The benefits are provided for a period of maximum three years.

The payment of the scholarship will be through DBT.

The Project Cost consists of Fellowship of Principal Investigator (PI), Consumables, Travel, Contingencies, and Minor Equipment but excluding HRA and overheads.

No. The scholarship will be terminated in that case.

No. You need to visit https://online-wosa.gov.in/wosb/ to apply.

No. The entire application process is completely free of cost.

Agriculture, Food and Environmental Challenges (AFE) Strengthening Health Care and Nutrition (HN) Energy (ER) Water and Waste Management (WWM) Engineering and IT Solutions to Societal Issues (EIT) Harnessing Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Yes, the beneficiary is allowed to do so.

Women scientists, less than 27 years of age are not eligible.

No. You can save the application as draft and continue at a later time before the deadline.

The format should be.pdf. The size of each document should not be greater than 2MB.

The mandatory fields have a red asterisk (*) mark at the end.

For further inquiries regarding WOS-B please send email to: wosb-dst@gov.in

The applicant must apply as Principal Investigator. Mentor will not be considered as an applicant.

Hard copy of submitted online application has to reach the department within twenty days from the last date of online submission of proposals including extended period, if any.