UGC - MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS (MANF)

A candidate has to fulfil the following conditions to be eligible for the award of this fellowship-

1. He/she should belong to one of the minority communities notified under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, viz., Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian (Parsi).
2. Prior clearance of UGC-NET or Joint CSIR-UGC NET examination will be a prerequisite for award of Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students for M.Phil/Ph.D.
3. The eligibility conditions will be as per notification for UGC-NET and Joint CSIR-UGC-NET examinations.
4. The Minority Community candidates, who have already secured admission and qualify NET examination will be given preference. Such candidates will be required to join fellowship within 3 months of the issue of the JRF award letter. The date of commencement of the fellowship shall be the date of declaration of result of UGC-NET-JRF & Joint CSIR-UGC-NET-JRF or date of joining, whichever is later.
5. In case sufficient candidates, who have already secured admission are not available, candidates who have not yet secured admission will also be selected in the order of merit in the NET examination. Such candidates will be eligible to receive fellowship under MANF, subject to admission for M.Phil./Ph.D. in research institutions. The validity period of the offer is three years w.e.f. the date of issue of the JRF Award letter under the scheme.
6. A scholar is eligible to receive only one fellowship at a time. The scholar is required to declare that he/she will not accept/receive any other monetary benefit/scholarship/fellowship from any other source. In other words, a scholar who is awarded fellowship under this scheme shall not accept any other fellowship/scholarship or hold any appointment, paid or otherwise, or receive any emoluments, salary, stipend etc. from any other source during the tenure of the award (except in case of ‘academic leave’ of one year). In case, a scholar is already in receipt of any scholarship/fellowship, he/she will have to relinquish either the previous scholarship / fellowship/ any other monetary benefit or to forgo the selection under this scheme.
7. A scholar who does not complete his/her research work during the period of fellowship shall not be eligible to apply again under this scheme. Similarly, a scholar who has completely or partially availed any fellowship earlier shall also not be eligible for fellowship under this scheme.
8. Employees of any University/ College/ Educational Institutional/ Central/ State/ UT Government shall be excluded from availing fellowship, even if they are on Study Leave or EOL to pursue the M.Phil./Ph.D. course.

No information available. Steps to fill-in the online form: Step 1: Personal Information including caste and physical disability certificate(if applicable). A candidate registration id is generated on completion of step 1 that can be used for generating a pdf file once the submission process is completed. Step 2: Research Work including subject, research topic, department etc. Step 3: Other Information including Scholarships/Present employment etc. Step 4: Declaration and Final Submission Mandatory attachments required during submission of online application: The applicant will be required to upload scanned copies of the following documents while applying online:

1. Domicile Certificate.
2. Minority Community Certificate (Affidavit on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.10/-).
3. Scanned Copy of Candidate's Recent Color Photograph And Signature.
4. NET/JRF award letter or marksheet in case award letter has not been received.
5. Master Degree Marksheet.
6. Verification certificate to be uploaded at the designated place after getting it signed and attested by the Competent Authority. Applications attested by officers other than Registrar of University, Director of Institute or Principal of the College shall be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for award of the fellowship.
7. Disability certificate, if applicable. Note: Candidate will not be able to submit their application unless above-mentioned documents are uploaded. For further details, please click here.

1. The total number of slots for the fellowships to be awarded under the scheme is 1, 000 per year. Out of 1, 000 slots available under this scheme, 750 will be allocated for subjects under National Eligibility Test – Junior Research Fellowship (NETJRF) of UGC and remaining 250 for Science category students through CSIRUGC NET-JRF joint test for science streams. The NET is held twice in a year and 500 selections will be made from each NET.
2. 30% of the fellowship shall be earmarked for women students; remaining 70% will be general. In case there are shortage of women candidates, the fellowship can be passed on to male students of the same minority community.
3. The reservation for differently able students shall be made as per UGC norms and in a horizontal manner.
4. Community wise selection of scholars at the national level will be done on the basis of their pro-rata population.
5. Un-utilized Fellowship slots of any community will be transferred to eligible Scholars of other Notified Minority Communities purely on merit basis at the national level. Other Info Monitoring and Evaluation-
6. After two years, if the progress in the research work of the awardee is found satisfactory, his/her tenure will be extended for a further period of three years as Senior Research Fellow (SRF). The research work will be assessed as per the UGC norms. The total period of award of JRF and SRF shall not exceed a period of 5 years.
7. UGC will send a quarterly physical and financial progress report to Ministry of Minority Affairs and provide a list of Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students, university, minority community, for Ministry’s information and follow-up actions, if any, apart from displaying the same in its website.
8. Income certificates will be issued by the competent authority as notified by the State/UT Governments.
9. The Minority Community certificate, until issued by designated authorities in the States and UTs, should be based on an actionable and legally valid affidavit so that no candidate avails a fellowship through falsification of one’s community status. This Certificate is to be verified by the University/Institution at the time of joining the Fellowship.
10. Mid Term Appraisal the Scheme will be evaluated by the Ministry through an independent agency to assess its impact as decided by the Ministry.