Sri Vijaya Puram, May 17: The Indian Council of Medical Research – Short Term Studentship (ICMR-STS) research fellowship program is among the most competitive national platforms for undergraduate medical research in India with a limited number of awards granted each year on proposal merit.
Under the patronage of Dr. Mukesh Tripathi, Director, ANIIMS, the Department of Community Medicine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), Sri Vijaya Puram, conducted a workshop and hands-on training program for MBBS students to walk them through the full architecture of drafting a competitive ICMR Short Term Studentship (STS) research proposals.
The workshop forms part of ANIIMS’s broader academic vision of embedding a research-oriented ethos from the undergraduate stage onward and reinforces the Department of Community Medicine’s continuing role as a hub for research and capacity-building at the institute
For students at an island medical institute, structured faculty-led training directly addresses the access gap that separates them from mainland peers and is intended to translate into a measurable rise in ANIIMS submissions in the current and upcoming cycles. A successful ICMR-STS award offers undergraduate students’ early exposure to research methodology, structured mentorship under qualified medical faculty, an opportunity for peer-reviewed publication and a documented academic distinction, making proposal submission and selection rates a recognised institutional indicator of research culture.
