ICSSR RESEARCH PROJECTS NATIONAL/SENIOR/POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

1. The researcher should be an Indian citizen and should not be more than 45 years of age as on the last date of application. There shall be an age relaxation of 5 years for SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disability candidates.
2. The scholar must possess a Ph.D. Degree at the time of application and his/her competence to conduct research must be reflected in his/her publications.
3. The researcher must affiliate himself/herself to a public funded Indian university/ deemed-to-be-university/college having approved Ph.D. programme, an ICSSR Research Institute/Institutes of national importance approved by MoE/government research institutes. Funds shall be disbursed to the selected fellows through the affiliating institution.
4. The selected fellow has to work under the guidance of a senior social scientist (not below the level of an Associate Professor with proven research supervision experience and publications). The supervisor should be a serving faculty in the affiliating institution. The selection of the supervisor is subject to the approval of the ICSSR.

Stated amount: 31,000

1. Post-Doctoral Fellowship is a full-time research engagement.
2. The duration of fellowship shall be for two years and no extension will be considered.
3. The value of fellowship is Rs.31,000/- per month and contingency grant of Rs.20,000/- per annum and will be in line with the directives of the Ministry of Education from time to time. Procedure for the Award
4. The procedure for the award of the fellowships will include evaluation and interaction/presentation of applications by the panel of subject experts in multiple phases.
5. The recommendations of the Expert Committee(s) are placed before the requisite Committee(s) of ICSSR for their consent / approval.
6. The list of selected applications will be uploaded on ICSSR website. Only the selected candidates and their affiliating universities shall be informed individually through a provisional award letter specifying the formalities and documents required for joining the fellowship. Information is not Available.

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1. Applications will be invited through open advertisement on ICSSR website and its social media platforms.
2. The candidates shall submit online application. All applicants shall take a print out of the form submitted online and send the same along with requisite documents to the ICSSR within the prescribed date mentioned in the Call for applications. The research proposal should be submitted only in the format attached with the application form. No separate research proposal or copies of research papers are to be attached.
3. The Research Proposal should either be in Hindi or English (Use Unicode 8 (UTF-8) to fill the form in Hindi)
4. One applicant can submit only one application under Post-Doctoral Fellowship scheme. However, he/she can apply separately for another scheme. For more information Click here

1. Regular monitoring of Fellowship is done on the basis of Six Monthly and Annual Progress Reports in the prescribed format submitted by the scholar. In case of delayed Progress Reports, the scholar may be asked to give the justification of the delay on which the final decision shall be taken by the ICSSR. The scholar may be asked to furnish an Undertaking specifying the date of final report submission to the ICSSR.
2. The fellowship may be discontinued if research progress is found unsatisfactory or any ICSSR rule is violated and the fellow has to reimburse the total fellowship disbursed by the ICSSR till the date of termination of fellowship.
3. The ICSSR may ask for annual presentation/mid-term appraisal of the research work.
4. During the course of the fellowship, the fellow is required to publish at least two research papers in peer-reviewed research journals on the theme of the research undertaken.
5. The scholars must give due acknowledgement to ICSSR while getting their research papers published. Other Info Other Conditions
6. The post-doctoral research work should not be the same as Ph.D. work.
7. The contingency grant may be utilized for books, stationery, computer related costs, and the field work expenses related with the research work.
8. The Copyright of the manuscript of final report will rest with the ICSSR. The ICSSR reserves all rights to publish the fellowship report funded by it, provided the work is recommended for publication by Expert/Experts. The scholars can get it published themselves only after seeking permission from ICSSR.
9. The scholar shall acknowledge ICSSR’s support in all publications resulting from the research output of the fellowship.
10. All fellowships are subject to income tax deductions as per the Government of India rules at the level of the affiliating/ administering institution.
11. Defaulters of any previous fellowship/project/grant of the ICSSR will not be eligible for consideration.
12. A fellow is not entitled for the same fellowship more than once.