The Centre offers summer fellowships for two months to bright undergraduate and MSc students (renewable for a second year for selected students). This programme has proved to be popular and competitive; each year, about 5000 students from all over India apply for the 120 fellowships awarded. Fifty fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, fifteen by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and the rest by the Centre. Students are placed with research groups at the Centre or with scientists elsewhere in India.

Eligibility:

Science: Students presently studying in I, II and III year B.Sc., B.V.Sc., M.B.B.S., B.Pharma, and I and II Year of M.Sc. Course., Integrated M.Sc any year.

Engineering: II and III year of B.E. and B.Tech

Monetary Support:Rs. 5000 per month.

Website:http://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8080/fellowship2016/