DST, Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) initiates Cognitive Science interdisciplinary proposals for research for 2016-17

April 13, 2016

Since 2008, Department of Science & Technology (DST) under Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) had started a highly intensive programme under Cognitive Science Research Initiative for mainly focus on scientific community challenges on disorders and social issues. Various psychological tools & parameters, early diagnosis & better therapies, intervention technologies and rehabilitation programmes are identified as high priority under the research CSRI initiatives.

Emotions, language, memory, visual perception and cognition, thinking and reasoning, social cognition, decision making, artificial intelligence, computational modelling of cognitive processes, psychology, cognitive development and other important components derive from work in the neurosciences, philosophy, linguistics and anthropology are the few of the names under DST – CSRI to characterize the nature of human knowledge—its forms and content—and how that knowledge is used, processed, and acquired for human mankind.

Main objectives of the CSRI:

Few main goals of the CSRI research programmes are the mentioned below –

a) Mental disorders of psychological, social and neurochemical origin classification
b) Better learning tools and educational paradigms design
c) Cognition based software technologies and devices design and development

Presently, DST-MST Department invites two main cutting edge research programmes in cognitive science as ‘Individual Research Proposal’ and ‘Application for CSRI-PDF’ for 2016-17.

Individual Research Proposal for 2016- 2017:

Interested candidates from the regular faculty/ scientists / academicians are requested to apply through submitting online research proposal to mail-id at haribsingh@nic.in and apply offline via sending 15 copies of research proposals to the following address-

Dr HB Singh, Scientist, Department of Science and Technology, Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110016. Speed posted envelope must be marked as Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI). Period of fellowship for research is only 3 years.

Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2016-2017:

Interested candidates aged below 40 years with good academic record and already obtained a PhD or equivalent degree in Science, Engineering and allied areas of Cognitive Science are requested to apply through submitting online research proposal to mail-id at haribsingh@nic.in and apply offline via sending 2 copies of research proposals to the following address- Dr HB Singh, Scientist, Department of Science and Technology, Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110016. Speed posted envelope must be marked as Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI). Period of fellowship for research is primarily for 2 years. Minimum of fellowship of Rs 55,000/- per month and research contingency grant of Rs 2,00,000/- per year will be given to the selected research fellow.