National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education, Apply ASAP!

Overview: 

In order to remove layers resulting in time lag and to facilitate proper control over the implementation and monitoring of the two Central sector scholarship schemes for ST students viz; Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship and Top Class Education, the Ministry merged these two schemes into a single Central Sector Scheme called “National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students”.

 

 

Eligibility:

  • The Fellowship/ Scholarship will be available only to the ST candidates who fulfill the required category in each category of Fellowship and Scholarship.

 

 

Selection Process:

  • Candidates after taking admission for the various courses in the notified Universities/Institutes will submit the application online for fellowship.
  • An end-to-end online portal www.scholarships.gov.in for application, processing, approval, disbursement, and monitoring has been developed by this Ministry.
  • Merit list of the eligible candidates for the award of Scholarship based on the data available online will be auto-generated and displayed on the portal.
  • Candidates who are included in the merit list but not selected for the award of Scholarship shall be eligible for the Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) administered by this Ministry.

 

 

Tenure of Fellowship:

A. Enrollment of M.Phil 2 years
B. Ph.D. Exclusively 5 years
C. Enrollment of Ph.D. after completion of M.Pil 2 years (M.Phil) and 3 years (Ph.D.)

 

 



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