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Thinking of a career in research?

Are you a bachelor's or master's student? Are you thinking of Ph.D.? Here, we give you some information on being a researcher. You may also look into our Research Blog page to read about some interesting fields of research.

How to start?

If you would like to start a career in research, the first step is joining for a Ph.D. It will help you become a researcher formally and have career growth. After Ph.D., you can go to different universities for post-doctoral research (postdoc). Both Ph.D. and postdoc positions are paid jobs. After a Master’s, even before entering into Ph.D., you can apply in various institutes (in India) for project assistant positions with stipend. Such positions help you get some experience in research.

In this webpage, we provide various types of resources useful for a research aspirant. We also give institutes/organizations for possible fellowships for Ph.D. We do not give admission details as they can change every year. Instead, you have to read such details on the respective institution’s webpage.

Thinking of PhD?

Here are some articles if you are thinking of PhD.

Which area of research?

Chemical sciences

  • Catalysts
  • Chemical dynamics
  • Crystallography
  • Physical chemistry

Biological sciences

  • Structural biology
  • Cell biology
  • Molecular biology
  • Cancer biology
  • Computational biology
  • Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Neurobiology
  • Stem cells
  • Developmental biology
  • Ecology 
  • Evolutionary biology

Material sciences

  • Graphene
  • Nanomaterials
  • Polymers
  • Magnetism & Spintronics
  • Organic electronics
  • Semiconductor

Energy sciences

  • Photovoltaics  
  • Biofuels
  • Energy storage
  • Combustion
  • Catalysis
  • Carbon capture

Fellowship opportunities

Global fellowships (All subjects)

This is a list of job sites where you can find academic openings around the world.

Astrophysics (India)

  • NCRA & IUCAA, Pune Admission through INAT
  • IIA Bangalore
  • ARIES Nainital
  • ICTS, Bangalore
  • IISc – Joint Astronomy Program
  • TIFR
  • RRI
  • IISER and IIT
  • PRL
  • Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Trivandrum
  • University of Hyderabad, Osmania
  • University, Cochin University (CUSAT),
  • Christ University Bangalore,
  • Delhi University , many more
  • ESO summer internship (Link)
  • ICTS long term visiting fellowship

Astrophysics (International)

  • International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) – (Admission to all Max-Planck institutes for Astronomy program)
  • ESO (European Southern Observatory) – (PhD programs and visiting fellowships for research scholars)
  • American Astronomical Socienty (AAS) (Link)
  • Armagh Observatory, Ireland – (Announced through AAS job portal)
  • ASIAA, Taiwan (Link)
  • NTHU, NCU in Taiwan 
  • Kavli IPMU- Japan
  • NAOJ Japan
  • Universities in USA- announced on AAS job portal (Link)
  • IAC, Spain
  • UNAAM, Mexico
  • INAOE, Mexico
  • FONDECYT – CONICYT fellowships for Latin American countries (Chile, Brazil etc)
  • CITA, Canada
  • IAP, France
  • UK Solar Physics (Link)
  • CFD online (Link)

High energy physics (India & International)

Interdisciplinary areas

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology institutes (Link)

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