(ICMR-JRF) Indian Council of Medical research Junior Research Fellowship

Indian Council of Medical Reasearch (ICMR) in collaboration with PGIMER, Chandigarh conducts a National level examination for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF), for Indian national candidates.

The ICMR-JRF Examination is the first step in the process of admission to the Ph.D/    Research Programme through council's support. The award of JRF is made on merit basis of merit i.e. marks/rank obtained in the entrance examination.

The successful eligible candidates will be awarded JRF depending on their finding placement in a medical college / hospital / university / national laboratory / institution of higher learning and research as applicable.

The total number of fellowships awarded for this purpose is 150 out of which 120 fellowships are awarded in Life Sciences stream (like microbiology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, human biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biophysics, immunology, zoology, environmental sciences, botany, veterinary sciences etc), and thirty (30) fellowships in social sciences stream (like Psychology, Sociology, Home Science, Statistics, Anthropology and Social work).