Rs 80,000/year fellowships for science students under INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research)
December 14th, 2008
Update2: The number 80,000 is inconsistent with the earlier announced number of Rs 100,000/year made in http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36632.
Update: See also http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=45626 for the PM’s speech while launching the INSPIRE program.
Following is from a report in Telegraph.
India’s brightest students who choose to pursue science in college will get Rs 80,000 a year under a government scholarship to draw youngsters to careers in research.
The department of science and technology (DoT) today launched the nation’s largest-ever project to wean high-school students away from dreams of studying engineering or medicine towards BSc and MSc degrees.
Students who rank within 10,000 in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination and within 20,000 in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination but still choose BSc will be eligible for the scholarship, announced earlier this year but formally launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. Students who clear the central medical entrance exam but opt for BSc will also be eligible.
All students who come within the top 1 per cent both in the 10th and 12th standard exams of central or state boards may also apply for the Scholarship for Higher Education. The department of science expects to offer 10,000 scholarships every year.
Students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), national science talent scholars and Olympiad medallists will also be eligible.
The scholarship will be available from BSc second year till the students complete their master’s. Students of IISER Pune, Calcutta, Mohali, Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram will receive it this year. So will those of NISER Bhubaneswar.
… The project will also award Rs 5,000 every year to 200,000 students from classes VI to X — picked with help from the schools’ science faculties — for work on a school-level science project. It will provide doctoral fellowships and an assured five-year research career to postgraduate students.
The government will spend Rs 2,100 crore on the scheme in the next three years.
India’s science policy makers have long worried about the migration of meritorious students towards, traditionally, engineering and medicine and, in recent years, management and information technology. “This initiative is important for India from a long-term perspective,” said T. Ramasamy, DoT secretary. “We expect to begin seeing gains from this in about a decade or so from now.”
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1. Subhash chandra prusty | August 10th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Who can apply for this scholarships?
What r the criteria?
Plse send to my email.
2. laishram hemanta singh | September 6th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I am a student of SJCE, Mysore 2nd year. may I apply this inspire scholarship..? Am I eligible for INSPIRE Scholarship ?
3. karamveer | September 13th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
i m student of biotechnology passedout b.sc. with 1st division. am i apply for this scholarship?
4. shyam kumar | September 29th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
i am doing m.sc. in physics from iit bombay can i apply for this scholarships now.i want to do reseach in science.
can i get this opportinuity?
what is the last date of submission of application form of inspire scholarships 2010 tell me soon.please……………………………………………………..
5. lalitha | October 15th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Respected Sir/ Madam,
I have completed my post graduation in Zoology in 2010 with first rank from University of Mysore, had applied for Inspire fellowship. I have sent a hard copy of necessary documents on 5-10-2010, but I could not find my name in announced lists, hence wanted to know whether my application is considered or not.
Hope you consider my request and replay
Thank you
6. neel kamal shastri | November 2nd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
from where we get inspire sholarship application form
7. Sharwari Anil Apte. | November 9th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
I’m currently student of FYBA. My subjects are (eco.Maths.Stats.) I want to join IIT for my postgraduation in Economics.Could you let me know what is the procedure?
8. Sharwari Anil Apte. | November 9th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Could u also let me know that has IIT started economics at Bombay?
9. Nitin Kumar Dhariwal | January 7th, 2011 at 11:19 am
I am a 2nd yr. student of int. MSc in Exploration geophysics in IIT Kharagpur. Can you please tell me is there any criteria of CGPA for recieving the scholarship?
10. Neha Sharma | January 30th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
I am persuing PhD in Biotechnology from Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni, Solan and i have successfully finished and topped in my PhD course work. i have secured 83.4%percent in my course wok. I had 79.8% in my masters in biotechnology from the same university and i had 79.2% in my graduation in biotechnology from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar.
I want to have financial assistance for my PhD from inspire. Am i eligible?
11. Vandana Das | January 31st, 2011 at 5:09 pm
hello sir, i am now pursuing my MSc agriculture in plant pathology. now i m topping the department with 87 % marksand would like to know about the scholarships facility for my Ph.D……..sir please let me kno about the details…………….
12. niteshkumar | February 5th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
sir, i complete my 12 sci. with 82.4% marks. so, sir i reqvested you. plz. give me some scolarship so, i study further.
13. niteshkumar | February 5th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
sir, i applide application
14. SOFIQUL ISLAM | March 1st, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Dear Sir/Madam, I am a student of B.Sc(1st yr.)
I got 69.38% in 10th class and 59.20 in 12th class.
Am I elligible to apply for this Scholarship???????
Kindly informe me.
I m waiting………………………………………………..
15. SOFIQUL ISLAM | March 1st, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Dear Sir/Madam, I scored 69.38% in 10th class and 59.20% in 12th class. Now I m of B.Sc-1st yr.CHEM(Hons) student in CU.
Am I elligible for this SCHOLARSHIP??????
kindly reply me….
16. A.Venkata lakshmi | March 11th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
A.Venkata lakshmi
B.tech 2nd year
Ponnur engineering college
Yerragonda palem
prakasam(dst)
17. A.Venkata lakshmi | March 11th, 2011 at 4:28 pm
A.Venkata lakshmi
B.tech 2nd year
i scored 74%in 10th class and 90%in 12th class and 82.2 in B.tech 1 st year and 88.2 in B.tech 2nd year 1st sem.now iam studying 2nd sem in ponnur engineering college
18. sugathan vk | May 14th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
sir
i would like to know about scholarship available for M.Sc Electronics / IT course
19. aruna | May 26th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
i got 85% in hr sec examination.can i get this scholarship
20. Mayank Agarwal | June 12th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
i am student of b.sc 3rd year.i have submitted the form of the schcolarship for SHE in the Month of January 2011,what is selection procedure of this.kindly reply..
21. Ashish | June 25th, 2011 at 9:09 am
i have admitted to iit kanpur for B.s.c economics. My jee rank in jee 2011 is 3448 . I have 87.6 % marks in cbse 12th exam. Am i eligible for scholarship .
22. K KOTESWARA RAO | September 4th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
my son passed intermediate with 98.1% in Andhra Pradesh state board exams as he eligible for the scholarship. Kindly reply to my e-mail
23. L.sukesh krishna chaitanya | September 24th, 2011 at 11:44 am
dear sir,
I am the student of pharma.d , an integrated masters degree in the field of pharmacy by the PCI recognized institution of mallareddy group of institutions JNTU hyerabad. am i eligible to apply for this scholaship programme? if so please let me know the procedure to apply for this felowship. i will b very grateful to u if u let me know as early as possible
thank you
24. KHUSHWINDER KAUR | October 12th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
i am doing Ph.D in Textiles from PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY LUDHIANA can i apply for this scholarships now
can i get this opportinuity?
what is the last date of submission of application form of inspire scholarships 2011 tell me soon.please………
25. MAYANK PANDEY | February 14th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Dear sir I am a student of BSc (HONS.) Maths group of second semester in B.H.U Varanasi. I got 83.6% in 10th class and 83.4% in 12th class and failed to submit my application form in INSPIRE PROGRAMME. Can I apply for this programme?
26. vandana mittal | June 29th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
I am a inspire scholar. my registration number is 252/2009.my B.sc. final result is awaited. can i do MBA and get scholarship.
27. chelle venkat | July 6th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
respested sir,
I chelle venkat doing my b.sc(EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS) in iit kharagpur. i didn’t apply for INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP in the first year.
i have come to know about the FELLOWSHIP after the date was over. am i eligible to apply for the scholarship in the second year?
pls check this out…….
awaiting the reply………………..
28. kiranreddychinna | July 18th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
what are the felowship for integrated msc(chemistry) 4th year students