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Category :
Fellowship
Research Areas :
Social Sciences
Fellowship Provided by :
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Provided to :
Ph. D. scholars from UGC recognized Indian universities/ deemed
universities/ colleges to pursue and complete their doctoral research in any
social science discipline.
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) provides Doctoral Fellowship to registered Ph. D. scholars from UGC recognized Indian universities/ deemed universities/ colleges having University approved Ph.D. program with requisite infrastructure/institutes of national importance as defined by MHRD and ICSSR Research Institutes, to pursue and complete their doctoral research in any social science discipline.
The broad disciplines of study within the domain of social sciences are:
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) provides Doctoral Fellowship under the following categories:
Scholarship Details
Doctoral Fellowship is a full time research work.
The duration of the fellowship is strictly for two years.
The value of the fellowship is Rs.20,000/- p.m. and contingency grant is Rs.20,000 /-p.a.
The duration and value of fellowship will be the same as mentioned under the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship.
The duration of the Short Term Doctoral Fellowship is strictly for six months.
The value of fellowship is Rs.20,000/- per month plus Contingency Grant of Rs.10,000 /- for the duration of the Fellowship.
This is a one-time grant not exceeding Rs. 62,500/-.
Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship
The candidates must have confirmed Ph.D. registration (Research Degree Committee (RDC) approved) at any of the recognized Indian universities/ deemed universities/ colleges on the last date of application.
Minimum 50% marks in Graduation and 55% in Post-Graduation or equivalent grades in any Social Science disciplines. Five per cent (5%) relaxation of marks will be given to the SC/ST candidates;
NET/SLET/M Phil from a recognized university or the candidates who are registered after qualifying Research Entrance Test (RET) conducted by a university;
The scholar should not be more than 40 years of age on the last date of application. There shall be an age relaxation of 5 years for SC/ST/Persons with benchmark disability candidates;
Candidates who have already availed UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)/Rajiv Gandhi Doctoral Fellowship (RGDF)/ Maulana Azad Doctoral Fellowship (MADF)/ICSSR/ICAR/CSIR/ ICPR/ICMR/ICHR awardees are not eligible to apply.
All conditions of the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship (3.1 to 3.5) would apply to Institutional Doctoral Fellowship, which is administered through the ICSSR Research Institutes.
A doctoral student who has not availed ICSSR or any other fellowship (refer 3.5 above) and completed at least two years of research work for Ph. D. Degree at any of the MHRD and ICSSR Research Institutes is eligible to apply for Short-term Fellowship.
This is a one-time grant awarded to a registered Ph. D. scholar at any of the institutions mentioned at 1.1 above, who is at an advanced stage of his/her research work, and not availed ICSSR or any other fellowship (refer 3.5 above) is eligible to apply for Contingency Grant for the purpose of field trip, stationery and computer related expenses.
Selection Procedure
Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship
Applications are initially scrutinized by the ICSSR Secretariat and thereafter by the Screening Committee.
Thereafter, Subject Group(s)/Expert Committee(s) will short-list the meritorious proposals from the eligible applications.
Such applicants may also be invited for a presentation before an Expert Committee at ICSSR or its Research Institutes/Regional Centres.
The recommendations of the Expert Committee will then be placed before the Research Committee/Council for its final approval.
The ICSSR Research Institutes are expected to follow the rules of the ICSSR Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship.
The proposals are evaluated by Experts and their recommendations are placed before the competent authority for the final decision.
Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship
Applications will be invited through advertisements in leading Newspaper(s)/Association of Indian University (AIU) Newsletter and on ICSSR website and should be received before the deadline mentioned in the advertisement.
After submitting online application, a hard copy of the same, along with all the enclosures, must be sent to: In-charge, RFD Division, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067 before the last date mentioned in the advertisement duly signed and stamped by the affiliating institution (Ph.D. registered institution).
Research Proposal & Abstract (3000 and 300 words respectively) should be either in English or Hindi.
The scholars seeking institutional doctoral fellowship are required to apply directly to the concerned ICSSR research institute against the Call for such fellowship. For details, visit the website of the respective institute.
Under these two Schemes, application in hard copy in prescribed format and duly forwarded by the affiliating institution must be sent to: In-charge, RFD Division, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067 throughout the year. An advance copy of the application can also be sent through email.
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
JNU
Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,
New Delhi - 110067 (INDIA)
Tel.No. 91-11-26741849/50/51 (EPABX)
Fax : 91-11-26741836
E-mail: Contact
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Website: www.icssr.org/doctoral-fellowship
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