National Bioscience Award for Career Development

National Bio-science Award for Career Development
National award for contributions to science
Sponsored byDepartment of Biotechnology
Reward(s)
  • Citation Plaque
  • ₹200,000
    Research grant of ₹1500,000[note 1]
First awarded1999
Last awarded2015

The National Bio-science Award for Career Development or N-BIOS Prize is an Indian science award for recognizing excellence and promoting research in bio-sciences disciplines.[1] It was instituted in 1999 by the Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India and is for encouraging Indian bio-scientists of less than 45 years of age.[2] The award is given annually for unique contributions made towards the development of state of art in basic and applied areas of biological sciences through demonstrated activity in the form of publication in reputed journals and or patents.[3] The award recognizes research and development work carried out in India during the last 5 years of the career. The award carries a citation, a plaque, a cash prize of ₹200,000 and a research support grant of ₹1,500,000, distributed annually in equal installments for three years.[4][5] The award is one of the highest Indian biology awards, next to the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India.[6]


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  4. ^ "NOMINATIONS FOR NATIONAL BIOSCIENCE AWARD FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT: 2016" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  5. ^ The Hindu (2016). "Bioscience Award conferred on seven scientists". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
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