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1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIATHE department OF biotechnology ,MINISTRY OF SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGYANNOUNCES THE CALL FORLETTER OF INTENTUNDER biotechnology CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND RE-ORIENTATIONPROGRAMME FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS BioCAReTo enhance the participation of Women Scientists in BiotechnologyResearch, the department of BiotechnologyinvitestheLetter of Intents(LOIs)under the BioCARe scheme for women scientists. Theprogramme is targettedtowardsCareer Development ofemployed/unemployed women scheme is open for all areasof Life Science / biotechnology (including agriculture, veterinary science andmedicine). Age limit for application has been kept as 55 to ensure programme aims atproviding support forResearchproject grants towomen scientists (employed & unemployed)forwhom it is the firstextramural research grant(Women Scientists who have received anyearlier grantfrom any Government Funding Agencyas PrincipalInvestigatorare not eligible).

2 The purpose is to build capacities for womenscientists so as to help them undertake independent R&D wouldalso be a good opportunity for Women Scientists who have had a CareerBreaktoget into the main stream of Letter of Intentthrough e-PROMIS portalof DBT ( ).For further assistance S. Diwan,Scientist D , department of biotechnology , , New Delhi 110 003. of the scheme-guidelinesare at DBT DateforSubmission ofLOI 31stMay, 2018.