Nominations are invited from regular Vice-Chancellors of public funded Central and State Universities, Directors of the ICSSR Research Institutes/Regional Centres, present and former ICSSR Council Members and National Fellows of the ICSSR for ICSSR National Fellowship in the field of Social Sciences and social transformations in different sectors. Renowned Indian social scientists who have retired from their universities/ research institutes and have outstanding academic work and a significant amount of high-quality research publications to their credit are eligible to be nominated. Direct applications for National Fellowships are not accepted. Nominating individuals should not forward more than two nominations. For nomination, please send your recommendation letter with justification. Also, forward abstract of the proposed research proposal in about 1000 words, curriculum vitae of nominee and abstracts of 10 best publications.

Softcopy of the nomination may be sent on email hod.rfsd@icssr.org and hardcopy should be sent to the Incharge, RFS Division, ICSSR, JNU Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067.

The last date to receive nominations is 26.02.2026. For details, please visit ICSSR website https://icssr.org/national-fellowship.