STARS (Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences)

Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS) is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, aims for promoting translational, India-centric research in Sciences, to be implemented, monitored and managed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. With the key objective of supporting socially relevant research, the following 6 basic thrust domains have been identified: Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Nanosciences, Data Sciences & Mathematics and Earth Sciences.