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APPLICATION PROCESS FOR STS 2014

Eligibility: Please note that this program is only for undergraduate medical & dental students
(MBBS/BDS) before they appear in their final exams and therefore, interns/ PG students are not eligible
to apply. Students of paramedical/non-medical courses are not eligible.
STS is a paperless ONLINE program of the Council. Submission of STS 2014 application/proposal is a
two step process:
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Registration of student details and e-mail address between -10th December 2013 10th January
2014 (Fill in Part A of ONLINE form).
Submission of application/proposal along with other details between 11th January 25th
January 2014 (Fill in Part B,C & D of ONLINE form).
REGISTRATION OF STUDENT DETAILS FOR STS ONLINE FORM PART - A

Student Details (ONLINE Form Part-A)


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Interested students should register their e-mail address and other details between 10-th December
2013 10th January 2014.
One student should register only once, duplicate registration will be treated as disqualification.
The student must provide information with due care. Request for changes in student information
at a later date will not be acceptable.
The student should write his/ her name in sentence case. Kindly not prefix Mr/Ms. with your
name. If selected, the stipend and certificate will be issued in the name of student, he/she
mentioned.
Kindly give the complete postal address in the application form on which stipend can be received
from the Council during 2014 in case the student is selected. Changes in address at a later date
will not be allowed.
The students should also provide their contact telephone no./ mobile/ e-mail to facilitate
communication.
After registration of student details for STS 2014, a password and Reference No. will be
generated automatically and will be sent to the student by E-mail.
The student will require Reference No. and e-mail id at the time of submission of project.
Therefore, these must be noted down carefully. Change of e-mail will not be allowed at any
stage. Only registered students will be able to submit the proposals.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION/ PROPOSAL ONLINE FORM PART B, C, D

Application/ submission form & research proposal must be submitted ONLINE to the Council
between 11th January 2014 25th January, 2014.
Each STS application and research proposal should be submitted along with duly filled in and
attested Application Attestation Form (AAF).
The Application attestation form should be filled up, signed, attested, scanned and saved as a PDF
file. ONLINE submissions of application/ research proposal will not be accepted unless
accompanied by Application Attestation Form.
A student can submit one application on selected topic. In case a student submits more than one
proposal, the proposal all will be automatically rejected.

Particulars of Guide (ONLINE Form Part-B)


Complete details including Name, Designation, Department, Medical College, Contact details
including current email address to be provided. The Guide should ensure that she/he selects a
suitable brief topic for this studentship, which can be completed within 2 months without asking
for extension. The guide may forward the application of only ONE student each year for STS
program.
STS Application/Proposal (ONLINE Form Part-C)
This should be prepared in brief with the following sections-Title (upto 25 words), Introduction
(upto 300 words), Objectives (upto 100 words), Methodology (upto 800 words), Implications
(upto 100 words), References (upto 300 words) of the study. The proposal should describe a brief
work plan of proposed research giving a short introduction, objectives and also clearly stating the
methodology giving sample size and appropriate statistical methodology, which will be used
along with implications of the research study. The student may include the case report form,
informed consent form or any other questionnaire also as part of project proposal or can submit
them as separate attachments. The proposal/ project should not have any identifying information
of the student or guide for unbiased review by reviewers. Please remove the following
information from the STS project:
Name of the student/ guide
Address/ contact details
Telephone no.
E-mail IDs
Further, detailed Guidelines for Preparing STS Proposal are provided on ICMR website and can
be used as a guide in writing up a proposal.
Enclosures/ Attachments (ONLINE Form Part-D)
The enclosures may be scanned and saved as PDF file for submission. Please ensure that the file
size should not exceed 1 MB.
i.
Compulsory attachment: Submission of Application Attestation Form as per format
provided is compulsory with the application. The blank form can be downloaded from
website and this has to be filled in and passport size photograph should be pasted by the
student. This may then be signed by the Guide and attested and forwarded by the Head of
the Department and the Head of the Institution/ Principal/ Dean of the Medical College
(with stamp/ seal of the institution). Once the Attestation Form is signed by all, the student
must scan it and save it as a PDF file. This must be uploaded at the time of ONLINE
submission. Application will not be accepted unless accompanied with Application
Attestation Form (AFF).
ii.
Optional Enclosures: IEC and IAEC submission at the time of application submission is
optional however mandatory alongwith the final report. Student is required to obtain
clearance from Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) or an Institutional Animal Ethics
Committee (IAEC) for the research. However, submission of ethics committee approval at
this stage is optional. In case IEC approval is not obtained at the time of submission of
application, kindly do not submit any other document instead as submission of wrong
documents can lead to disqualification. If the proposal/project is selected for STS
Program, the student must obtain an ethical clearance before initiating research. In addition,
if there are plans to use an Informed Consent Form or any Case Study Form or
Questionnaire, the same may also be enclosed. Please note that submission of IEC/ IAEC
certificate is mandatory at the time of STS report submission. Any research carried out
without appropriate IEC/IAEC approval will be automatically rejected.
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