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Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (English: Young Scientist Incentive Plan) (KVPY) is a scholarship programme funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, aimed at encouraging students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences. It offers scholarships and contingency grants up to the pre-Phd level to selected students. Begun in 1999, it is administered by the Indian Institute of Science.
The students who qualify in the KVPY Exam are eligible for a fellowship as well as admissions into institutes like the IISc and the IISER based on additional criteria. This exam has 3 Streams: SA (Class 11), SX (Class 12), and SB (First year BSc). Streams SP Basic Sciences (Class 11, 12 and First-year BSc, BTech) and SP Medicine (First-year MBBS) were discontinued since 2012–13.[1] The KVPY application process consists of four steps: Registration, Application Form submission, Fee Payment and checking application Status. [2]
Rewards
The students who qualify KVPY Exam are eligible for the fellowship. The students receive a fellowship from 1st year onwards of their graduation (science field).
The KVPY fellows receive Template:INR monthly fellowship from 1st to 3rd year of B.Sc/ B.Stat/ B.S./ B.Maths/ Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of Template:INR. After three years the fellowship is enhanced to Template:INR per month during M.Sc/4th and 5th year of Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of Template:INR.[3]
KVPY Fellows are also eligible to get the DST Inspire Scholarship[4] granted by Department of Science & Technology (DST) Government of India worth Template:INR annually.
See also
- Junior Science Talent Search Examination (for grade 9 students only)
References
- ↑ Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) - 2010-11 Poster on Eligibility and Entry Points. kvpy.iisc.ernet.in. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ↑ KVPY 2018 Application Form!, Oulkar, Apoorva(2018).
- ↑ Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) - Scholarships for students interested in science as a career. kvpy.iisc.ac.in. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ↑ DST Inspire Scholarship Notification, Scholarship Amount & Eligibility(2021-07-26). Retrieved 2021-09-08.
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