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Applications invited for PM's Research Fellowship Scheme for PhD

February 26, 2018 12:20 IST

Each Fellow would be eligible for a research grant of Rs 2 lakhs per year.

Apply for Prime Minister's Research Fellowship Progamme

Applications are invited from interested students for the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship Scheme to pursue PhD (Doctoral studies) in the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Science (IISc).

Eligibility

The applicants for the PMRF should:

Selection

The selection process for the PMRF will be a rigorous two stage process with screening by the reviewers and final selection by the selection committee for each broad discipline to ensure selection of the best talent.

An applicant may apply for more than one combination of broad discipline and institute.

An applicant will be required to provide preferences in case the applicant wishes to apply for more than one combination of discipline and institute.

The shortlisting and selection will be done in the following manner:

About the Fellowship

The following would be the fellowship for the PMRFs:

Year

Amount (Rs)

Year 1

70,000

Year 2

70,000

Year 3

75,000

Year 4

80,000

Year 5

80,000

Apart from this, each Fellow would be eligible for a research grant of Rs 2 lakhs per year (total Rs 10 lakh).

Industry participation in the PMRF programme would be explored through CSR funding so as to enable industry to sponsor maximum number of fellows.

How to apply

You can apply and make the payment on the official website. Click here to apply for the PMRF programme.

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