ICSSR DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship

1. Doctoral Fellow should be a full-time bonafide Ph.D. student at the affiliating university/ institution throughout the duration of fellowship tenure.
2. The candidate must have a confirmed Ph.D. The Ph.D. topic must have been confirmed by the DRC/authorised statutory body of the institution on or before the last date of call for applications. Application submitted by those scholars whose research proposals and topics have not been approved by the statutory bodies of their respective institutions will be summarily rejected.
3. The candidate must 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/OBC-(NCL) candidates Persons with benchmark Disability (PwD).
4. The candidate must have secured a minimum of 55% marks in Post-Graduation or equivalent grades in any social science discipline. Five per cent (5%) relaxation of marks will be given to SC/ST/ OBC-(NCL) candidates Persons with benchmark Disability (PwD). The submission of scanned copy of mark sheet of Post-Graduation is mandatory for submission of online application. In case, the candidates do not upload the documents, their candidature will be summarily rejected
5. The criteria of NET for applying for ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship Schemes will be as under: i. 95 percent of the total fellowships shall be awarded to NET qualified applicants ii. A maximum of 5 per cent of the fellowships shall be awarded to candidates who are not NET qualified but their proposals are found outstanding in the evaluation of the ICSSR’s panel of subject experts.
6. Candidates who have already availed UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) / Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) / Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) / ICSSR / ICAR / CSIR / ICPR / ICMR / ICHR / Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Foundation Fund Fellowship (JNMF) or any such major doctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply. Candidates drawing UGC Non-NET Fellowship are eligible to apply. B) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
7. Candidates applying under Institutional Doctoral Fellowship Scheme shall not be eligible to apply for Centrally-Administered Doctoral Fellowship schemes.
8. All the conditions of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship shall apply to this category also and the fellowship shall be administered through the ICSSR Research Institutes. C) Short-Term Fellowship All the conditions of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship shall apply. In addition, the candidate should have completed at least three years of research work for Ph.D degree. D) Contingency Grant Under this scheme, a one-time grant is awarded to Ph.D scholars registered, who are at an advanced stage of their research work. The candidates meeting all conditions of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship are eligible to apply for Contingency Grant for the purposes of field trip, stationery and computer consumable related expenses.

Stated amount: 62,500 A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship

1. The value of Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship is Rs 20,000 per month plus Rs 20,000 contingency grant per annum. The total duration of the Full-term Doctoral Fellowship shall be two years. The first award letter will be initially for a period of one year effective from the date of issue of award letter.
2. The value and duration of fellowship will be in line with the directives of the Ministry of Education issued from time to time. B) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship The duration and value of fellowship will be the same as mentioned under the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship. C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
3. The duration of the Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship is strictly for six months or till the date of Ph.D. submission at the university/ institution, whichever is earlier.
4. The value of fellowship will be equivalent to six month fellowship amount of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship grant plus contingency grant payable for six months. D) Contingency Grant The value of fellowship is a consolidated grant of Rs 62500/. Information is not Available.

Information is not Available. A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship

1. Applicants must submit an online application in prescribed format and upload scanned copies of the annexures on ICSSR website. 2 (i. Self-attested copies of educational qualification and proof of date of birth must be annexed with the hard copy of the application form. The candidate has to mandatorily provide an attested copy of research proposal submitted by the candidate in the institution where he/ she is registered for PhD. The copy of research proposal must be attested by the concerned HoD/Dean. The topic mentioned in the proposal must have been confirmed by the DRC/authorised statutory body of the institution on or before the last date of call for applications and a certificate to this effect must be uploaded during submission of online application and the attested copy must be annexed with the hard copy of the application form. (ii. Applicants are also required to submit the hard copies of their application and annexures, duly forwarded by the Competent Authorities of the affiliating university/college/institute, within the stipulated time mentioned in the call for applications. The forwarding letters and undertakings must be submitted in original along with the hard copy of the application form.
2. The Research Proposal should be either in English or Hindi. Arial/Mangal Unicode font will be used in Devanagari script to fill application form in Hindi. B.) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
3. Applicants seeking Institutional Doctoral Fellowship must submit an online application ICSSR website only. The hardcopy of applications must however be forwarded by the respective ICSSR Research Institutes. The ICSSR will prepare the merit list of successful candidates and the same will be intimated to the concerned research institutes.
4. The ICSSR Research Institutes will intimate the same to the candidates and follow the guidelines of the ICSSR regarding disbursal of fellowships, which will be made available to them after declaration of result. C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship D) Contingency Grant​​​​​​​

1. The fellowships shall be awarded on the basis of evaluation of applications by the panel of subject experts. Based on the evaluation reports of the Expert Committee(s), merit lists shall be prepared for award of fellowships.
2. The reservation policy of the Government of India for SC, ST, OBC(NCL), EWS and Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwD) will be duly followed in the award of fellowships.
3. In case ICSSR feels the need, it may invite any short-listed applicant for presentation before an Expert Committee of ICSSR.
4. The merit list of selected candidates for Doctoral Fellowships will be placed on the ICSSR website.
5. Only the selected candidates and their affiliating universities shall be informed individually through a provisional award letter clearly specifying the formalities and documents required for joining the fellowship. Other Info Other Conditions
6. The ICSSR will follow the ceiling imposed by the UGC on number of doctoral supervisions under a particular category of guide (Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor).
7. The Doctoral Fellows must stay and work full time at the affiliating university / institute. However, they may go on field work with approval of their supervisor. For the rest of the research period, they must continue to work at the concerned university / institute and follow their rules.
8. The Fellow shall not accept or hold any appointment (paid or otherwise) or receive any emoluments, salary, stipend etc., from any other source during the tenure of the award of fellowship. However, a fellow may undertake teaching assignments of not more than six hours a week.
9. The tenure of Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship is strictly for duration decided by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. Any extension will be granted under exceptional circumstances without any additional financial implications to the ICSSR. The total duration of fellowship will remain unchanged under all circumstances.
10. The contingency grant may be utilized for books, stationery, computer consumable costs and field work expenses related to the research work.
11. The ICSSR reserves the first right to publish the Ph.D thesis funded by it, provided the work is recommended for publication by the ICSSR expert(s).
12. Defaulters of any previous ICSSR fellowship / project / grant will not be eligible for consideration until the applicant obtains the clearance from the concerned administrative division.
13. A fellow is not entitled for same type of fellowship more than once.