After receiving the doctorate from recognized university, applicants will look for funding agencies for fulfilling of their dreams in research. It is everyone’s dream to get the grant / project fund from the funding agencies to carry out their work. It has some application criteria and needed some specific requirements to become an eligible applicant for receiving the fund.
We have done a survey, according to that survey report, most of the applicants expressed as we have applied for project fund but unfortunately our applications got rejected. Actually, here we have some criteria to get the grant from agencies. We suggest all the applicants that “before applying for project fund, first look at your profile and it must satisfy the hidden application criteria.” Somebody expressed that we are not aware of the funding agencies. Hence, I have decided to write this article to give details of various funding agencies in India.
- Ministry of Environment & Forests (www.moef.nic.in)
- Forests Research Institute (www.fri.icfre.gov.in)
- Department of Science and Technology (DST) (http://www.dst.gov.in/)
- Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) (www.dae.nic.in/)
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (www.dbtindia.nic.in/)
- Department of Education (DOEd) (www.mhrd.gov.in/)
- Department of Food Processing Industries (www.mofpi.nic.in/)
- Department of Non Conventional Energy Sources (DNES) (www.mnre.gov.in/)
- National Information System for Science & Technology (NISSAT) (www.dsir.gov.in/)
- Technology Absorption and Adaptation Scheme (TAAS) (www.dsir.gov.in/)
- Department of Space (DOS) (www.dos.gov.in)
- Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) (www.dst.gov.in/)
- Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA) (www.serb.gov.in/)
- Science and Society Related Programmes (www.scienceandsociety-dst-org/)
- Science and Technology Application for Rural Development (STARD) Science and Society Related Programmes (www.dst.gov.in)
- Science & Technology for Weaker Sections (STAWS). Science and Society Related Programmes (www.dst.gov.in)
- Research Scheme Applied to River Valley Projects (www.cbip.org/)
- Research Scheme on Flood Control (RSFC) (www.cbip.org/)
- Research Scheme on Power (RSOP) (www.cbip.org/)
- Department of Health Research (www.dhr.gov.in)
- Council for Advancement of Peoples Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) (www.capart.nic.in/)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) (www.icar.org.in/)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (www.icmr.nic.in/)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (www.csir.res.in/)
- Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) (www.drdo.gov.in/)
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (www.mospi.nic.in/)
- Haryana State Council for Science & Technology (www.dstharyana.org/)
- Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (www.insaindia.org/)
- National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) (www.naasindia.org/)
- Indian Council of Social Science Research( ICSSR) (www.icssr.org/)
- Ministry of Food & Civil Supplies (www.mofpi.nic.in)
- Directorate of Rice Research (check in ICAR site)
- Directorate of Maize Research (www.iimr.icar.gov.in/)
- Consumer Welfare Fund (www.consumeraffairs.nic.in)
- Agriculture and processed Food Products (www.apeda.gov.in/)
- The Commissioner & Secretary Agriculture, Govt. of Haryana (www.agriharyana.gov.in/)
- Ministry of Agriculture (www.agricoop.nic.in/)
- Department of Animal Husbandry (www.dahd.nic.in/)
- Indian National Committee on Irrigation & Drainage (INCID) (www.cwc.gov.in/main/incid/welcome.html)
- National Horticulture Board (www.nhb.gov.in/)
We have specified URLs of main portals of funding agencies and each agency will offer various schemes for funding the project(s). If you know other funding agencies which are not included in the above, please let us know by your comment and same will be updated in the above list.
