Designation: Ph.D.
Essential Qualifications:
A) Centrally Administered Full-Term
Doctoral Fellowship
3.1. The candidate must have a confirmed
Ph.D. registration (Research Degree Committee (RDC) approved) at any of the
institutions mentioned at 1.1 above on the last date of application. It
includes the requirements of clearance of Research Entrance Test (RET); The
Ph.D. topic must have been confirmed.
3.2. Minimum 45% marks in Graduation and
55% in Post-Graduation or equivalent grades in any social science disciplines.
Five per cent (5%) relaxation of marks will be given to the SC/ST candidates;
The submission of Marks Sheet, particularly of Graduation and Post-Graduation
are mandatory otherwise the candidate shall be considered as Not Eligible.
3.3 NET/SLET and M. Phil from a
recognized university will carry weightage in the assessment of research proposal.
NET/SLET qualification are not mandatory for eligibility purposes, however, the
submission of the NET / SLET Certificate is mandatory to secure weightage in
assessment.
3.4. The scholar should 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/Persons with benchmark disability;
3.5. 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 or
any such doctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply.
B)
Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship (administered by the ICSSR
Research Institutes)
3.6. All conditions of the Centrally
Administered Doctoral Fellowship (3.1 to 3.5) would apply to this category
also and would be administered through
the ICSSR Research Institutes.;
C) Centrally Administered Short-Term
Fellowship
3.7. All conditions of the Centrally
Administered Doctoral Fellowship (3.1 to 3.5) would apply and the candidate
should have completed at least two years of research work for Ph.D. degree at
any of the institutions mentioned at 1.1 above is eligible to apply for
Short-term Fellowship.
D) Centrally Administered Contingency
Grant
3.8. This is a one-time grant awarded to
a registered Ph. D. scholar at any of the institutions mentioned at 1.1 above,
who is at an advanced stage of his/her research work. The candidate meeting all
conditions of the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship (3.1 to 3.5) is
eligible to apply for Contingency Grant for the purposes of field trip,
stationery and computer consumable related expenses.
Fellowship:
A) Centrally Administered Full-Term
Doctoral Fellowship
6.1 Doctoral Fellowship is a full time
research work.
6.2 The duration of the fellowship is
strictly for two years or till the date of Ph.D. submission at the university,
whichever is earlier.
6.3 The value of the fellowship is
Rs.20,000/- p.m. and contingency grant is Rs.20,000 /- p.a.
B) Institutional Doctoral Full-Term
Fellowship (administered by the ICSSR Research Institutes)
6.4 The duration and value of fellowship
will be the same as mentioned under the Centrally Administered Full-Term
Doctoral Fellowship.
C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
6.5 The duration of the Short-Term
Doctoral Fellowship is strictly for six months or till the date of Ph.D.
submission at the university, whichever is earlier.
6.6 The value of fellowship is
Rs.20,000/- per month plus contingency grant of Rs.10,000 /- for the duration
of the Fellowship.
D) Contingency Grant
6.7 This is a consolidated grant for
meeting contingency expenses of Ph.D., not exceeding Rs.62,500/-.
How
to apply:
A.
Centrally Administered Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
4.1
Applications will be invited through open advertisement on ICSSR website and
should be received online before the deadline mentioned in the advertisement.
4.2 The
candidates shall submit an online application and upload only their Research
Proposal in the prescribed Research Proposal Format (given at Clause 12: A to
D) in PDF format (within restricted size mentioned in the Application Form)
along with their NET/ SLET certificate, in case they have qualified NET/SLET.
N.B. (i) At
this stage, the candidates need not submit any other documents other than those
referred under 4.2.
(ii) The duly
forwarded hard copies of applications along with the copies of certificates and
mark-sheets shall asked for only from the short-listed candidates.
4.3 The
Research Proposal should be either in English or Hindi (Use Unicode format to
fill form in Hindi).
B.
Institutional Doctoral Full-Term Fellowship (administered by the ICSSR Research
Institutes)
4.4 The
scholars seeking Institutional Doctoral Fellowship are required to apply
directly to the concerned ICSSR Research Institute against their Call for such
fellowship. For details, visit the website of the respective institute (link to
ICSSR Research Institutes List). After initial shortlisting by institutes,
their proposals are evaluated by ICSSR experts.
C)
Centrally Administered Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship and
D)
Centrally Administered Contingency Grant
4.5 The
Application procedure shall be same as per the conditions at Clauses 4.1, 4.2
and 4.3
Last date for Submission of Application:
03-07-2020
Link for official notification: Click here
Link for online application: Click here
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