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Water Advanced Research and Innovation
(WARI) Program (U.S. to India)

Water is a vital necessity for human development, the environment and the economy. Because of its global importance, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI), and the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum have partnered to foster cooperation between students and scientists from both the countries. The Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship Program is a dynamic and transformative program for students and early-career faculty pursuing advanced academic research and/or other water-related careers. The program will award a) students and b) faculty at colleges and institutions in the United States with scholarships to India in 2024-25, where they will conduct collaborative research at top-tier Indian institutions.

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The applicants should be:

A) A U.S. citizen or permanent resident; and

B) Enrolled at the master's or graduate level or working as a faculty at a college or institution in the United States and in a water-related program, such as agronomy, agricultural economics, biological sciences, chemistry, earth and atmospheric sciences, engineering, hydrology, political science or natural resources.

Research should be clearly aligned with the WARI's research categories given below.

  • Environmental and chemical sciences
  • Hydrology
  • Water pollution
  • Water resource management including ecological water management
  • Water/wastewater quality, management, and reuse
  • Chemical and microbial risk research including water remediation
  • Sustainable water infrastructure
  • Modeling water systems
  • Water research linked to climate change and sustainability including remote-sensing applications
  • Water and energy nexus
  • Nutrient recovery and management
  • Health and water research including climate impacts
  • Water-relevant research in earth sciences and atmospheric sciences
  • Applications of data sciences, AI, and machine learning to water research
  • Economics and policy relevance in water sciences

Selected candidates will avail internship/fellowship tentatively for 3-6 months.

Tentative timelines

December 1, 2024 – Call announcement

January 31, 2025 – Application deadline

February 1 - 28, 2025 – Selection of interns/fellows

  • Financial support of the scholarship includes tuition and hostel costs amounting to INR 25,000 per month and stipend and local hospitality at INR 50,000 per month by the DST.
  • The airfare for students and faculty may come from faculty grants in the U.S. and applicants should request information from their home institution. Academic credit may be awarded as part of this scholarship and should be arranged through the student's program at their home institution.

Students should work with their advisors to prepare applications. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will send all applications to IUSSTF, which in coordination with DST, will help select candidates and university placements based on the candidate's field of study and research interests. Students and faculty applicants may independently arrange mentors and institutions in India but should indicate so in the application. Independently arranging mentors and institutions in India is not a requirement for submitting an application.

U.S. to India WARI Internship/Fellowship

Applications can be downloaded at go.unl.edu/WARIform. Please submit electronically via go.unl.edu/WARIapplication. For further details, please visit WARI Program. For questions, please email wari@nebraska.edu or phone (+1) 402-472-5317.

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2025