Invitation of Application for National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities – 2020

UGC Invitation of Application for National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities for the years 2018-19 and 2019 – 2020 .

There are 200 slots for each year with provision of reservation of 15% for Scheduled Castes and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes.

Topic

• How to Apply
• Important Date
• Who is Eligible
• Fellowship Period
  • Selection Year 2018-19
  • Selection Year 2019-20
• Duration of Fellowship and Payment of Fellowship
• Amount of Fellowships
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How to Apply

The online applications can be filed on the web portal https://www.ugc.ac.in/ugc_schemes/ or https://www.ugc.ac.in/nfpwd/. The last date for receiving the online applications is 29th February, 2020 till 5.00 PM.

Important Date

Academic Year: 2018-20
Last Date: 29/02/2020

Who is Eligible?

Any student with disabilities who has been admitted to M.Phil/Ph.D degree and pursuing research through regular and full time mode in a University or academic institution by completing the required formalities for admission in that University or academic institution is eligible for the fellowship. The scheme covers all Universities / Institutions recognized by the UGC/Government of India.

Employees of any University / College/ Educational institution/ Central/ State/ UT Government shall be excluded from availing the fellowship, even if they are on study leave or Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) to purse the MPhil/ Ph.D course.

Fellowship Period

The fellowship is payable for a maximum period of 05 years. It commences from the date as given hereunder:

Selection Year 2018-19

01.04.2018 or actual date of admission/registration of candidate for M.Phil./Ph.D., whichever is later.

Selection Year 2019-20

01.04.2019 or actual date of admission/registration of candidate for M.Phil./Ph.D., whichever is later.

Duration of Fellowship and Payment of Fellowship:

Name of the Course	Maximum duration
M.Phil.	2 years or submission of dissertation whichever is earlier
M.Phil.+ Ph.D.	5 years from commencement of Fellowship or till submission of Ph.D. thesis, whichever is earlier
Ph.D.	5 years or till submission of Ph.D. thesis, whichever is earlier

Amount of Fellowships

Presently the rate of fellowship for JRF and SRF, under the scheme, is as under:-

Fellowship	@Rs.25,000/-p.m. initial two year as JRF. @Rs.28,000/-p.m. for remaining tenure as SRF.
Contingency (Humanities & Social Sciences including Arts / Fine Arts)	@Rs.10,000/-p.a. for initial two year (JRF) @Rs.20,500/-p.a. for remaining tenure(SRF)
Contingency (Science, Engineering & Technology)	@Rs.12,000/-p.a. initial two year (JRF) @Rs.25,000/-p.a. for remaining tenure (SRF)
Escorts/Reader assistance	@Rs.2,000/- p.m. in case of candidates with physical and visual disabilities.
HRA	As per Govt. of India norms.

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