Scholarship Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)

Department of Science & Technology (DST) has taken several pioneering initiatives for attracting  
meritorious students to study basic and natural sciences at the college and university level and to pursue  
research careers in both basic and applied science areas including engineering, medicine, agriculture  
and veterinary sciences through various components under INSPIRE.  
Under INSPIRE-Scholarship for Higher Education (INSPIRE-SHE) component, scholarships are  
offered to pursue undergraduate (UG) studies and continue up to postgraduate (PG) studies, based on  
Class 12th standard examination results (top 1%) of respective Boards or within eligible rank in chosen  
few competitive examinations such as JEE (Main)/JEE (Advanced) (within top 10,000 rank), NEET  
(AIPMT), NTSE, JBNSTS, International Olympiad medalists and securing admission in science stream  
(in any of science courses or their combination out of the 18 identified subjects(list below) in any recognized College/University/Academic Institution in the country.  
Applications are invited from eligible candidates within the age group (17-22 )
years for INSPIRE Scholarship under Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) component of INSPIRE  
scheme of DST through the web-portal.

Eligibility:  
(a) Meritorious Students with aggregate marks within top 1% of their Class XII examination of any  
State/ Central Board (same year i.e. 2022) in India are eligible to apply (Refer Annexure- 2 for better  
understanding and reference purpose only). In addition, the student must be pursuing courses in Natural  
and Basic Sciences at the B.Sc., B.S., and Int. M.Sc./M.S. level.

           OR

(b) Those students who have secured ranks in the JEE of IIT, AIPMT, NEET (within top 10,000 rank),  
and are presently pursuing Natural and Basic Science courses in India at the B.Sc., B.S., Int. M.Sc./M.S.  
level.  
              OR
(c) National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholars, Jagadish Bose National Science Talent  
Search (JBNSTS) scholars and International Olympiad medalists pursuing Bachelor/ Master level  
courses in Natural and Basic Science courses are also eligible.

Subjects List under Scope of INSPIRE Scholarship  
The following subjects under Basic and Natural Sciences are within the scope of INSPIRE  
Scholarship for pursuing B.Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc./Int. M.S. course:  
(1) Physics, (2) Chemistry, (3) Mathematics, (4) Biology, (5) Statistics, (6) Geology,  
(7) Astrophysics, (8) Astronomy, (9) Electronics, (10) Botany, (11) Zoology, (12) Bio-chemistry,  
(13) Anthropology, (14) Microbiology, (15) Geophysics, (16) Geochemistry, (17) Atmospheric  
Sciences & (18) Oceanic Sciences.

 

Emoluments: The scholarship amount under SHE component is Rs.5,000/- per month (60,000/- per annum)  
+ Mentorship grant 20,000/- per annum.  (Total =Rs.80,000 per year)
.
How to apply: 

Interested and eligible students must apply and submit their application with all essential  
documents through ONLINE mode only. Applications are to be submitted online on INSPIRE web-
portal given below. Those interested in submitting application have to register at  
this portal and submit the application online. Please read guidelines available on the portal carefully  
before submitting the application.For further enquiries regarding  
INSPIRE-SHE component, please send email to: inspire.prog-dst@nic.in For queries, please call us on  
0124-6690020, 0124- 6690021.

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