Doctoral Fellowships are awarded to registered Ph. D. scholars from UGC recognized Indian universities/ deemed universities/ colleges having University approved Ph.D. programme with requisite infrastructure/institutes of national importance as defined by MHRD and ICSSR Research Institutes, to pursue and complete their doctoral research in any social science discipline.
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ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship is provided under the following categories:
- A. Centrally Administered Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
- B. Institutional Doctoral Fellowship (administered by the ICSSR Research Institutes)
- C. Short Term Doctoral Fellowship
- D. Contingency Grant
HOW TO APPLY
A. Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship
- Applications will be invited through advertisements in leading Newspaper(s)/Association of Indian University (AIU) Newsletter and on ICSSR website and should be received before the deadline mentioned in the advertisement.
- After submitting online application, a hard copy of the same, along with all the enclosures, must be sent to: In-charge, RFD Division, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067 before the last date mentioned in the advertisement duly signed and stamped by the affiliating institution (Ph.D. registered institution).
- Research Proposal & Abstract (3000 and 300 words respectively) should be either in English or Hindi.
B. Institutional Doctoral Fellowship
- The scholars seeking institutional doctoral fellowship are required to apply directly to the concerned ICSSR research institute against the Call for such fellowship. For details, visit the website of the respective institute.
C. Short Term Doctoral Fellowship
- application in hard copy in prescribed format and duly forwarded by the affiliating institution must be sent to: In-charge, RFD Division, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067.
D. Contingency Grant
- application in hard copy in prescribed format and duly forwarded by the affiliating institution must be sent to: In-charge, RFD Division, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067.
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