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Indian Council of Historical Research - Junior Fellowships/ Doctoral Fellowships

The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) offers scholarships to bright and meritorious Indian students to carry out research works in History. The council’s Junior Research Fellowship shall be a whole-time engagement for research work and cannot be combined with any other whole-time or part-time work.

Eligibility Criteria -

Only a scholar registered for the degree of Ph.D. or equivalent thereof at an Indian university shall be eligible for a Junior Research Fellowship. No Junior Research Fellowship will be awarded to students studying for M.Phil degree.

In case of scholars registered simultaneously for M.Phil., and Ph.D. or (at a university where M.Phil. is not offered or is not a requirement for registration for the degree of Ph.D) for Ph.D. only, the duration of the Fellowship shall be two years, which may be extended by one year after assessment of the Fellow’s work by the Research Projects Committee.

Exception: Housewives who are exceptionally bright scholar and are not able to take up a regular career shall be eligible for fellowship carrying the same grant as that of Junior Fellowship (for non-NET and NET) for a period of two years only. In exceptional cases and on the quality or achievement, it may be extended for a further period of six months only.

Fellowship Details

The Fellowship shall carry an amount or Rupees five thousand (Rs. 5000) per month with a contingency grant of Rupees twelve thousand (Rs. 12,000) per annum for a period of two years for non-NET students, extendable by one year in exceptional case; for students who have qualified the NET, the fellowship amount shall be Rupees six thousand (Rs. 6,000) per month with the contingency grant of Rupees twelve thousand (Rs. 12,000) per annum for two years, extendable by one year in exceptional case.

Application Procedure - Application forms are available with the Member-Secretary at the contact address.

Notification & Deadline -

Candidates can apply at any time of the year

Contact Details

Indian Council of Historical Research
35 Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110 001
Phone: +91 11 23382321, +91 11 23386973
Fax: +91 11 23383421
Email: support@ichrindia.org

Chairman: Phone- +91 11 23386033 +91 11 23384869
Fax- +91 11 23383421

Member Secretary: Phone: +91 11 23387877
Fax: +91 11 23387829