what is date of inspire scholarship registration and what is inspire scholarship merit and ability to participate this entrence

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The scholarship is announced every year during the mid of October and ends at the end of the month of December. INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education 2019 has been announced. Find below the table indicating the tentative dates of the scholarship.

Key Dates of INSPIRE Scholarship

Note : The above-mentioned date is tentative and subject to change on the discretion of DST.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :

In order to apply for SHE, the applicants must have passed class 12 in 2019 (only) and pursuing courses in Natural Sciences at the B.Sc. or Integrated M.Sc. level. Given below is the detailed information about the eligibility criteria of this scholarship.

• The applicant must be within the age group of 17-22 years.
• The candidate must be among the top 1% of the successful students in terms of aggregate marks in his/her class 12 board exam.
• The applicant must be enrolled in courses of Natural and Basic Sciences at the BSc, BS, and Integrated MSc/MS level in the same year of passing class 12.
• The applicants who are among the top 10,000 rankers in Joint Entrance Examination of IIT, AIEEE (top 20,000 rankers) & cleared CBSE-Medical (AIPTM) and have opted to study Natural/Basic Sciences are eligible.
• The candidates who are admitted to Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Basic Sciences (DAE-CBS) at the University of Mumbai for pursuing courses in Natural/Basic Sciences leading to B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree are also eligible.
• The applicants who are KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna), National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), Olympiad Medallists and Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) scholar and are pursuing courses in Natural/Basic Sciences leading to B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree are eligible.
• The subjects that come under the scope of Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) are physics chemistry,maths,biology, biophysics. statistcs, geology astronomy,astrophysics,electronics,botany,zoology,biochemistry,anthropology,microbiology,geophysics,geochemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanic Sciences, Ecology, Marine Biology, Genetics

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