CCRAS Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online for 20 Ph.D Fellowships/ Junior Research Fellowships Posts

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The total number of vacancies is 20, which are distributed across participating Research Councils as follows:

Candidates must fulfill the essential educational qualification and eligibility criteria prescribed for the Ph.D. fellowships. Candidates from Non-Ayush (Non-Medical) background must have qualified the concerned National Eligibility Test, namely Joint CSIR-UGC test for JRF and LS(NET), DBT- JRF in Biotechnology, Bio technology Eligibility Test (BET), ICAR's AICE- SRF(PGS), and ICMR JRF and willing to undertake research on AYUSH related projects for pursuing Ph.D. programmes in the University/ Institution of their choice. Research project shall be in the fields of Biomedical Sciences with emphasis on Life Sciences such as Microbiology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Human Biology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Immunology, Pharmacology, Zoology, Environment Science, Botany, Veterinary Sciences, and Pharmacy etc.; Chemical Sciences such as Biochemistry, Chemistry including Analyt

The fellowship will be provided for pursuing Ph.D. under a recognised University/ institution of choice by the candidates and during their fellowship, they will be termed as Junior Research Fellows (JRFs) for 2 years extendable as Senior Research Fellows (SRF) for 2-3 years, total for maximum 5 years. The monthly emoluments will be Rs. 37,000/- for JRF and Rs. 42,000/- for SRF + House Rent Allowance per month + annual contingency of Rs. 20,000/- to the University/ Institution. In addition, the fellow may submit a project proposal to obtain one time Research Contingency Grant-in-Aid up to Rs. 01.00 lakh within 3 months of joining the fellowship.

Shortlisted candidates will be informed and invited for interview by the respective Councils.