online-inspire.gov.in SHE 2015 Scholarship For Higher Education Application : DST Department of Science & Technology

Organization : Department of Science & Technology DST
Scholarship Name : SHE Scholarship For Higher Education 2015
Applicable State : All India
Application Last Date : 15th December 2015

Website : http://online-inspire.gov.in/
Apply Online : http://www.online-inspire.gov.in/
Notification 2015 : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/3907-Inspire.pdf.pd

Scholarship For Higher Education (SHE):

Applications for the year 2015 are invited from eligible candidates for INSPIRE Scholarship under Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) component of Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) scheme of the Department of Science & Technology. Interested and eligible students must apply and submit their application with all essential documents through ONLINE mode only, through the web-portal online-inspire.gov.in.

Update : DST Inspire Scholarship For Higher Education SHE 2019 : www.scholarships.net.in/30131.html

This webportal will be open from 1st November 2015 (10-00 hrs) and will be available up to 15th December 2015 (17-00 hrs) for submission of applications. The detailed notification of this announcement call is available at the website online-inspire.gov.in.

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for ‘Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE)’, a component of INSPIRE. Total of 10,000 scholarships are available annually under SHE. The scholarships are limited only to the candidates who have passed Class XII in the year 2015 from various recognized Indian State and Central Boards and studying courses in natural/ basic sciences at three years B.Sc., B.Sc (Hons), four years B.S and five years integrated M.Sc./M.S programs in any UGC recognized College/ University/ Institutions in India. The Scheme in its current format does not include courses in engineering, medicine, technology and other professional or technical or applied science courses.

Value & Type of Support :

Each eligible candidate will receive scholarship valued at Rs.80,000 annually. The cash value payable to the SHE scholarship holder is Rs.60,000 per annum along with a summer time attachment fee of Rs.20,000 which will be paid for undertaking summer time research project.

Duration of the Support :

Selected candidates will be supported for a maximum period of five years starting from 1st year course in B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons), BS and integrated course leading to M.S. or M.Sc. or till completion of the course, whichever is earlier.

Continuation of the scholarship for selected candidates is based on performance in the examinations conducted and certified by the institution imparting education.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria :

The eligibility of candidates will be based on a) performance in Board Examinations within the cut-off threshold (top 1%) for each State or Central Board Examination in the year 2015 at Class XII level as listed in Table 1 and/ or b) performance in any of the specified Competitive Examinations within stipulated cut off ranks and recipient of various scholarships and medals (Table 2 & Table 3). The eligible candidate must be already enrolled into a valid degree level course in natural / basic sciences within the scope of INSPIRE Scholarship (Table 4) at any UGC recognized College or University or National Institute in India.

Receipt of Eligibility Note or Eligibility Certificate on INSPIRE Scholarship from respective Board is not mandatory as an eligibility criteria to apply and also do not guarantee the Scholarship. Moreover, top 1% Cut-off of previous year (2014) given in Table 1 would only be used for guidelines purpose. For more details visit our website online-inspire.gov.in and inspire-dst.gov.in.

The selection will be subject to evaluation of each application based on the above eligibility criteria including finalization of actual top 1% cut-off of Class 12 examination 2015 for each Board. In the case of receiving more than 10,000 eligible applications in the given year, the selection will be on the basis of Board inclusive model within the available number of Scholarships in that year as it has been accepted and implemented for the selection of students passed out in year 2014.

Students Need to do Interested and eligible candidates who have passed Class XII Board Examination in the year 2015 (only) [as per Table 1for Board examination based eligibility or as per Table 2 or Table 3 for Competitive Examination based eligibility or having Eligibility Certificate or Eligibility Note for 2015 Board Examination issued by the respective Board (not mandatory)] must apply in the prescribed format along with the documents listed below.

Application Procedure :

To apply On-line, please visit the website online-inspire.gov.in and follow the process prescribed therein. The On-line application submission process shall commence from 1st November 2015 (10-00 hrs) and shall end on 15th December 2015 (17-00 hrs).

The applicants are advised to obtain a print out of the submitted online application for his/her records. Please do not send the application or any other documents by Post submitted online. The following points may be observed by the applicant very carefully.