INSPIRE Fellowship Scheme 2012-13 for Degree, PG, Ph.D. Candidates

Notification for INSPIRE fellowships for 2012 will be announced by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. INSPIRE is meant for Innovation in Scientific Pursuit for Inspired Research. This is a prestigious fellowship program initiated by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. These fellowships will be awarded for top / first rank holders in Post Graduation and those who are very much interested in pursuing Doctoral Program (Ph.D.) with fellowship in Science and Technology. The basic purpose of the fellowship scheme is to encourage young students to go for research in science education. Fellowship amount under INSPIRE scheme is equivalent to NET qualified candidates.

INSPIRE fellowships are offered in the disciplines of 1. Life Sciences 2. Chemical Sciences 3. Physical Sciences 4. Engineering Sciences 5. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 6. Mathematics and Statistics 7. Medical Sciences 8. Pharmaceutical Sciences 9. Veterinary Sciences and 10. Agricultural Sciences

Eligibility: Applicants should have secured first rank in the Post Graduate Degree in any of the Basic and Natural Sciences. Candidates with degree in Engineering Sciences / Pharmaceutical Sciences / Agricultural Sciences / Medical Sciences / Veterinary Sciences are also eligible. Selection will be based on merit in the qualifying examination. Selected candidates will be awarded research grants for five years to pursue research leading to Ph.D. Degree in any reputed institute. Applicants must have completed their qualifying examination after 2008. There are several other Government Scholarships available for those interested in science research.

Application Procedure for INSPIRE: Interested candidates can obtain application format on DST website www.inspire-dst.gov.in. Address to send filled in applications: Head, INSPIRE Program, Department of Science & Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi – 110 016. Candidates need higher cut offs in class 12 for UG scholarships.

Apart from these, INSPIRE Awards and Internships also offered to the students from Tenth class to Graduates and Post Graduates. Internship camps will be conducted for tenth passed candidates across the country and will be paid Rs. 5000 as an award. About 10000 students of Bachelors Degree and PG courses also will receive Scholarships of Rs. 80000 per year. They must be between 17-22 years of age. Another innovative scheme of of the DST is INSPIRE Faculty Awards Scheme.

Last date for receipt of completed applications along with required documents for all types of INSPIRE awards, fellowships and scholarships: March 2012 (Tentative). Details of application procedure, previous papers if any and selection procedure can be obtained from www.inspire-dst.gov.in .



344 thoughts on “INSPIRE Fellowship Scheme 2012-13 for Degree, PG, Ph.D. Candidates”

  1. Dear sir/Madam, My M.sc industial microbiology results is declared in the month of june 26, 2011.Im the first rank holder in industrial microbiology at UNIVERSITY SRI VENKATESWARA IN TIRUPATI.Can u pls let me know how to apply fellowship and regarding its details and also please reply about the date of notification .Im interested at research field please reply as soon as possible .Im very thank ful to sir/mam……..

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    • Congratulations for the achievement. You can apply in response to the next notification for 2012. Notification will come out in February 2012. Research in Industrial Microbiology will offer bright career. We shall update the info whenever notification is announced. All the best.

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  2. Sir/ Mam,
    I M the student of Dr. Y S Parmar University and 1 st rank holder in MSc. when this DST Inpire will come in 2011.

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  3. sir/madam,
    I am a student in M.Sc 5year Integrated chemistry requested you to know selected candidates list for this inspire scholarship in my course who are applied in 2011

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  4. Dear sir
    I am doing Ph D in Plant pathology From UHF Nauni (HP) registered in July, 2011, I was the topper of my Deptt. in M Sc. with OGPA of 8.14/10. When are you going to notify the scholarship for this session.
    Regards
    Neeraj sharma
    Ph D Scholar

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  5. Sir i’m First rank holder in autonomous college. still i hv got higher percentage than university topper and affiliated colleges. I have cleared CSIR NET for LS( 25 th rank) Am i eligible to apply..

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      • Autonomous college may not be considered as an equivalent to University. CSIR – LS is not required for INSPIRE fellowships but good to qualify that.

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  6. Dear Sir/Madam,
    I,Sonu Bisht.have done my Msc, in Biophysics with Ist rank in year 2011.Now i’m preaparing for PHD.next year i’ll take admission.so can i eligible for DST-INSPIRE scholarship.Is one year gap effect to get the scholarship.

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  7. Dear Sir/ Madam,
    I want to pursue my career in research in bioinformatics Plz let me inform something or help me in regards of any financial issues after getting INSPIRE fellowships.

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  8. Dear Sir/Madam,
    I, Nisha Kamra , have done M.Sc. in bioinformatics with Ist rank, topped in my university this year only 2011. I havnt tried earlier for this fellowship. Is there any chance to fill this again in the same year or it only held once in a year.

    Waiting revert.

    Thanx,
    Nisha Kamra

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    • once you have applied for this fellowship, then you can not apply again, if there are some lacunae in your application then get details from dst contact info desk. after fulfilling these lacunae you may get fellowship.

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