Scholarships & Fellowships

Recurring UGC / National Testing Agency · India
The exam that decides whether you hold the Junior Research Fellowship (five years of fellowship) or the lower Non-NET fellowship — held twice a year, June and December.

Recurring Indian Council of Social Science Research · India
₹20,000 a month for two years plus contingency, for full-time registered PhD scholars under 40; the call opens roughly once a year.

Recurring United States–India Educational Foundation · United States, 6–9 months
Six to nine months of research at a US institution for registered Indian PhD scholars; the annual call closes around 1 July for the following year.

Recurring Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK · United Kingdom, 12 months
Up to twelve months at a UK university as part of a PhD registered at home — tuition, stipend and airfare covered; applications run on an annual cycle.

Recurring DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) · Germany
Research grants for short stays (1–6 months) and bi-nationally supervised doctorates; several calls a year with autumn deadlines for most programmes.

Recurring World Bank · World Bank, Washington DC (8 months)
An eight-month research fellowship at the World Bank for PhD candidates from developing countries; the call opens annually.