🔬 IASST Guwahati JRF Recruitment 2026 – Rolling Basis
Institute: Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati
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Post: Junior Research Fellow (JRF)
Job Type: Research / PhD pathway
Location: Guwahati, Assam
Application: Online
Deadline: Rolling basis – applications accepted throughout the year
🧬 Research Areas
1. Life Sciences
- Probiotics & gut microbiome
- Healthy ageing
- Pharmacology & drug discovery
- Microbial bioactive metabolites
- Antimicrobial resistance & drug discovery
- Infectious diseases
- Bacterial biofilm & quorum sensing
- Plant–microbe interactions
- Traditional & modern drug discovery
- Disease diagnosis
- Applied microbiology & biomedicine
2. Physical Sciences
- Advanced materials
- Nanoscience & technology
- Biophysics
- Physical chemistry
- Green hydrogen & water splitting
- Plasma physics
- Condensed matter physics
- Computational science
- Hydrodynamics & applied mathematics
3. Interdisciplinary Research
- Healthcare
- Climate change & environment
- Energy
- Advanced materials
- Food security & sustainable agriculture
🎓 Eligibility
Candidates must have:
- A valid national research fellowship such as CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR-JRF
- Master’s degree with 55% aggregate marks
- SC/ST candidates: minimum 50% marks
- Fellowship and Master’s qualification must be relevant to the proposed research area.
🎂 Age Limit
Maximum age: 28 years
Age relaxation will be applicable according to Government of India norms.
💰 Fellowship
Selected candidates will be required to activate their CSIR/UGC-JRF fellowship after joining IASST, as admissible under the applicable rules.
Subject to availability, accommodation may be provided at the Dorothy Hodgkin Student and Scientists Home.
🔬 Selection Process
- Application submission
- Screening by the committee
- Shortlisting based on available research positions
- Interview – online/offline
- Final selection
The screening committee will meet as required, since this is a rolling recruitment. Interview dates will be communicated to shortlisted candidates.
📌 Important Points
- No TA/DA will be provided for the interview.
- Applications are accepted throughout the year.
- Candidates should regularly check the IASST website for updates.
- Selected candidates may subsequently become eligible to apply for PhD registration through AcSIR, subject to IASST rules and availability.
- IASST reserves the right not to fill a position if suitable candidates are not found.
📝 How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their application through the official IASST application portal.
📧 Contact: registrar@iasst.gov.in / registrar-off@iasst.gov.in
⭐ Best suited for
This opportunity is especially relevant for M.Sc Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Chemistry and related science graduates who already hold a valid CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR JRF fellowship and are interested in pursuing research leading toward a PhD.
