Maulana Azad National Fellowship For Minority Students

The rate of fellowship for JRF and SRF is at par with the UGC fellowship, presently the rates are as follows:

• Fellowship in Science Humanities and Social Science: ₹ 31,000/- p.m. for initial two years (JRF), and ₹ 35,000/- pm. for remaining tenure (SRF)- Fellowship in Engineering & Technology: ₹ 31,000/- p.m. for initial two years (JRF), and ₹ 35,000/- pm. for remaining tenure (SRF)- Contingency for Humanities & Social Sciences: ₹ 10,000/- p.a. for initial two years, and ₹ 20,500/- p.a. for remaining tenure- Contingency for Sciences, Engineering & Technology: ₹ 12,000/- p.a. for initial two years, and ₹ 25,000/- p.a. for remaining tenure- Escorts/Reader assistance (All subjects): ₹ 2,000/- p.m. in cases of physically and visually handicapped candidate

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1. The applicant should be a part of one of the minority communities (Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Sikh, or Zoroastrian (Parsi)).
2. Applicant must qualify the UGC-NET or Joint CSIR-UGC NET examination.
3. If applicant does not complete his/her research work during the period of fellowship shall not be eligible to apply again under this scheme.
4. If applicant completely or partially availed any fellowship earlier shall also not be eligible for fellowship under this scheme.
5. Employees of any university, college, educational institution, or central, state, or union territory government are not eligible for fellowships, even if they are on study leave or end of life (EOL) leave to pursue an M.Phil. or Ph.D. course

1. The candidates should apply and appear in UGC-NET / Joint CSIR-UGC Test for both i.e. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) as well as Eligibility for Assistant Professor.
2. This fellowship is awarded only through UGC-NET / Joint CSIR-UGC Test.
3. Applicant have to visit the official portal https://nta.ac.in/ for UGC-NET and https://csirhrdg.res.in/ for CSIR-UGC.1. For the candidates who had already taken admission into M.Phil / Ph.D while applying for the concerned UGC-NET/ Joint CSIR-UGC Test, the validity period of the offer is three months w.e.f. the date of issue of Award letter.