INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

Application for Doctoral Fellowship

Category of Doctoral Fellowship: Regular Full Time

1.

Name of the Applicant

2.

Present Position and Institutional

Address of the Applicant, if any

Short Term

Contingency

Telephone of the Applicant:

Mobile of the Applicant:
Email of the Applicant:
Mailing Address of the Applicant

3.

Date of Birth
Indicate the categories to which
the applicant belongs
(Tick one or more boxes, as
applicable. Enclose relevant
certificates, if any, as Annexure VIII)

SC
Gender: Male

ST
Female

Transgender

Persons with Disability:

5.

University/Institutes/Organisation
where the grant is to be
administered
Phone no.

6.

Email:
Type of Institution where the grant
Central University
is to be administered

Fax:
Website

State University
ICSSR Research Institute funded/
recognised
Other public funded research institute
Public Deemed University

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7.

8.

Educational Qualification and

academic attainments
(Please enclose brief academic CV
as Annexure III and relevant
certificates as Annexure X)
Indicate if the applicant has
Research Projects
received any ICSSR grant
previously
Fellowships
(Please tick)
Seminar Grant

Ongoing

Completed

International Travel
Publication Grant
9.

If completed, specify
Date of Completion
Report submitted

10.

Details of earlier scholarships

received

Yes

No

Name of Instituttion
Period of Award

11.

12.

Title of the Ph. D Thesis

(Please enclose Abstract of the
Proposal and two copies of the
Proposal/Synopsis,
as per the
format given in the Guidelines as
Annexure I and Annexure II)
(i) Sociology and Social Anthropology;
Please mentioned the broad
discipline of study under which
(ii) Political Science / Public Administration;
you categories your topic
(iii) Economics;
(iv) International Studies;
(v) Social Geography and Population Studies;
(vi) Commerce and Management;
(vii) Social Psychology;
(viii) Education;
(ix) Social Linguistics / Cultural Studies
(x)

Law / International Law

(xi) National Security & Strategic Studies;

(xii) Other allied Social Science disciplines.

Declaration
I hereby declare that the entries above and in the enclosed Annexures are factually correct
and no facts have been hidden by me.
If any of the above information supplied by me is proved to be incorrect, my Application
may be cancelled at any stage of the award.
Place:
Date:
Signature of the Candidate

Annexures/Checklists of the Application

Annexure-I
Annexure-II
Annexure-III
Annexure-IV

Abstract of the approved Research Proposal in around 500 words;

Two copies of detailed Research Proposal not exceeding 5000 words;
Brief Academic CV of the applicant;
Undertaking that the scholar has not availed a full doctoral fellowship
for a period of more than 3 years from any other public agencies
Annexure-V
Salary Certificate from the employer, if applying under Salary
Protection Scheme;
Annexure VI.
Forwarding letter from the Head of the Institution where the Fellowship
will be located
Annexure VII. Consent letter from the supervisor and his/her brief bio-data
Annexure VIII A duly attested SC/ST certificate, if applicable.
Annexure IX
A copy of Ph. D. Registration Certificate duly self-attested
Annexure X
Self-attested copies of certificates in support of all educational
Qualifications

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Annexure I
Application No. _________
(To be filled in by the ICSSR)
ABSTRACT OF PROPOSAL FOR DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
1

Title of the Fellowship

Proposal

Broadly, the discipline of

Social Sciences in which
the applicants Ph.D.
could be located
(Please refer to the
Guidelines for the list)
Date of Ph. D.
Registration
University/ Institute
where Ph. D. is registered
(Please provide complete
address)
Name and Address of the
Supervisor

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4

Whether you have

qualified NET/JRF/SLET
(if yes, enclose the copy of
certificate as Annexure X)
Whether you have
completed M. Phil
(if yes, enclose the copy of
certificate as Annexure X)
Whether you have availed
any Fellowship for Ph. D.
(If Yes, Specify the details
and duration of
Fellowship)
Applying under
(Please enclose salary
certificate from employer
as Annexure V, if applying
under salary protection
scheme)

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

3 Years
and above

Less than
3 Years

Salary Protection Scheme

Regular Doctoral Scheme

(Signature of the Applicant)

Name_____________________________________

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Annexure IV
Undertaking
1.

This is to certify that I have not availed UGC-JRF or any equivalent Fellowship funding
for a period of 3 years and above.

2.

I am currently not drawing any Fellowship grant for my Ph. D. Programme.

Place:
Date:
Signature of the Candidate

Signature of the Supervisor

Signature of the Registrar/

Head of the Institution

Name:____________________

(Seal)

Designation:_______________

Signature of the Head of the Department/ Dean where relevant

Name:____________________
Designation:_______________

(Seal)

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Annexure VI
Forwarding Letter
(By Head of the Institution/Registrar of the University/Principal of the College)
The In-Charge
Research Fellowship (Doctoral) Division
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
JNU Institutional Area
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi 110067
The____________________________________________________ (Name of the
organization) forwards Application of _______________________________ (Name of
the applicant) to be considered for the award of a Doctoral Fellowship by the ICSSR.
He is a bona fide Ph.D. student at this institution in the Department/Centre of
______________
under
the
supervision
of
______________________________________ _______________________________.

This organization agrees to administer and manage the ICSSR grant as per the terms
and conditions as prescribed by the ICSSR under this scheme and provide logistical
support for the execution of the grant.

Signature of the Supervisor

Signature of the Registrar/

Head of the Institution

Name:____________________

(Seal)

Designation:_______________

Signature of the Head of the Department/ Dean where relevant

Name:____________________
Designation:_______________

Place:
Date:

(Seal)