Indian Institute of Advanced Study

(i) Any single girl child of her parents pursuing Ph.D. in any stream/subject in recognised Universities/Colleges/ Institutes is eligible to apply under the scheme.

(ii) The scheme is applicable to such a single girl child who has registered herself in regular, full-time Ph. D. program.

(iii) Admission to Ph.D. Course in part-time/distance mode is not covered under the scheme. A scholar is not eligible for fellowship if the research is intended/pursued through open/ part-time distance education mode or part-time mode.

(iv) Girl students up to the age of 40 years for general category and 45 years for the reserved categories i.e. SC/ST/OBC and PWD (Persons with Disabilities) as on the last date of submission of online application are eligible.

(v) Both the scholar receiving the fellowship and the institution concerned, where the scholar is pursuing her Ph.D are responsible to ensure that the terms and conditions of these schemes are followed properly and only the eligible candidates get the fellowship.

(i) Faculty members at the level of Professors/Associate professors (who are going to superannuate within six months or already superannuated) from the following institutions are eligible to apply under the schemes::

• Universities (including constituent and affiliated colleges/institutions) included under Section 2(f) of IIAS Act, 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.
• Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the IIAS Act 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.
• Institutions fully funded by Central or State Governments and empowered to award Degrees.
• Institutions of National Importance.

(ii) Age: up to 67 years

(iii) The applicant must have successfully supervised the Ph.D. dissertations of 10 full time candidates, 3 of whom having received their degrees during the preceding 10 years.

(iv) The applicant must have handled, as Principal Investigator, at least 3 sponsored research projects funded by national / international agencies.

(v) The applicant shall not hold any administrative responsibility during tenure of the fellowship which would be from the date of superannuation.

a. Only the unemployed candidates who have been awarded the Ph.D. degree in the relevant subject/discipline of Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences including languages are eligible to apply. (Provisional Certificate may be accepted in case the degree is not awarded). Persons already in regular service are not eligible to apply.

b. Candidates should be below 35 years of age (as on the date/last date of application). There shall be age relaxation for SC/ST/OBC (Non Creamy Layer)/Women/PWD (Persons with Disabilities) and Transgender for 5 years.

c. If selected candidate is availing any other fellowship/remuneration, he/she will have to resign from the same before accepting the IIAS Post-Doctoral Fellowship.

d. Those candidates who have already availed any kind of Post-Doctoral Fellowship from IIAS need not apply under the scheme.

e. General category candidates having minimum 55% of marks or equivalent percentage converted from CGPA score at Post graduate level are eligible to apply. A relaxation of 5% of marks is allowed for reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC (Non Creamy Layer)/ PWD (Persons with Disabilities) and Transgender).

f. It is necessary that the candidate identifies a Mentor/Supervisor (affiliated to University/Institute wherein Post-Doctoral Fellowship is tenable) for his/her post-doctoral research work and obtain his/her consent for the mentorship.

(i) Faculty members regularly appointed and working the following institutions are eligible to apply under the schemes:

• Universities (including constituent and affiliated colleges/institutions) included under Section 2(f) of IIAS Act, 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.
• Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the IIAS Act 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.
• Institutions fully funded by Central or State Governments and empowered to award Degrees.
• Institutions of National Importance.

(ii) Age: up to 50 years. (Faculty above 50 years of age is not eligible to apply).

(iii) The applicant should have a minimum 10 years of service left in the University from the date of submission of his / her application.

(iv) The applicant must have successfully supervised Ph.D. dissertation of 5 full-time candidates

(v) The applicant must have successfully completed at least 2 sponsored research projects funded by national / international government or private agencies.

(i) Faculty members regularly appointed and working the following institutions are eligible to apply under the schemes:

• Universities (including constituent and affiliated colleges/institutions) included under Section 2(f) of IIAS Act, 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.
• Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the IIAS Act 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.
• Institutions fully funded by Central or State Governments and empowered to award Degrees.
• Institutions of National Importance.

(ii) All teachers who are newly appointed at the level of Assistant Professor against permanent posts in university shall be eligible to receive financial support under the scheme.

(iii) The Assistant professor should possess Ph.D. degree with minimum five (5) research papers to his / her credit, published in journals of international repute.

(iv) The Assistant Professor should apply for the grant within a period of two years from the date of joining the post in the Department / University.