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NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL – A HUB FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS

written by Shruti Pandey July 15, 2019

Reading Time: 12 minutes

National Scholarship Portal (NSP) is a digital scholarship platform which carries multiple scholarships offered by central government, state governments and different government agencies like UGC (University Grants Commission), AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), etc. The National Scholarship Portalhosts about 50 scholarships worth hundreds of crores among the scholarship seekers registered on the platform.  According to officials, the platform has, so far, helped government implement and disburse scholarships worth more than INR 2000 crores. The platform boasts of more than 125 Lac applications out of which 105 Lac applications are verified also.

Do these facts excite you? If yes, then find out more about the national scholarship portal by reading further.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: All government scholarships are now live on the National Scholarship Portal. Click here

 

National Scholarship Portal – List of Central Schemes

S.No.	Scholarship Name	Provider	Application Deadline
1.	Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities	Ministry of Minority Affairs	15 October 2019
2.	Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities	Ministry of Minority Affairs	31 October 2019
3.	Merit Cum Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS	Ministry of Minority Affairs	31 October 2019
4.	Pre-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities	Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities	15 October 2019
5.	Post-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities	Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities	31 October 2019
6.	Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities	Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities	31 October 2019
7.	Top Class Education Scheme for SC Students	Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment	31 October 2019
8.	Financial Assistance for Education of the Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM Workers – Post-Matric	Ministry of Labour & Employment	31 October 2019
9.	Financial Assistance for Education of the Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM Workers – Pre-Matric	Ministry of Labour & Employment	15 October 2019
10.	Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna Scholarship for Andhra Pradesh	Ministry of Labour & Employment	Apply offline
11.	National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students – Scholarship (Formally Top-Class Education for Schedule Tribe Students) – only for scholarships	Ministry of Tribal Affairs	31 October 2019
12.	National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE)	Department of School Education & Literacy	Will open soon
13.	National Means Cum Merit Scholarship	Department of School Education & Literacy	15 October 2019
14.	Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for College and University Students	Department of Higher Education	31 October 2019
15.	Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles	WARB, Ministry of Home Affairs	31 October 2019
16.	Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For RPF/RPSF	RPF/RPSF, Ministry of Railway	31 October 2019

 

MOMA Scholarships – Key dates

These national minority scholarships are generally announced in the month of July every year. The key dates for the 2019 scholarship applications are highlighted below.

Name of scholarships	Last date to apply for the scholarship
Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minorities	15 October 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minorities	31 October 2019
Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS	31 October 2019

 

MOMA Scholarships – Rewards

The students selected for these minority scholarships receive financial assistance for the entire course in the form of admission, course/tuition fee and maintenance allowance. The maintenance allowance is given to students for a period of 10 months in an academic year. The details of scholarship amounts are highlighted below.

MOMA Scholarships – Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minorities:

Class	Particulars	Amount
Class 6 to 10	Admission fee	INR 500 per annum subject to actuals (For both day scholars and hostellers)
Class 6 to 10	Tuition fee	INR 350 per month subject to actuals (For both day scholars and hostellers)
Class 1 to 5	Maintenance allowance	INR 100 per month (For day scholars)
Class 6 to 10	Maintenance allowance	INR 600 per month (For hostellers) INR 100 per month (For day scholars)

MOMA Scholarships – Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minorities:

Class	Particulars	Amount
Class 11 and 12	Admission & tuition fee	INR 7000 per annum subject to actuals (For both hostellers and day scholars)
Technical and Vocational courses (Class 11 and 12 levels)	Admission & course/tuition fee	INR 10,000 per annum subject to actuals (For both hostellers and day scholars)
UG & PG level	Admission & tuition fee	INR 3,000 per annum subject to actuals (For both hostellers and day scholars)
Class 11 and 12 including both technical & vocational courses	Maintenance allowance	INR 380 per month (For hostellers) INR 230 per month (For day scholars)
UG & PG level (For courses other than Technical & Professional courses)	Maintenance allowance	INR 570 per month (For hostellers) INR 300 per month (For day scholars)
M.Phil. & Ph.D.	Maintenance allowance	INR 1200 per month (For hostellers) INR 550 per month (For day scholars)

MOMA Scholarships – Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS:

Class	Particulars	Amount
Graduation & Postgraduation (Technical & Professional courses)	Course fee	INR 20,000 per annum subject to actuals whichever is less (For both day scholars and hostellers)
	Maintenance allowance	INR 1000 per month (For hostellers) INR 500 per month (For day scholars)

 

National Scholarship Portal – List of UGC Schemes

S.No.	Scholarship Name	Provider	Application Deadline
1.	ISHAN UDAY – Special Scholarship Scheme for North Eastern Region	University Grants Commission	31 October 2019
2.	PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child	University Grants Commission – MHRD	31 October 2019
3.	PG Scholarship for University Rank Holders (1st and 2nd Rank Holders)	University Grants Commission – MHRD	31 October 2019
4.	PG Scholarship Scheme for SC ST Students for Pursuing Professional Courses	University Grants Commission – MHRD	31 October 2019

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