CSIR NIO Project Associate I Seaweed Recruitment 2026

CSIR NIO Project Associate-I Recruitment 2026: Overview

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) is recruiting Project Associate-I staff for a study of microbial communities associated with healthy and diseased seaweed. Based at the institute’s Goa headquarters, the project examines these communities and their functional profiles to support seaweed cultivation management. You would work within a research programme that links coastal sampling with laboratory and bioinformatics analysis.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Engagement: This is a project appointment for 12 months, as stated on the role’s official detail page.
• Base: You would be attached to CSIR-NIO headquarters, Goa. The institute is part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
• Research scope: The study covers both healthy and diseased seaweed. Its focus is the microbial communities linked to them and what their functional profiles show for cultivation management.
• Working setting: The role connects coastal habitats with laboratory research and bioinformatics analysis. Your project work therefore includes both sample collection and analysis.

Application Submission Notes

The official detail page identifies an offline application route and links to a separate application-instructions file. Follow that file for the prescribed submission method and destination, using vacancy reference GAP003897/3321-26 to identify your post.

• Collect samples from coastal habitats
• Carry out microbiology work on project samples
• Perform molecular biology analyses
• Analyse project data using bioinformatics methods
• Support the study of microbial communities and functional profiles associated with healthy and diseased seaweed