Biomedical research in India has received a shot in the arm with the Wellcome Trust, Britain's largest health charity, entering into an agreement with the Indian government's biotechnology department to fund cutting-edge research....
The 80 million pound ($140 million) scheme jointly funded by the biotechnology department and the Wellcome Trust over five years aims to strengthen the research base of biomedical science by providing fellowship programmes to support researchers and senior fellows....
The programme will be executed by the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance. Each year, the alliance is expected to award around 40 early career fellowships, 20 intermediate fellowships and 15 research fellowships....
[Indian Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal] said the scientists working as Wellcome/DBT fellows will retain their intellectual property rights even if their projects are translated into effective healthcare schemes. He assured that if a scientific project is sold to pharmaceutical companies, the scientist, institutes and the people will benefit. A part of the money earned will be ploughed back for further research. "We assure full transparency. Once a scientific probe is completed, its results will posted on the public domain - the Internet - within six months. Only the best can avail of it," the minister said....
PS: Also note that the Wellcome/DBT India Alliance is looking for a grants manager.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/13/2008 04:10:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
