Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship For Single Girl Child 2025 or UGC SJP Fellowship 2025 under Doctoral Scheme, check details from here.
There is no set number of slots available for the fellowship. It aims to encourage single girls to continue their studies and do research that will result in a PhD. Tenure- Five years
The SJP fellowship that is aiming to promote the education of single girl child and encourage them for pursuing research work leading to the award of PhD degree has no fixed limit of slots. This UGC SJP fellowship has a total tenure of five years.
Eligibility: Any single girl child pursuing PhD in any stream/subject in recognised universities/colleges/ institutes, who are registered in regular, full-time PhD programme can apply for this fellowship.
The candidates should be below 40 years (in the general category) and 45 years if they are applying from the reserved categories.
| Name of the fellowship | SJP Fellowship 2024 |
|---|---|
| Title | Check the Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship For Single Girl Child 2024 (SJSGC) details |
| Subject | UGC has launched the UGC SJP Fellowship 2024 For Single Girl Child |
| Scholarship Frequency | Once |
| Category | Fellowships |
| Registration deadline | The last date to apply for these scholarships is October 10 |
| UGC Website | https://www.ugc.ac.in/ |
| Fellowship and Research Grant website | https://frg.ugc.ac.in/ |
| SJP Fellowship Guidelines | Download UGC SJP Fellowship Guidelines from here |
Objective of SJSGC: Fellowship is available for pursuing research work leading to award of Ph.D degree under ‘SAVITRIBAI JYOTIRAO PHULE FELLOWSHIP FOR SINGLE GIRL CHILD’.
- To support higher education of single girl child in Social Sciences.
- To recognize the value of observance of small family norm.
- To recognize the norm of single girl child in society.
- To propagate the concept of single girl child norm.
- To promote single girls in the society.
Number of Slots: The number of slots for fellowship will be decided every year on the basis of eligible applications complete in all respects, received through online mode.
SJP Fellowship Eligibility: (i) Any single girl child of her parents pursuing Ph.D. in any stream/subject in recognised Universities/Colleges/ Institutes is eligible to apply under the scheme.
(ii) The scheme is applicable to such a single girl child who has registered herself in regular, full-time Ph. D. program.
(iii) Admission to Ph.D. Course in part-time/distance mode is not covered under the scheme. A scholar is not eligible for fellowship if the research is intended/pursued through open/ part-time distance education mode or part-time mode.
(iv) Girl students up to the age of 40 years for general category and 45 years for the reserved categories i.e. SC/ST/OBC and PWD (Persons with Disabilities) as on the last date of submission of online application are eligible.
(v) Both the scholar receiving the fellowship and the institution concerned, where the scholar is pursuing her Ph.D are responsible to ensure that the terms and conditions of these schemes are followed properly and only the eligible candidates get the fellowship.
Financial Assistance: The financial assistance available under the schemes is as follows:
- (a) Fellowship: JRF @ Rs. 31,000/- p.m. for initial two years, SRF @ Rs. 35,000/- p.m. for remaining tenure (subject to satisfactory progress of research work).
- (b) Contingency For Humanities and Social Sciences: @ Rs. 10,000/- p.a. for initial two years, @ Rs. 20,500/- p.a. for remaining tenure.
- (c) For Science, Engineering and Technology: @Rs.12,000/- p.a. for initial two years, @Rs.25,000/- p.a. for remaining tenure.
- (d) Escort Reader Assistance @ Rs. 3,000/- p.m. in case of ‘Divyang’ scholars.
How to apply: Applications are invited through online mode once in a year through advertisement in leading newspapers & employment news. Short notification is also uploaded in the UGC website i.e. www.ugc.ac.in.