National Scholarship Portal: NSP 2022

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Education is regarded as a basic right. Everyone must get access to education so that they can learn and grow. Today, it is important to be educated so that we can get a good job and earn sufficient money to support our living. It has been found that the further you go ahead with your education, the more money you are likely to earn. 

Even though education is given a lot of importance, many people cannot afford to pay for their or their children’s education. To tackle such problems, the government gives many scholarships to students who cannot afford to pay for their education.

Every state government provides scholarships to eligible students under various categories at various levels of education. Even the central government provides scholarships to students. These scholarships are provided to students from the primary level all the way to the doctorate level. Every year thousands of students get such scholarships that enable them to continue their education so that they can go further ahead in their studies. 

In total, there are over a hundred scholarships offered by state and central governments. It becomes extremely difficult for students to keep track of all the scholarships offered. Finding the right scholarship becomes a difficult task, especially considering the fact that an aspirant would have to keep browsing through multiple sites to research the scholarships provided by the state and central governments.

In order to make it easier to find the right scholarship, the government has set up an online portal with all the information regarding the scholarships provided by the state and central governments. This saves students the time to search various sites and allows them to find all the information they require in one place.

This portal is the National Scholarship Portal and it has information about 118 scholarship schemes that are worth hundreds of crores. It shows scholarships provided by the central government, state government and government agencies like the Union Grants Commission. The National Scholarship Portal receives more than 10 million applications every year for aspiring candidates.

The National Scholarship Portal is one of the most notable scholarship portals established by the Indian government. It was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The portal shows various scholarship schemes available to students from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and General categories.

The National Scholarship Portal functions as a one-stop destination where students can get all the help they need regarding their application for a scholarship. The National Scholarship Portal offers services such as student application, application receipt, scholarship processing, scholarship sanction and the allocation of scholarships to various eligible student applicants. The National Scholarship portal is undertaken as a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). Mission Mode projects are projects under the National e-Governance Plan that are aimed at promoting electronic governance.

Vision and Mission of the National Scholarship Portal

The vision of the National Scholarship Portal is to provide a ‘SMART’ system, that is, a Simplified, Mission-oriented, Accountable, Responsive & Transparent system so that scholarship applications can be gathered in a faster, better and more efficient manner. This will also help in the quick and accurate distribution of scholarship funds to the beneficiaries without leakages.

Objectives of the National Scholarship Portal

The National Scholarship Portal functions as a common electronic portal to implement various scholarship schemes launched by the central government, state government and union territories across the nation. The objectives of the National Scholarship Portal include:

1. To ensure that scholarships are distributed to students on time without delays.

2. To provide a common portal to students for various central and state government scholarship schemes.

3. To create a transparent database with information of scholars and applicants.

4. To avoid duplication in processing of scholarship application (that could arise in offline applications when unsure students apply multiple times for the same scholarships).

5. To ensure harmonization of different scholarship norms & schemes.

6. To facilitate with the application of Direct Benefit Transfer.

Direct Benefit Transfer of DBT was launched by the Government of India to help facilitate in the transfer of subsidies. This helps transfer the subsidies given by the Indian government directly to the beneficiaries. It helps reduce leakages, duplicity and delay of funds when they are being transferred to the beneficiaries.

Benefits of the National Scholarship Portal

Since the National Scholarship Portal is wholly online and has information regarding multiple scholarships given by various branches of the Indian government, it has many benefits to the alternative process of offline applications. The benefits of the National Scholarship Portal include:

1. It is a simplified process for students.

All scholarship information is available in one place under a single umbrella. This saves the student from searching through many websites and saves their time and energy when they are looking for the right scholarship for themselves.

The National Scholarship Portal provides a single integrated application for all scholarships. Since the National Scholarship Portal is one website with all the information and facilities, students applying for scholarships do not need to search for or fill multiple forms while applying. The benefit of having it on one website is that students only have to fill in their details once. This is then saved on the portal and they are assigned a registration number. They can use this to fill in most forms.

This means that they do not have to fill all their details repeatedly or submit the same documents multiple times while applying for different scholarships which would have been the case if the applications were done offline.

2. More transparency

The National Scholarship Portal suggests schemes for which a student is eligible. Once a student is registered in the National Scholarship Portal, the portal looks at the data entered by the applicant and then uses it to suggest the scholarships that best benefit the student.

The application process through the National Scholarship Portal helps reduce duplicates to the furthest extent. Applicants have to fill in all their details and provide verifiable documents. This means that every application is checked on the National Scholarship Portal. If an applicant is applying for the second time, they would have to fill in the same details as the first time. The portal will then recognize this and stop the applicant from reapplying again for the same scholarship. This saves time during the screening process of the scholarship applications.

3. It helps in standardization

The National Scholarship Portal has data regarding institutions and courses at an all-India level. This means that all applicants can readily get the information they seek regarding the schools/colleges/universities they are applying to as well as the courses offered by them.

The fact that the National Scholarship Portal is online helps in the screening and processing of scholarships as well. The portal saves time during these processes as they are done online and hence are faster than when the screening and processing is done manually. Further, the fact that they are done online makes the scholarship processing procedure less prone to mistakes. It also removes subjectivity from the screening process.

4. Serves as a decision support system (DSS) 

The National Scholarship Portal also serves as a decision support system for Ministries and departments. This is because it has up-to-date information that is made available to them whenever they need it. This provides them with all the accurate details they need when they are allocating scholarship funds to students.

5. It is a comprehensive MIS

The National Scholarship Portal is a comprehensive Management Information System (MIS). It helps provide in-depth data regarding an applicant. Further, it also helps applicants monitor every stage of the scholarship distribution process. That is, it helps the student keep track of their scholarship status right from the scholarship application stage to the time when the scholarship funds are distributed.

Different kinds of scholarships under the National Scholarship Portal

The National Scholarship Portal has scholarship schemes for students studying in institutes all over the country. The scholarships range from those offered to students in the 1^st grade to those studying at the PhD level. The wide range of scholarships on the National Scholarship Portal can be classified into 3 major sections based on the body offering the scholarships:

1. Central Schemes – Scholarships offered by the departments under the Central Government.

2. UGC/AICTE Schemes – Scholarships offered by government agencies like the University Grants Commission or All India Council for Technical Education.

3. State Schemes – Scholarships offered by various departments under the different State Governments across the country.

Central schemes under the National Scholarship Portal

Many different departments under the Indian government provide various scholarships to students so that they can afford to continue their education. Some of the departments under the Indian government to provide such scholarships include:

1. Ministry of Minority Affairs

2. Ministry of Tribal Affairs

3. Department of Higher Education

4. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

5. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

6. Ministry of Labour and Employment

Scholarships provided under the central scheme (With deadline to submit application for 2022-23 academic year)

1. Scholarships provided by the Ministry of Minority Affairs

A. Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities (30^th September 2022)

B. Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship (30^th September 2022)

C. Merit Cum Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS (31^st October 2022)

D. Post-Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities (31^st October 2022)

2. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

A. Pre-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities (30^th September 2022)

B. Post-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities (31^st October 2022)

C. Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities (31^st October 2022)

3. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

A. Top Class Education Scheme for SC Students (31^st October 2022)

4. Ministry of Labour and Employment

A. Financial Assistance for Education of the Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM Workers – Pre-Matric (30^th September 2022)

B. Financial Assistance for Education of the Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM Workers – Post-Matric (31^st October 2022)

5. Ministry of Tribal Affairs

A. National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students (31^st October 2022)

6. Department of School Education & Literacy

A. National Means Cum Merit Scholarship (30^th September 2022)

7. North Eastern Council (NEC), DoNER (Development of North Eastern Region)

A. NEC Merit Scholarship for NER Region (31^st October 2022)

8. Department of Higher Education

A. Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for College and University Students (31^st October 2022)

9. WARB, Ministry of Home Affairs

A. Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles (31^st October 2022)

B. Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for Wards of States/UTS Police Personnel Martyred During Terror/Naxal Attacks (31^st October 2022)

10. RPF/RPSF, Ministry of Railway

A. Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For RPF/RPSF (31^st October 2022)

UGC/AICTE Schemes under the National Scholarship Portal

As mentioned above, there are scholarships provided by the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education.

Scholarships provided under the University Grants Commission scheme (With deadline to submit application for 2022-23 academic year)

The University Grants Commission is a body set up by the Indian government’s Department of Higher Education that comes under the Ministry of Education. The main aim of the University Grants Commission is to maintain the standards of higher education in India. The UGC is not only in charge of distributing funds to the universities and colleges in India, but it is also in charge of recognizing universities in India. Additionally, the UGC also provides scholarships to students to help them pursue their higher education. Some of the scholarships provided by the UGC include:

A. Ishan Uday – Special Scholarship Scheme for North Eastern Region (31^st October 2022)

B. PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child (31^st October 2022)

C. PG Scholarship for University Rank Holders – for 1^st and 2^nd rank holders (31^st October 2022)

D. PG Scholarship Scheme for SC ST Students for Pursuing Professional Courses (31^st October 2022)

Scholarships provided under the All India Council for Technical Education scheme (With deadline to submit application for 2022-23 academic year)

The All India Council for Technical Education is a body under the Department of Higher Education. The AICTE is responsible for the planning and coordinated development of the technical and management education system in India. It also provides many scholarships to students all over India to help them pay for their education. Some of the scholarships provided by the AICTE include:

A. Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girls (Degree) for Technical Education (31^st October 2022)

B. Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girls (Diploma) for Technical Education (31^st October 2022)

C. Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Differently Abled Students (Degree) for Technical Education (31^st October 2022)

D. Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Differently Abled Students (Diploma) for Technical Education (31^st October 2022)

E. AICTE – Swanath Scholarship Scheme (Diploma) for Technical Education (31^st October 2022)

F. AICTE – Swanath Scholarship Scheme (Degree) for Technical Education (31^st October 2022)

State schemes under the National Scholarship Portal

Just like how the central government has central schemes to provide scholarships to students all over India, state governments also have schemes to provide scholarships to students in their respective states. A lot of the scholarships provided by the state governments are available on the states’ own scholarship portal site. However, there are some state offered scholarships on the National Scholarship Portal. There are scholarship schemes of 15 different states available on the National Scholarship Portal. Additionally, scholarship schemes provided by the centre to union territories also fall under this category.

Scholarships provided under the state scheme (With deadline to submit application for 2022-23 academic year)

1. Assam

A. Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students in the 9^th and 10^th grade (30^th September 2022)

B. Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (30^th September 2022)

C. Pre-Matric Scholarship to OBC Students (Closed on 31^st December 2021)

D. Pre-Matric Scholarship to ST Students in the 9^th and 10^th grade (Closed on 31^st December 2021)

E. Post-Matric Scholarship to OBC Students (Closed on 31^st December 2021)

F. Post-Matric Scholarship to ST Students (Closed on 31^st December 2021)

2. Arunachal Pradesh

A. Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Students – Pre-Matric Scholarship for students in the 9^th and 10^th grade (Closed on 30^th November 2021)

B. Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Children – Post-Matric Scholarship (Closed on 25^th November 2021)

C. Scheme for Award of Stipend to the ST students (Closed on 25^th November 2021)

3. Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar

A. Centrally Sponsored Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students of Class 9 and 10 (Closed on 28^th February 2022)

B. Centrally Sponsored Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students (Closed on 28^th February 2022)

C. Dr Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Class Students (Closed on 30^th November 2021)

D. Grant of Additional Scholarship to OBC Students for Pursuing Higher Studies after Class 10 (except class 11 & 12) (Closed on 30^th November 2021)

E. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme to OBC Students (Closed on 30^th November 2021)

F. Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme to OBC Students (Closed on 30^th November 2021)

G. Grant of Additional Scholarship to ST Students for Pursuing Higher Studies (Closed on 28^th February 2022)

4. Chandigarh

A. Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (Closed on 15^th January 2022)

B. Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC Student (Closed on 15^th January 2022)

C. Dr Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Class Students (Closed on 15^th January 2022)

D. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students of Class 9 and 10 (Closed on 15^th January 2022)

E. Pre-Matric Scholarship to OBC Students from the 1^st to 10^th grade (31^st August 2022)

5. Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

A. Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

B. Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (30^th October 2022)

C. Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

D. Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

E. Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (30^th October 2022)

F. Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

6. Union Territory of Daman and Diu

A. Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

B. Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

C. Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (30^th October 2022)

7. Goa

A. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for Needy ST Students in grades 9 & 10 (30^th September 2022)

B. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (31^st October 2022)

8. Himachal Pradesh

A. Centrally Sponsored Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (31^st October 2022)

B. Centrally Sponsored Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students (31^st October 2022)

C. PM-Yasasvi Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC Students (31^st October 2022)

D. Centrally Sponsored Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (31^st October 2022)

E. Centrally Sponsored Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students (31^st October 2022)

F. PM-Yasasvi Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC Students (31^st October 2022)

G. PM-Yasasvi Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Economically Backward Class Students (31^st October 2022)

H. Mukhya Mantri Protsahan Yojana (31^st October 2022)

I. Maharishi Balmiki Chatravriti Yojana (31^st October 2022)

J. Mukhya Mantri Vidyarthi Kalyan Yojna (31^st October 2022)

K. Kalpana Chawla Chatravriti Yojana (31^st October 2022)

L. Indira Gandhi Utkrisht Chatravriti Yojana (31^st October 2022)

M. Thakur Sen Negi Utkrisht Chatravriti Yojana (31^st October 2022)

N. Swami Vivekanand Utkrisht Charavriti Yojana (31^st October 2022)

O. Dr Ambedkar Medhavi Chatravriti YojanA for SC Students (31^st October 2022)

P. Dr Ambedkar Medhavi Chatravriti Yojana for OBC Students (31^st October 2022)

Q. Sainik School Sujanpur Tihra Scholarship (31^st October 2022)

9. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

A. Post-Matric Scholarship to ST Students (15^th October 2022)

10. Union Territory of Ladakh

A. Centrally Sponsored Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students of Class 9 and 10 (Closed on 31^st December 2021)

B. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Closed on 24^th January 2022)

11. Union Territory of Lakshadweep

A. Lakshadweep Scholarship Scheme (Closed on 15^th April 2022)

12. Manipur

A. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students (Closed on 31^st January 2022)

B. Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Closed on 31^st January 2022)

C. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (31^st October 2022)

D. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (31^st October 2022)

E. Dr Ambedkar Centrally Sponsored Post Matric Scholarship for EBC Students (31^st October 2022)

F. Centrally Sponsored Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students of Class 9 and 10 (30^th September 2022)

G. Centrally Sponsored Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC Students (30^th September 2022)

13. Meghalaya

A. Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Children – Pre-Matric Scholarship for students in the 9^th and 10^th grades (Closed on 31^st January 2022)

B. Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Children – Post-Matric Scholarship (Closed on 31^st January 2022)

C. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students in the 9^th and 10^th grades (31^st October 2022)

D. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students-Meghalaya (31^st October 2022)

14. Union Territory of Puducherry

A. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students of Class 9 and 10 (31^st October 2022)

B. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (31^st October 2022)

C. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students of Class 9 and 10 (31^st October 2022)

D. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (31^st October 2022)

E. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

F. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (Closed on 15^th December 2021)

G. Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students from the 6^th to 10^th grade (31^st October 2022)

H. Grant of ADHOC Merit Grant to SC Students (31^st October 2022)

I. Retention Scholarship to SC Girl Students (31^st October 2022)

J. Opportunity Cost to Parents of SC Girl Students (31^st October 2022)

K. Stipend to SC Trainers in Government ITI (31^st October 2022)

15. Tripura

A. Pre-Matric ST Scholarship Schemes (30^th September 2022)

B. Post-Matric ST Scholarship Schemes (30^th September 2022)

C. Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (30^th September 2022)

D. Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (Closed on 31^st January 2022)

E. Dr B.R. Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Classes (Closed on 31^st January 2022)

F. Pre-Matric SC Cleaning and Health Hazard (30^th September 2022)

G. Pre-Matric SC for students in the 9^th and 10^th grades (30^th September 2022)

H. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (10^th November 2022)

16. Uttarakhand

A. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minority – 100 percent State Sector (Closed 10^th January 2022)

B. Post-Matric Scholarship for EBC Students (30^th September 2022)

C. Pre-Matric Disability Scholarship (State Sector) (30^th September 2022)

D. Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (State Sector) (30^th September 2022)

E. Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (State Sector) (30^th September 2022)

F. Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (State Sector 50% and Central Sector 50%) (30^th September 2022)

G. Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (Center Sector) (30^th September 2022)

H. Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Center Sector) (30^th September 2022)

I. Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (30^th September 2022)

J. Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (30^th September 2022)

K. Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (30^th September 2022)

How to apply for scholarships on the National Scholarship Portal

In order to benefit from the various scholarship scheme on the National Scholarship Portal, students first need to apply for these schemes. The student can apply for such schemes through the portal itself. 

Before applying for a scholarship through the portal, the student also needs to make sure that the educational institution that they are studying at is registered on the portal. This is because, students who study at institutions that are not registered on the portal do not receive the scholarship benefits of the National Scholarship Portal. Additionally, the National Scholarship Portal also has the function of registering institutions. That is, educational institutions that are not previously registered in the portal can register themselves on the portal so that their students can avail the scholarship benefits of the National Scholarship Portal.

In order to apply for the various National Scholarship Portal schemes through the National Scholarship Portal, students have to follow a certain set of steps. The steps to register oneself to the National Scholarship Portal include:

Step 1: Search whether the institute is registered

1. Go to the National Scholarship Portal website.

2. Open the Home page.

3. Click on ‘Search for Institutes on NSP’ under the heading of ‘Public Corner’.

4. Fill in the details of your institution. There are 2 ways to do this. They include:

Method 1

a. Institution State

b. Institute /College/ITI

c. Institution District

d. First 3 Characters of the School/College/ITI Name (Optional)

e. Enter the Captcha and search for the institution

Method 2

a. Enter AISHE/DISE/ITI(NCVT) Code in AISHE/DISE/ITI(NCVT) Code Master

b. Enter the Captcha and search for the institution

If you use the first method then you will get a list of all the eligible and registered colleges that fit in the data you entered. To narrow it down, you can also type in the name of your college. If the list then shows your college, then it means that it is registered. However, if it doesn’t, then it means that your college is currently unregistered.

Students can request institutions to register themselves on the National Scholarship Portal if they have not registered yet.

Step 2: Registering with the National Scholarship Portal

1. Go to the National Scholarship Portal website.

2. Open the Home page.

3. Click on ‘New Registration’ under the heading of ‘Applicant Corner’.

4. Click on the appropriate scheme you want to register for.

5. You will then see a page with the guidelines you have to follow in order to register for the scholarship.

6. Read the guidelines very carefully.

7. Click on ‘Continue’ to go ahead after reading all the guidelines.

8. The registration page will now open.

9. Fill in all the required details correctly.

10. Click on ‘Register’ after double-checking your details.

11. You will now be registered with the National Scholarship Portal.

12. Upon successful registration, a student application ID and password will be sent to the registered mobile number.

Once this is done, it means that your details are registered on the National Scholarship Portal. Whenever you apply for a scholarship through the National Scholarship Portal, these details will be taken into consideration.

Step 3: Logging in to the National Scholarship Portal

1. Go to the National Scholarship Portal website.

2. Open the Home page.

3. Click on ‘Fresh Application’ under ‘Application Submission for AY 2022-23’ which is under the heading of ‘Applicant Corner’.

4. Enter the student application ID and password that was sent to the registered mobile number.

5. Enter the Captcha given and click on Login.

Following these steps will allow you to log in so that you can apply for the scholarship scheme of your choice.

Step 4: Changing your password

1. after logging in, you will receive an OTP on your registered mobile number.

2. Verify the 5-digit OTP by entering the number on the screen.

3. You will be directed to a page to change your password.

4. Change your password as per the guidelines given. The guidelines for the password include:

a. It should be at least 8 characters long.

b. It should have at least 1 alphabet.

c. It should have at least 1 number.

d. It should have at least one special character.

e. For example: India75!

f. Here, there is at least 1 alphabet (5 alphabets in India), at least 1 number (2 numbers in 75), at least 1 special character (the exclamation mark ‘!’ is a special character) and the entire password is at least 8 characters long (India75! is 8 characters long).

Changing the password is a compulsory step that the candidate has to do in order to proceed. Remember to make your password something that you can easily remember or write it down somewhere safe.

Step 5: Entering the dashboard

1. After changing the password, the ‘Applicant’s Dashboard Page’ will open on your screen.

2. Click on ‘Application Form’ to start filling your application.

3. Fill all your registration details, academic details and other important details correctly.

4. After double-checking your details, click on ‘Save and Continue’.

5. Add your contact details, scheme details and upload all the required documents.

6. Click on ‘Save as Draft’ so that you can look at all your details to cross-check whether you have filled them correctly.

7. After confirming the accuracy of your details, click on ‘Final Submit’.

After finally submitting your application, you cannot edit any of the details in it. Make sure that you are regularly rechecking all your details as you enter them. Do not submit in a hurry until you are completely sure of all the details you have entered.

How to check your application status on the National Scholarship Portal

The National Scholarship Portal allows students to check their application status as their application progresses through each step. To monitor their application, students need to:

1. Go to the National Scholarship Portal website.

2. Open the homepage and go to ‘Login’.

3. Click on ‘Fresh Application’.

4. Enter the application ID, password and Captcha to log in.

5. Click on ‘Check Your Status’.

6. The status of your application is then shown on the screen.

Documents required to register on the National Scholarship Portal

While registering and applying for scholarships on the National Scholarship Portal, students have to upload and submit many important documents for verification. Students do not need to upload documents while applying for scholarships that are of a value of less than Rs. 50,000. In these cases, they only need to submit a copy of their documents to their school/college/institute.

However, for other scholarships, the students need to upload certain details and documents. The information and documents that a student must keep ready while registering and applying on the National Scholarship Portal include:

1. Aadhaar Card.

2. Bank Passbook.

3. Educational documents.

4. Domicile Certificate (as specified in the respective scholarship guidelines).

5. Income Certificate (as specified in the respective scholarship guidelines).

6. Caste Certificate (if the candidate belongs to a special category).

7. Bonafide student certificate from school/institute (if the institute/school is different from the domicile state of the applicant).

8. Self-declaration certificate.

9. Photograph of the candidate.

10. Candidate’s mobile number.

How to update your bank details

1. Go to the National Scholarship Portal website.

2. Open the homepage and log in.

3. Click on ‘Applicant Dashboard’.

4. An option to ‘Update Your Account Details’ will be shown on the screen.

5. Enter the correct bank account number.

6. After verifying the number, click on ‘Update’.

7. An OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number.

8. Enter the OTP and click on confirm OTP.

9. The updated bank account details will now be shown on the screen in place of the old bank account details.

National Scholarship Portal Mobile App

The use of mobiles is becoming more and more common every day. Recognizing this, the Government of India launched the ‘National Scholarship Portal Mobile App’ in 2018. This is aimed to make scholarship registrations and applications easier for students since many of them may not have computers or laptops.

The ‘National Scholarship Portal Mobile App’ can be downloaded from Google Play Store. Further, the UMANG app that was launched in 2017, also has the NSP mobile app. Hence, those with the UMANG app on their mobile phones can apply for the NSP scholarships from there itself. 

The v ‘National Scholarship Portal Mobile App’ has all the facilities as the ‘National Scholarship Portal’ website. Hence, students can register themselves, apply for scholarships and track the progress of their application through the ‘National Scholarship Portal Mobile App’.

National Scholarship Portal FAQs

What is the total amount of scholarships given by the NSP?

In the academic year 2020-21, the NSP distributed scholarships worth around RS. 2,800 crores.

What are the categories to apply for the NSP scholarships?

The NSP scholarships are classified into 3 categories:

1. Pre-Matric (Class 1 to 10)

2. Post Matric (Class 11, 12, UG, PG) 

3. Higher Education (UG, PG, Professional and Technical Courses).

Who can apply for the NSP scholarships?

There are different eligibility criteria for different scholarships. Hence, depending on the scholarship, candidates must check the criteria and register. Some scholarships are meant for students of Class 1 to 12, other are meant for, undergraduate or postgraduate students, while some others might be for PhD and Postdoctoral students. There are also scholarships for SC, ST, OBC, EBC and Minority communities.

When can a student apply for NSP scholarships?

The application period varies for different scholarships. Some applications close in 2021 itself while others close towards the end of 2022. Hence, it is important to keep track of everything.

Other Scholarships

Delhi	UP
MP	Maharashtra