Biotechnology Career Advancement & Re-Orientation Programme

In an attempt to enhance the participation of Women Scientists in Biotechnology Research, the Department of Biotechnology launched a Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme (BioCARe) for women scientists in January, 2011 and first call for applications was announced in the year 2011.

• The programme is mainly for career development of employed/ unemployed women Scientists upto 55 years of age for whom it is the first extramural research grant.
• The scheme is open for all areas of Life Science / biology (including agriculture, veterinary science and medicine). Women Scientists who are employed or unemployed or are desirous of coming back after a break can get back to the main stream by getting their first grant as the Principal Investigator. (Women Scientist who have already availed any grant as a Principal Investigator from any Government Funding Agency are not eligible to apply)