ICMR Short-Term Studentship Program 2023-24

The STS-2023 reports will be evaluated technically by a panel of experts. Students whose reports are found satisfactory will be selected and notified.

Note:- The decision of ICMR regarding the selection of students will be final.

Guide Policies:- 

• The student will be assigned a full-time, regular faculty member employed by the medical/dental college as their guide.
• Only permanent full-time faculty members working in any of the medical/dental college departments where the student is enrolled can serve as the guide.
• Part-time consultants, visiting faculty, residents, readers, tutors, pool officers, demonstrators, postgraduate students, and surgeons cannot serve as guides.
• ICMR will recognise only one primary guide for the STS report. The guide must take overall responsibility for the conduct of the research project, preparation and submission of the complete report and the required enclosures within the stipulated period.

Ethical Considerations:-

• The student should obtain prior clearance/approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) if the proposal involves research on human participants and from the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) if the work involves the use of animals.
• Research conducted without prior approval from the relevant ethics committee will not be accepted.
• Applicants must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the medical/dental college where they are enrolled, with the approval date no later than 31st December 2023.

Plagiarism:- 

• STS reports containing evidence of research misconduct, including intellectual dishonesty, theft, duplication, fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism at any stage of proposal preparation, project conduct, data recording, analysis, or report writing will be rejected.
• All ICMR submissions must be prepared by the student under the supervision of a faculty member.
• ICMR has the authority to approve, reject, or request revisions to a report.
• The students are required to sign a declaration stating that the work is original and has not been plagiarised from any other sources.

Other Conditions:- 

• Students must follow the latest instructions updated on the ICMR website.
• The stipend will be transferred only to the selected student's bank account via RTGS or NEFT by 30th September 2024, upon ICMR approval of the report. Joint accounts or accounts held by parents/guardians, advisors, or anyone else are not allowed.
• A student can receive the ICMR-STS fellowship only once during their MBBS/BDS program.