Call for Education-Fellow

MS-001-7-5-59-22, Obaid Siddiqi and Asiya Siddiqi packing up an apartment, undated, Obaid Siddiqi Papers, Archives at NCBS.

    - Start Date: 22 December, 2025

    - Duration: 8 weeks

    - Number of positions : 1

    - Stipend: Rs 20,000 per month

    - Application Deadline: 4 December, 2025

We invite teacher educators or teachers-in-training with a passion for writing, research, and science education to join a unique project that will help build learning resources in the history of science through storytelling.

Selected candidates will use archival materials in the collections at Archives at NCBS to develop short, well-researched, and engaging biographies (800–1000 words) of five people who work with science. Through this project, participants will learn how to work with primary sources, strengthen their writing and research skills, and help create open access science education resources.

They will work closely with the Education team at the Archives at NCBS. 

The completed biography series will be published on the Archives website.

Eligibility Criteria

    - Open to teacher educators, pre-service teachers, and teachers-in-training from any discipline.

    - Strong interest in writing, research, and science education.

    - Ability to commit time towards archival research, drafting, and revisions over the period of the fellowship.

    - Prior experience in academic writing and storytelling is welcome, but not mandatory.

How to apply

To apply, please fill out the Google Form provided here. We strongly encourage you to go through our collections before filling out the form.

Application Process

After reviewing the application forms, shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview, and referees may be contacted following the interview. If you have any further questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact us. 

Contact details: sahamatha@ncbs.res.in, anjalir@ncbs.res.in