Infosys Foundation Fellowships (IISER Pune)

The Infosys Foundation Fellowship is offered by IISER Pune with money from an endowment that the Infosys Foundation set up. In 2016 Infosys Foundation provided an endowment to IISER Pune for student development activities. The fellowship supports students of the Integrated PhD programme, and it is meant for economically underprivileged students.

The Infosys Foundation also runs the STEM Stars Scholarship, which aims to support first-year female students in India who aspire to pursue undergraduate degrees in STEM. This page does not cover that scheme.

What you get

The official sources describe the support as a tuition waiver. Both these grants will provide tuition waivers for underprivileged students to pursue a world-class programme in science. They do not publish a stipend or a rupee amount for the fellowship.

The endowment is a corpus fund of Rs. 5 crore, and it is expected to help at least 50 students each year. A corpus fund of rupees five crore, named ‘The Infosys Foundation Endowment Fund’, will benefit a minimum of 50 students annually. The same fund also pays for BS-MS scholarships and travel awards for PhD students, which are separate from this fellowship.

Who can apply

• Students in IISER Pune’s Integrated PhD programme. The fellowship is awarded to students of this programme.
• Students who are economically underprivileged. The endowment is meant for economically underprivileged students to pursue science degrees in a research-oriented environment.
• Family income limit, marks, age and nationality: the official sources I read do not publish these.
• Social categories: the IISER Pune portal page for the Infosys Foundation Travel Grant lists General, OBC-CL, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, EWS and Kashmiri Migrants. I could not find a category list for the fellowship itself.

How to apply

The IISER Pune fellowships portal shows an Apply button on its Infosys Foundation Travel Grant page. The official pages I read do not give step-by-step instructions for the fellowship, so check the portal for the current process.

Documents you need

The official sources I read do not list the documents for this fellowship.

How students are selected

The official sources I read do not describe how IISER Pune chooses fellowship holders. The portal lists merit only for the BS-MS scholarship: tuition fee waivers to meritorious and economically underprivileged students pursuing their BS-MS program.

Renewal

The official sources I read do not say whether the fellowship is renewed or how long it runs.

Important dates

I could not find a 2026-27 notice in the official sources. The last date on the portal page I read is Last date of applications: 31-12-2024, which is for the Infosys Foundation Travel Grant, not the fellowship. Check the IISER Pune fellowships portal for the current window before you apply.