Scholarship

The University Grants Commission (UGC) offers the Raman Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research for Indian Scholars in United States of America (USA). Designed specifically to help Indian Ph.D students to secure funding for research and study in any recognized educational institution in the United States, the scholarship offers to pay for all costs associated with the research for a period of up to 12 months.

Important Dates

Eligibility

  • You must hold the post of permanent teacher at a university/institution recognized by UGC under 2(f) and 12B of UGC Act.
  • Have no less than 60% marks in their post-graduate degree.
  • Your Ph.D degree can be in any of the following academic fields - Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Science, Engineering, Technology, Agricultural Sciences or MD/MS/Ph.D. in Medical Sciences.
  • You will be required to furnish the panel with the relevant documents that validate them having conducted independent research in their academic domain. The most ready evidence of the same shall be published work in peer reviewed journals preferably indexed.
  • You should not be older than 40 years .You should have been accepted by a US university/ scientific/ technological/ research institution, which is internationally recognized as an outstanding institution where considerable progress has been made in his chosen area of study.
  • You will be responsible for the correspondence with the relevant US educational institution and securing a place on the research team. The UGC will require a minimal evidence of the same and it can be through electronic communication.
  • The US institution must be willing to lend its resources to the candidate and contribute towards furthering the knowledge of the relevant subject.

How to Apply

Application in the prescribed format may be submitted only
through online mode by logging
into website www.ugc.ac.in/ramanpdf. The submitted online
application form can be downloaded, printed and sent to the
Section Officer, IC–Section, Room No. 508A, University
Grants Commission, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110
002 (India) along with relevant documents

Last Date

The last date for application is

Contact Details

For any further details, the applying candidates can refer to official notification using the following link.

University Grants Commission
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi-110 002 (India)
Phone No. 011 23604519
Email: [email protected]