 1stJuly of every year and the call will be open for submission of research proposals till 31st July.
• Timeline: Second Call: Second call will be made in 1stDecember of every year and the call will be open till 31st December.

(Note:SERB reserves the right to modify the duration and timeline of the funding cycle and will be notified in the SERB website)

Please follow for the updates on the next call for proposals for this program. There are some changes in the above mentioned funding cycle. This will be notified in the "What's New" section of the website.

 

Decision:

The results of the proposal submitted in a call will be generally communicated within six months of closing of the call.Fund release will depend on timely submission of required documents by the investigatorsand the availability of funds, etc.



Formats and Guidelines

 

The project proposal should be prepared according to the guidelines and submitted online through the website www.serbonline.in

 

The details of Programme Advisors / Coordinators and Programme Officers are given below:

 

S. No.	Division	Name of the Programme	Programme Advisor / Coordinator	Programme Officer
1	Chemical Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Dr. Jigisha K Parikh Scientist G	Dr. Monika Agarwal Scientist E
		Inorganic & Physical Chemistry		Dr. Arvind Chaudhary Scientist C
2	Earth and Atmospheric Sciences	Atmospheric Sciences	Dr. Rajeev Mehajan Scientist G	Dr.Prahlad Ram Scientist C
		Earth Sciences
		Glaciology
3	Engineering Sciences	Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering	Mr. S. S. Kohli Scientist G	Dr. Pravakar Mohanty Scientist C
		Civil, Mechanical Engineering		Dr. Pankaj Kr Rawat Scientist C
		Materials, Mining & Minerals Engineering	Dr. Jigisha K Parikh Scientist G	Dr. Pankaj Kr Rawat Scientist C
		Chemical and Environmental Engineering		Dr. Pravakar Mohanty Scientist C
4	Life Sciences	Animal Sciences	Dr. Rita Banerjee Scientist G	Dr. Doyil T Vengayil Scientist E
		Health Sciences		Dr. A.V. Balachandar Scientist E
		Plant Sciences		Dr. Shilpi Paul Scientist-E
		Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Microbiology		Dr. G. Harish Kumar Scientist E
5	Mathematical Sciences	Mathematical Sciences	Dr. Rajeev Mehajan Scientist G	Dr.K.K. Magesh Kumar Scientist C
6	Physical Sciences	Physical Sciences	Dr. Amitava Roy Scientist F	Dr. Nilotpal Ghosh Scientist E

 


Last Updated on 16th October, 2017