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RESEARCH

The Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme has been designed for improving the quality of research in various higher educational institutions in the country.

With attractive fellowships, the scheme seeks to attract the best talent into research thereby realizing the vision of development through innovation. The scheme was announced in the Budget 2018-19.

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Institutes

The institutes which can offer PMRF include all the IITs, all the IISERs, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and some of the top Central Universities/NITs that offer science and/or technology degrees.

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Students

The candidates will be selected through a rigorous selection process and their performance will be reviewed suitably through a national convention.

PMRF Granting Institutes

Banaras Hindu University

IISc Bangalore

IISER Berhampur

IISER Bhopal

IISER Kolkata

IISER Mohali

IISER Pune

IISER Thiruvananthapuram

IISER Tirupati

IIT Bhilai

IIT BHU

IIT Bhubaneswar

IIT Bombay

IIT Delhi

IIT Dharwad

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

IIT Gandhinagar

IIT Goa

IIT Guwahati

IIT Hyderabad

IIT Indore

IIT Jodhpur

IIT Kanpur

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Madras

IIT Mandi

IIT Patna

IIT Roorkee

IIT Ropar

IIT Jammu

IIT Palakkad

IIT Tirupati

Jamia Millia Islamia

Jawaharlal Nehru University

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

University of Delhi

University of Hyderabad

Aligarh Muslim University

Announcements

As per the NCC Guidelines, PMRF fellows admitted in the following cycles will be reviewed in May 2023.

a. Cycle 1 (May 2018, Direct)
b. Cycle 3 (May 2019, Direct)
c. Cycle 5 (May 2020, Direct and Lateral)
d. Cycle 6 (Dec 2020, Direct)
e. Cycle 7 (May 2021, Lateral)
f. Cycle 8 (Dec 2021, Direct)
g. Cycle 9 (May 2022, Lateral)

Timelines are as follows :

PMRFs to submit the Progress Report and CV as a single PDF, TAship Certificate, and link for the webpage. Deadline: 24-Apr-2023 to 29-Apr-2023, 6:00pm

PMRFs to submit the presentation and 10 minutes video link of your presentation in the portal.. Deadline: 24-Apr-2023 to 2-May-2023, 6:00pm

Submission of recommendation letters by supervisors of PMRF fellows for annual review. Deadline: 24-Apr-2023 to 3-May-2023, 6:00pm

Reviews by National Panel. Deadline: 04-May-2023 to 20-Jun-2023

You have to login into the Main portal using the URL: https://portal.pmrf.in/

After logging in successfully, click on the 'Add Annual Review' button and submit the relevant documents.
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