AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS WITH AGE RESTRICTIONS
Name of the Award | Discipline | Mode of application | Age Limit | Web-link |
INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship |
Science / Engineering | Application | 27-32 | Click here |
IEI Young Engineer Award | Science / Engineering | 35 | Click here | |
INSA Medal for Young Scientist |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | 35 | Click here |
IASc Associateship https://www.ias.ac.in/ page/flat/ Fellowship/Associateship/ |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | 35 | Click here |
INAE Young Engineer Award |
Engineering | Nomination | 35 | Click here |
NASI Young Scientist Award |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | 35 | Click here |
Scheme for Young Scientists & Technologist (SYST) |
Science / Engineering | Application | 35 | Click here |
Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award |
Science / Engineering | Application | 35 | Click here |
SERB Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Science / Engineering | Application | 35 | Click here |
Early Career Research Award |
Science / Engineering | Application | 37 | Click here |
Swaranajayanti Fellowship | Science / Engineering | Application | 40 | Click here |
NASI Scopus Young Scientists |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | 40 | Click here |
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar | Science / Engineering | Nomination | 45 | Click here |
National Women Bio- Scientist Award |
Science / Engineering | Application | 45 | Click here |
Infosys Prize | Science / Engineering / Humanities |
Nomination | 50 [55; exceptional] | Click here |
Ramanujan Fellowship | Science / Engineering | Application | 55 | Click here |
Building Energy Efficiency Higher & Advanced Network (BHAVAN) Fellowships |
Science / Engineering | Application | Up to 32 years | Click here |
Water Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship Program |
Science / Engineering | Application | Up to 32 years | Click here |
Indo - US Public Health Fellowships |
Science | Application | Up to 50 years | Click here |
SERB Indo - US Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program | Science / Engineering | Application | Up to 35 years | Click here |
Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship Program |
Science/ Engineering/ Technology |
Application | 40 | Click here |
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS
Name of the Award | Discipline | Mode of application | Age Limit | Web-link |
Fulkerson Prize | Mathematics | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Goedel Prize | Theoretical Computer Science |
Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Humboldt Research Award | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
TWAS Prize | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Padma Shri | Science / Engineering / Humanities |
Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
J C Bose Fellowship | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
INAE- Distinguished Industry Professor |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Computer Society of India - Awards |
In the field of IT | Application | No age limit | Click here |
Albert Medal | Humanities | Application | No age limit | Click here |
Erasmus Prize | Humanities | Application | No age limit | Click here |
Sahitya Academy Awards | most outstanding books of literary |
Application | No age limit | Click here |
Sangeet Natak Academy Awards |
Music, Dance, Theatre | Application | No age limit | Click here |
Kalinga Prize | Writers, editors, lecturers, radio/television programme directors or film producers who have devoted their career to interpreting science, research and technology for the general public |
Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
JSPS Fellowship | Science / Engineering | Application | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow INSA | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow IASc | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow INAE | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow NASI | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow SAE | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow ASME | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow TWAS | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fellow National Academy of Psychology |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
USA-India Educational Foundation Fellowships |
Science / Engineering / Humanities |
Application | No age limit | Click here |
Geological Society of India Awards |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit, except few awards |
Click here |
B M Birla Science Awards | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
NASI - Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award |
Science / Engineering | No age limit | Click here | |
Homi Bhabha Chair | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowships |
Science / Engineering / Humanities |
Application | PhD + 5 years | Click here |
IIM - Lifetime Achievement Awards |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
IIM – National Metallurgist Awards |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
IIM - Metallurgist of the Year Award |
Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
National Geoscience Awards | Science / Engineering | Nomination | No age limit | Click here |
IUSSTF Visitations And Fellowships | Science / Engineering | Application | No age limit | Click here |
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS AFTER RETIREMENT
Raja Rammana Fellowship Scheme |
Science / Engineering | Application | After retirement | Click here |
- Unless indicated, all awards are given when the applicant / nominee is in regular service.
- Application for Ramanujan Fellowship may be submitted when the applicant is holding a post-PhD position (tenured/non-tenured) outside India and is willing to join in IITK or has an offer from IITK.
- In few awards, there are several categories (e.g., Humboldt, JSPS, IUSSTF, Sangeet Natak Academy). It is advised to check the application guidelines in the corresponding website.