NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP PASSAGE GRANTS

The important eligibility criterion is as follows:

1. Age below 35 as of 1st April of every Selection Year.
2. Family Income less than Rs. 8,00,000 (Rs. Eight lacks per annum)
3. A minimum of 60% of marks are required for availing scholarship. In the case of a CGPA score also, the equivalent marks should not be less than 60%. In the case of a Scholarship for a Masters's Degree abroad, the minimum required qualification is Graduation Degree, whereas, for a PhD. the minimum qualification requirement is Masters's Degree.

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1. The scheme will be advertised in the news papers/other media giving summarized information about the Scheme. The candidates, after assessing their eligibility and suitability, as per the eligibility conditions of the Scheme Guidelines, can apply online to this Ministry on the portal, i.e., www.nosmsje.gov.in.
2. The selection year period would be April-March of each year. The portal shall be opened for calling of applications for the first round from mid of February for a period of 45 days (before the beginning of selection year) and only online applications received shall be considered for award of selection. In case the slots remain unfilled, the portal will be opened again for the second cycle from September for a period of 45 days in each selection year. Once all the 125 slots are filled, the portal will not be reopened during the year for submission of applications.
3. For the first round of each Selection Year, family income for last completed financial year will be taken into account for the purpose of selection. For the second round, the family income for the previous completed financial year will be taken into account for purpose of selection. For example, for the selections for the financial year, online portal for inviting applications of NOS Scholarship for first round will be opened from February to March and family income for financial year will be taken into account for purpose of selection. However, in such cases where gross annual income for FY is more than Rs.2.5 lakh, then in such cases family income for the financial year 2023-24 i.e. last completed financial year will also be taken into account before issue of final award letter besides family income for the financial year 2022-23 (to be furnished during the application submission process) and scholarship will be granted to the candidate subject to the condition that his/her family income for the financial year is less than Rs.8.00 lakh. Failing this, the provisional award letter issued to the candidate will stand cancelled. The portal for second round will be opened from September to October and for that family income for financial year will be taken into account for purpose of selection.
4. Online applications complete in all respects only shall be considered for award. All the incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. However, the rejected candidates will have the option to apply in subsequent phases of selection. The candidates are required to submit documents as per the attached Annexure I.
5. Grievances in connection with results will be entertained for upto 30 calendar days from the publication of the Result in the portal.

1. Only candidates who have submitted their Aadhar card and obtained unconditional offer of admission from one of the foreign Institutions/ Universities which are in the list of top 500 ranked institutions/ universities from the academic session and onward shall be considered for award of scholarship for studying in that Institution/University subject to fulfillment of other eligibility conditions of the Scheme. However, in case the students are unable to submit their Aadhar Card on the portal at the time of application, they will be asked to mandatorily submit their Aadhar ID/Aadhar EID before the issue of final award letter/confirmation letter failing which the provisional award letter issued to them would be revoked.
2. No request for change of Institution/University shall be entertained. In case the selected candidate desires to change the course or university, he/she can apply afresh in the next available round.
3. There will be only two round of Selection. For every cycle of selection, merit list of the eligible candidates shall be drawn up on the basis of the rank, as per the latest available QS ranking, of the foreign Universities/Institutions from where the candidate has received the offer of admission and scholarships shall be awarded in order of this merit. This provision will be implemented in accordance with the Clause 2(b). The candidates holding an offer letter from the higher ranked University/ Institution will be ranked higher in the merit list. In case of a tie between the QS rankings of two or more candidates, their position in merit will be decided on the basis of the marks/grades secured by the candidate in the qualifying examination for the higher studies for which the scholarship has been applied for.
4. The online applications of the eligible candidates shall be placed before the Selection-cum-Screening Committee for making their recommendations for selection and ranking of the eligible candidates for scholarship.
5. Wait list of eligible candidates will be maintained in the final round. The wait list will be valid upto March of the selection year. Candidates on the wait list may apply for the next selection year as well. Waitlist will be maximum of 50% of the total seats.
6. The selected candidates who have already secured admission in foreign University/ Institution shall be issued provisional Award of Scholarship letters.
7. Students may be allowed a maximum time period of either one year or two intake deferrals, whichever is earlier from the date of issuance of provisional award letter to join university/Institute abroad failing which the award would stand automatically cancelled and no correspondence in this regard will be entertained thereafter.
8. If in case Confirmation of Award letter is issued to an awardee, he/she has to complete all the procedures like verification of original documents, submission of Bonds, Solvency Certificates etc. within SIX (6) months from the date of issuance of Confirmation of Award Letter, otherwise the award letter will be automatically cancelled. No further time will be granted for completion of these formalities.
9. The timelines for selection of candidates under the guidelines is placed at Annexure-II. Other Info
10. The portal will be opened from 15th February to 31st March of each year for receiving application for the first round of selection of next selection year.
11. The application received will be scrutinized in the Section in 20-30 days.
12. Thereafter, the scrutinized applications will be placed before the Selection-cum-screening committee for recommendation/rejection of candidates which will take approx 10-15 days.
13. On the basis of the recommendations received from the Committee, final list for selection/rejection will be submitted for the approval of Hon'ble Minister (SJ&E).
14. The same procedure will be followed for the second round which will commence from the first week of September with the opening of portal for a period of 45 days.
15. The portal will be opened further for 3rd round in the month of January subject to availability of slots.
16. A list of selected/waiting/ rejected candidates will be uploaded on the online portal.
17. Individual email/messages will also be sent to all registered applicants in due course of time. Incomplete applications will be rejected summarily. Note :- The above timeline is tentative .