Scholarships

Concerned about NEET MBBS fees? Check out the top 5 medical student scholarships in India. Understand how to pay for your medical education and pursue your doctor dream.

Following success in NEET, the next milestone is admission to medical college. One of the biggest dilemmas for successful candidates is how to finance the expensive fees. This can be a problem for students from weaker economic backgrounds.

If you belong to such a family and aspire to be a doctor, don't worry. Get to know 5 excellent scholarship schemes that can relax your financial load. These schemes transfer a predetermined sum every month or year into your bank account, ensuring you can pay fees, books, and other costs.

AIPMST is a unique pre-medical scholarship test for MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, and BUMS programs. Scoring in this exam can waive tuition fees up to 100%, laptops and other awards. It's useful for students who wish to pursue medicine in any part of India and require financial assistance.

This scheme of the central government is for meritorious and financially poor students. It is selected through marks in 12th grade. It gives 12,000 rupees a year for three years of undergraduate studies and 20,000 rupees a year for postgraduate studies to the student directly into the bank account.

Under ONGC Limited's CSR initiative, this scholarship is for SC, ST, OBC, or General category students pursuing MBBS, Engineering, MBA, or Geology. 2000 meritorious students receive 48,000 rupees annually or 4,000 rupees monthly for four years, covering the entire undergraduate medical course.

IOCL's scholarship benefits thousands of students across the country. ITI and 10+2 students receive 1,000 rupees per month, and MBBS, Engineering, and MBA students receive 3,000 rupees per month. Available in all states, it is intended to avoid education disruption for poor families.

Under Yashoda Hospitals Group's CSR, the scheme provides quality education to financially poor students. Every student gets 10,000 to 50,000 rupees per year for four years, which is enough for MBBS. It targets intelligent students being handicapped by finance.

Financial issues should not come in the way of your medical education. If you've passed NEET and are concerned about fees, these scholarships can assist. Apply on time and go through the requirements carefully.

Applications are now open for Singapore A STAR ACIS Scholarship 2026. It is a Fully Funded Scholarship in Singapore for international students to pursue a PhD degree. The good news is that Final-year Undergraduates and graduate students can also apply for the A STAR ACIS Scholarship. Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A-STAR) is a Singapore government agency. ACIS is an abbreviation of A STAR Computing and Information Science Scholarship that was initiated to entice Singaporeans and International students to pursue a PhD in computing and information science (CIS) fields. An International student shall be obligated to serve for a 3-year period in Singapore-based companies upon scholarship completion. Further information is given below.

Info About Singapore A STAR ACIS Scholarship 2026

Host Country: Singapore

Funded by: A STAR

Duration: 4 Years

Degree Level: PhD

Deadline: 1st August 2024

Scholarship Coverage

The Programme Covers:

Full tuition fees

Monthly Sustenance allowance for accommodation and food.

Book allowance

Computer allowance

Conference allowance

Thesis allowance

Support for up to 12 months of overseas attachment.

Research Areas

Please refer to the "Research Areas and Supervisors" tab on the AGS webpage for a list of A*STAR-approved supervisors.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all nationals, including Singaporeans.

Foreign candidates must be holding a degree or in their final year of obtaining one.

At least a Second Upper-Class Honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject.

Final year undergraduates are also invited to apply.

Show extremely strong interest in the CIS subject.

Service Commitment

3-year service bond. Foreigners have to serve for 3 years in any Singaporean organization in CIS-related fields.

Coming as a relief to students, Arunachal Pradesh state government released ₹111.11 crore in scholarships for 40,090 students for the 2024-25 academic year. The step is a reflection of the state's commitment to reducing the cost of education and easing the burden on families.

In a statement, the government confirmed that the scholarship amount will be credited in the beneficiaries' bank accounts within the next five days, pending technical clearance via the National Scholarship Portal (NSP).

As of now, 45,125 students have been enrolled under the scheme. This includes 5,035 students whose scholarship was cleared during earlier phases. The government also stated that scholarship of 2,796 students couldn't be processed due to technical issues in their bank accounts. These students have been directed to resolve the issues with their banks at the earliest so that there is no delay.

The timely release is in accordance with the promises made by Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona and Chief Minister Pema Khandu during the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The two ministers had promised to provide sustained support to education through specially targeted financial benefit schemes and online release transparency.

The scholarship scheme is likely to highly favor economically weaker section students, enabling them to continue higher studies without any break. Officials in the education department think that the scheme will highly enhance the rate of retention, especially in tribal and remote regions of the state.

This new installment is part of a broader effort by the government of Arunachal to narrow educational gaps and invest in young people. With over ₹111 crore disbursed, it is one of the highest single-year scholarship disbursements in the state's history.

Great chance to apply for highly competitive Max Planck Doucet Scholarship 2026, three-month fully-funded research scholarship by Frankfurt-established Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory. The scholarship would be awarded worldwide with special priority to applications from Latin America.

Awarded between January 5 and March 31, 2026, the Doucet Scholarship provides upcoming researcher scholars with an opportunity to study alongside a team of distinguished scholars, i.e., on colonial law history in the world-renowned Doucet Collection of the Institute.

Important Information:

Host Country: Germany

Host City: Frankfurt

Host Institute: Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory

Duration of Fellowship: 3 months (Jan 5 – Mar 31, 2026)

Due Date of Application: 15th September 2025

Application Fee: There is no application fee to be paid.

What the Scholarship Offers:

Monthly subsistence allowance

Return air fare to/from Germany

Charges towards accommodation

ample scholarly facilities and contact with legal historians

Eligibility:

Application of scholars belonging to any other nationality but Frankfurt is solicited

Latin American scholars to be offered priority consideration

Applicant must be junior scholar with research project in colonial legal history

Doucet Collection to be in charge of the research project

Application forms to be in English or Spanish

The following ones are to be forwarded:

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Project Description in complete detail

Motivation Letter indicating study fields and reasons for application

Young legal historians will have a great opportunity of setting up their scholarship and writing in a professional intellectual environment under this fellowship. Would-be applicants should get their ducks in a row and apply by September 15, 2025.

Application is now invited for most worthy Ireland Fellows Programme 2026/27 fully funded master scholarship to study one-year master degree in best quality Irish higher education institutions. Fellow programme has been sponsored by Government of Ireland with a mission to offer best quality education to the next generation leaders of Ireland.

Scholarship to students from developing countries of the world in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Small Island Developing State (SIDS) and meritorious leadership as well as returnee students willing to work and serve in the country upon graduation.

Key Points:

Host Country: Ireland

Duration of Program: One year

Type of Scholarship: Master's Degree

Fully Funded: Yes

Initial Application Closing Date: July 25, 2025

Stage 2 Closing Date: October 17, 2025

Financial Support

The fellows will be funded fully with:

Tuition fees

Economy international airfare

Accommodation in a hotel

Monthly allowance

Health cover

Application and visa fee

Areas of Study:

Areas of study are priority development areas such as:

Agriculture

Health

Education

Human Rights

Computer Science

Engineering

Business

Partner Colleges:

Irish partner colleges of institutions and universities under the scheme are:

Trinity College Dublin

University College Dublin

University College Cork

University of Galway

Dublin City University

Maynooth University

University of Limerick

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

And other Irish higher education institutions

Requirements:

One of the participating countries above

No master's degree yet

English language competence

Ready to go back to their respective homelands upon verification

Attachments to Supply:

Academic documents and transcript

Referee reports (two)

Copy of passport

Report of IELTS (where required)

Current CV

Current passport photo

Open call and leadership-and-development-driven, Ireland Fellows Program open application and public call for scholars from all parts of the globe from homelands ready to work through quality training acquisition globally.

A huge scholarship scam of lakhs has been unearthed in Madhya Pradesh, wherein over 40 madrasas and minority schools in Bhopal appeared to have diverted government funds by enrolling phantom or ineligible students. NDTV's investigation on the ground raises giant questions: Were the students ever real - or just names on a sheet of paper?

NDTV journalists started their inquiry at the given address of "City Montessori School" close to Aam Wali Masjid in Bhopal - one of the schools to be probed by the Crime Branch. But there was no school there. What we found instead were empty lanes, lonely school boards, and ultimately a board of "City Montessori" on Chiklod Road. Under the board? No classrooms, no students, just a locked, vacant building. Locals attested: the school never operated. "They rented space on lease and erected a board. Never was there any class held here," said one who lived in the area. "I have lived here all my life. That board is up for years, yet no school ever materialized," Mohammad Salim added.

But records reveal that the school spent Rs 1.65 lakh in scholarship on 29 students of Classes 1 to 8.

The scam is not over yet. Most of these institutions short-changed - some up to Class 8 - had withdrawn students' scholarships in their names under Classes 11 and 12. The figures are mind-boggling - Rs 57.78 lakh withdrawn, names of 972 students misused, more than 100 education institutions in the spotlight. "We have registered 40 FIRs against the operators of schools and madrasas," Additional Deputy Commission of Police Shailendra Singh Chauhan said. "If it is found that even the students themselves do not exist, stricter legal action will be pursued."

The scam has sparked a political war. The opposition went after the BJP government, labeling it another scam in the series of education scams. "Scams have taken place in all fields, from Vyapam to nursing," grieved former Congress minister PC Sharma. "The money needs to be reclaimed and distributed to those who require it."

Krishna Gaur, the Minority Welfare Minister, stayed away from the controversy. "These grievances were expressed in the previous tenure," she said. "The central government is probing the matter. Our department is also assisting and has forwarded the information requested."

NDTV's reality check has found a bitter irony - the very children for whom this scheme was designed, never availed. While paper names and schools siphoned off government funds, thousands of poor children who really need it are left in the lurch. For when schemes are derailed on paper, it is not only tax payers' funds that are sidetracked - it is a poor child's chance at a better tomorrow.