Who can apply?
Minimum qualification
UG teams: 3–5 Indian students with a mentor. Innovation: science Masters within 3 years or PhD within 2 years; women exempt from the degree-age condition. PG/PhD study cannot continue during the Innovation fellowship.
Eligibility conditions
UG teams: 3–5 Indian students with a mentor. Innovation: science Masters within 3 years or PhD within 2 years; women exempt from the degree-age condition. PG/PhD study cannot continue during the Innovation fellowship.
Read all post-specific conditions in the original notice. A discovery tag or this summary is not an authority-issued eligibility decision or a selection guarantee.
Important dates
- Official publication
- 01 Oct 2026
- Application opens
- 01 Oct 2026
- Application closes
- 31 Oct 2026
An application extension does not automatically change the age or qualification cutoff. Date-only deadlines do not imply that the authority published a midnight closing time.
Salary or benefit and conditions
Linked guidelines:UG Rs 7,500 per quarter/student plus Rs 2.5 lakh/team annually; PG Rs 30,000/month plus Rs 3 lakh/year; postdoctoral Rs 50,000/month plus Rs 5 lakh/year.
Selection / assessment process
National application screening and technical evaluation.
Documents to prepare
The document requirements have not been confirmed. Read the original notification.
How to apply, step by step
- Create a BIRAC account and submit the relevant fellowship proposal. UG teams use one member’s account.
Use the authority’s own application flow. Never share passwords, OTPs or payment PINs with us. Official application fees are separate from optional form-help charges.
Important instructions
The application endpoint is expressly linked by the call but timed out. The call-specific eligibility takes priority over older guideline wording.
Official notification and action links
For official dates and conditions, follow the issuing organisation’s original announcement. Unconfirmed application actions are not linked as open forms.