Eligibility
✓ Top 1% in Class 12 Science from any recognised board (CBSE, ICSE, State boards)
✓ OR JEE Mains AIR ≤ 10,000
✓ OR NEET AIR ≤ 10,000
✓ OR KVPY fellowship
✓ OR INSPIRE Award winner / Olympiad medalist
✓ Pursuing BSc / Int. MSc in Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Statistics, Geology)
✓ Admitted to recognized university / IISER / NISER
✓ Indian citizen
Description
INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) — Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) is the Government of India's prestigious scholarship to attract top Class 12 science students to pursue Bachelor's and Master's in Natural and Basic Sciences (BSc/MSc). Annual scholarship of ₹80,000/year for 5 years (Integrated BSc-MSc programs) — ₹60,000 scholarship + ₹20,000 Summer Internship grant. Eligibility: Top 1% in Class 12 Science boards, JEE Mains top 10,000, NEET top 10,000, KVPY/NTSE/Olympiad qualifiers. 10,000 fresh scholarships granted annually. Implemented by DST through online-inspire.gov.in.