New Delhi, 23 July 2021: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), under Ministry of Education, has announced Doctoral Fellowships for the year 2021-22. The research proposal should be in the field of social science discipline or may be interdisciplinary in nature having significant social science content.
ICSSR Doctoral Fellowships: Doctoral Fellowships are awarded to selected scholars, who are registered for PhD in UGC recognized institutes of national importance, universities/ deemed universities, ICSSR research institutes and colleges having approved Ph.D. programme with requisite infrastructure as defined by MoE /UGC to pursue and complete their doctoral research in any social science discipline.
Key Dates & Application Fees: The closing date for submission of online application is 14 August 2021.
The applications can be made online after paying a non-refundable fee of Rs.1100/- (Rupees One thousand and one hundred only).
The notification has mentioned that all the interested applicants of the fellowship(s) who had applied in the year 2020-21 need to apply freshly in prescribed format for 2021-22.
The broad disciplines of study within the domain of social sciences identified by ICSSR are:
- Economics
- Management
- Commerce
- Sociology
- Social Work
- Social Anthropology
- Cultural Studies
- Socio-Sanskrit Studies
- Socio-Philosophical Studies
- Social Linguistics
- Gender Studies
- Health Studies
- Political Science
- International Studies
- Public Administration
- Diaspora Studies
- National Security and Strategic Studies
- Education
- Social Psychology
- Legal Studies
- Social Geography
- Environmental Studies
- Modern Social History
- Media Studies
- Library Science
Categories of Doctoral Fellowship: ICSSR is providing Doctoral Fellowships under its three ‘Centrally-Administered Doctoral Fellowship Schemes’ and ‘Institutional Doctoral Fellowship Scheme’ in accordance with the prescribed guidelines.
The scholar can avail anyone of the fellowships under the following categories:
- Centrally Administered Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
- Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship (administered by the ICSSR research institutes)
- Centrally Administered Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
- Centrally Administered Contingency Grant
Eligibility Conditions:
A) Centrally Administered Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship:
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.
The candidate must 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/Person with benchmark disability;
The candidate must have secured a minimum 45% marks in Graduation and 55% in Post-Graduation or equivalent grades in any social science discipline. 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.
NET/SLET and M. Phil from a recognized university will carry weightage in the assessment of research proposal. But NET/SLET qualification are not mandatory for eligibility purposes. However, the submission of the NET / SLET Certificate is mandatory to secure weightage in assessment.
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:
All the conditions of the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship (2.1 to 2.5) shall apply to this category also and
the fellowship shall be administered through the ICSSR research institutes.;
C) Centrally Administered Short-Term Fellowship
All the conditions of the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship (2.1 to 2.5) shall apply and, in addition, 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.
D) Centrally Administered Contingency Grant
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 (2.1 to 2.5) is eligible to apply for Contingency Grant for the purposes of field trip, stationery and computer consumable related expenses.
For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the Notification, uploaded on the official website of ICSSR.
https://icssr.org/doctoral-fellowship-2021-22
