DST invites proposals from senior women scientists for WIDUSHI

Department of Science and Technology has invited proposals from senior women scientists under a new program 'WIDUSHI'. Read here for more details.

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is implementing several women-centric programmes under its umbrella scheme “Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN (WISE-KIRAN)” in order to provide different opportunities to women in the Science & Technology (S&T) domain. In this line, a new programme ‘WIDUSHI (Women's Instinct for Developing and Ushering in Scientific Heights & Innovations)’ is started by DST for senior women scientists to harness their knowledge and potential for the betterment of Science and Society. WIDUSHI programme aims to encourage and support senior women scientists to conduct research in interdisciplinary areas of Science and Technology.

Proposals are invited from senior women scientists in the following scientific disciplines viz., i) Physical & Mathematical Sciences ii) Chemical Sciences, iii) Life Sciences, iv) Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, v) Engineering & Technology and vi) S&T-based Societal Research.

The target group is categorized into the following 2 categories:

• Category-A: Retiring or retired Women Scientist
• Category-B: Senior Women Scientists who are not in regular employment

Eligibility Requirement

The following are the eligibility criteria:

• Women Scientists who are permanent employees but retiring in a year or already retired/superannuated from government academic/research institutions.
• Women who are not permanent employees in any institution but working temporarily and have completed 2 independent research projects as Principal Investigators.
• Women Scientists should have a PhD in Basic/Applied Sciences or equivalent degree with a minimum of 20 research publications (for Category A) and a minimum of 10 research publications (for Category B) with an impact factor.

The project proposals received will be screened and the Principal Investigator (PI) of ‘screened in’ proposals will be called for presentation before Programme Advisory Committee for final recommendation. The final decision of DST will be communicated to the applicants only after obtaining due administrative and financial approvals.

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