Silver Beach Institute
A new institute in India designed for scientists to pursue breakthrough research in biology.
Freedom to research
We enable scientists to pursue their boldest ideas from day one, free from traditional academic constraints and grant-writing burdens, enabling more ambitious research at the frontier.
Substantial Support
As a privately funded institute, we provide best in class compensation (₹12 lac/year) and generous research budgets (₹15 lac/year, excluding equipment) that exceed typical academic positions in India.
Open Research
We're building a transparent culture where research progress is shared openly, in real-time. Scientists should spend their time collaborating rather than worrying about being scooped.
Apply
The Silver Beach Institute is looking to fund 15 scientists in July 2025 to pursue independent research in our lab for one year.
We are looking for candidates who have ambitious, novel ideas and have the ability to break down their ideas into testable hypotheses. The goal is that they can make externally legible progress towards their projects within the course of 12 months. We will close this application on February 15, 2025 — but recommend you apply as soon as possible.
Meet Us
We're traveling across India in January to meet professors, researchers, and programmers interested in our mission. Join us at one of our meetups!
Additionally, please email if you'd like to meet 1-on-1: hi@silverbeach.in
Core Team: Samarth Jajoo (UC Berkeley), Soham Sankaran (PopVax), Aakarsh Bengani (UC Berkeley)
Academic Advisors: Sergey Ovchinnikov (MIT), Sudarshan Pinglay (University of Washington, Seattle), Sanjay Srivastan (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)