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 & 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.