National Scholarship Portal Registration

National Scholarship Portal Registration: NSP is a digital scholarship program that offers various scholarships offered by the central government, state governments, and other government organizations like AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), UGC (University Grants Commission), etc. This Portal hosts about 50 scholarships amongst the scholarship seekers worth hundreds of crores, posted on the platform. As per the administrators, NSP has supported the government obtains and serve scholarships of more than Rs.2000/- crores. The scheme challenges that they get 125 Lac applications each year, out of which 105 lakhs applications are the confirmed one.

National Scholarship Portal is a single platform by which many services beginning from candidate application, fee receipt, processing, approval and disbursal of several scholarships to Students are accepted. National Scholarships Portal is perceived as Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).

National Scholarship Schemes

  • Post-matric Scholarship Scheme
  • Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme
  • Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme
  • Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students
  • National Means Cum Merit Scholarship Scheme
  • Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education
  • Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for SC Students
  • Pre-Matric Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
  • Post-Matric Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
  • Scheme For Award Of Scholarships Under Cine/Mine/Lsdm/Beedi And IOMC Workers Welfare Fund
  • Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students

National Scholarship Portal Schemes

National Scholarship Portal comprises scholarships for students of all the classes such as standard 1st to Ph.D. level. There are most importantly three schemes provided by NSP under following categories:

  1. Central schemes
  2. UGC schemes
  3. State schemes

National Scholarship Central Schemes

There are many various departments that are working under the Government of India and they drive several scholarships to help students continue their future educational career without any monetary stress. The great providers in the area of scholarships include the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MOMA), Ministry of Labour and Employment (MLE), Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MTA), Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE), Department of Higher Education (DHE) and more.

Students can apply for all scholarships that are being conducted by the central government through the National Scholarship Portal under the Central Schemes section. Find the consolidated list of central NSP scholarships below.

Ministry of Minority Affairs

Scholarship Name Last Date to apply
Pre Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities 15th Oct 2019
Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities 31st Oct 2019
Merit Cum Means Scholarship For Professional and Technical Courses CS 31st Oct 2019

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Pre-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 15th Oct 2019
Post-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 31st Oct 2019
Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities. 31st Oct 2019

Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Top Class Education Scheme for SC Students 31st Oct 2019

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Financial Assistance for Education of the Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM Workers – Post-Matric 31st Oct 2019
Financial Assistance for Education of the Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM Workers – Pre-Matric 31st Oct 2019
Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna Scholarship for Andhra Pradesh Offline

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students – Scholarship (Formally Top Class Education for Schedule Tribe Students) – only for scholarships 31st Oct 2019

Department of School Education & Literacy

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education(NSIGSE) null
National Means Cum Merit Scholarship 15th Oct 2019

Department of Higher Education

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for College and University Students 31st Oct 2019

WARB, Ministry of Home Affairs

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces And Assam Rifles 31st Oct 2019

RPF/RPSF, Ministry of Railway

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For RPF/RPSF 31st Oct 2019

National Scholarship UGC Schemes

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is a foremost authorized body of Indian government functioning beneath MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development). It has been established to coordinate, prepare and manage the norms of higher education in India. It is the government that gives license to universities across India and also offers them with funds. Along with this, the UGC also provides some scholarship schemes for scholars attempting college-level education.

Scholarship Name Last date to apply
ISHAN UDAY Scholarship– Special Scholarship Scheme For North Eastern Region 31st Oct 2019
Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child 31st Oct 2019
PG Scholarship for University Rank Holders (1st and 2nd Rank Holders) 31st Oct 2019
PG Scholarship Scheme for SC ST Students for Pursuing Professional Courses 31st Oct 2019

National Scholarship State Schemes

Same as the central government, the state government also awards scholarships for students who are the residence of their particular states. Various state governments run their scholarship portal where students can apply, but some prefer drawing applications through the National Scholarship Portal. Now, the national scholarship portal holds state schemes of six different states, i.e., Bihar, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh.

Scholarship Name Last Date to Apply
Assam
Pre-Matric Scholarship to Children of those Engaged in Uncleaned Occupation, Assam 25th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (Class 9 & 10) – Assam 11th Feb 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students – Assam 11th Feb 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship to OBC Students – Assam 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship to ST Students – Assam 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship to ST Students (Class 9 & 10) – Assam 20th Jan 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship to OBC Students – Assam 20th Jan 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship to ST Students – Assam 20th Jan 2019
Chandigarh
Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students – Chandigarh 19th Feb 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Transgender Students – Chandigarh 31st Dec 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC Students – Chandigarh 20th Jan 2019
Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship for EBC Students – Chandigarh 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students of Class 9 and 10 – Chandigarh 15th Jan 2019
Bihar
Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) for BC/EBC Students 15th Mar 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) for ST Students 15th Mar 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) for SC Students 25th Mar 2019
Uttarakhand
Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minority (100 percent State Sector)-Uttarakhand 28th Feb 2019
Post Matric Scholarship for EBC Students-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Disability Scholarship (State Sector)-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (State Sector)-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (State Sector)-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students (State Sector 50% and Central Sector 50%)-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students (Center Sector)-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students (Center Sector)-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students-Uttarakhand 20th Jan 2019
Tripura
DR.Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship For Economically Backward Classes(EBC)(Secondary Education)-Tripura 31st Dec 2019
Pre-Matric ST Scholarship Schemes 31st Dec 2019
Post-Matric ST Scholarship Schemes 31st Dec 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students 31st Dec 2019
Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students 31st Dec 2019
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Classes (EBC) 12th Dec 2019
NEC Merit Scholarship Tripura 31st Jan 2019
Karnataka
Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) for ST Students 10th Feb 2019
Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Pre-Matric (9 & 10) Scholarship for ST Students Opening Soon
Meghalaya
Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Children – Pre-Matric Scholarship (Class 9 and 10) for ST Students 28th Feb 2019
Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Children – Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) for ST Students 28th Feb 2019
Arunachal Pradesh
Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Students-Pre-Matric Scholarship (Class IX & X) for ST Students 31st Dec 2018
Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Children -Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) for ST Students Arunachal Pradesh 31st Dec 2018
Scheme for Award of Stipend to the schedule tribe students of Arunachal Pradesh 31st Dec 2019
Jammu And Kashmir
Post-Matric scholarship To ST Students-Jammu And Kashmir 31st Oct 2019
Dadar and Nagar Haveli
Pre Matric Scholarship To OBC Students-Dadar and Nagar Haveli 15th Oct 2019
Pre Matric Scholarship To SC Students-Dadar and Nagar Haveli 15th Oct 2019
Pre Matric Scholarship To ST Students-Dadar and Nagar Haveli 15th Oct 2019

How to Register for National Scholarship Portal?

To register for NSP Scholarship Registration students need National Scholarship Application Form and they also need to follow the below steps;

  • Students registering for NSP scholarship for the first time (Fresh Students) have to “Register” on the National Scholarship portal as a fresh applicant by providing correct and authenticated details as mentioned on their documents in the “Student Registration Form”.
  • The application form is expected to be filled by parents/guardians of scholars who are below the age of 18 years at the time of registration.
  • Before starting the registration process, students /Parents/guardian are recommended to keep the following certificates handy:
    • Educational documents of the student.
    • Student’s Bank account number and IFSC code of the bank branch
      Note: For the pre-matric scholarship scheme, where students do not have their own bank account, parents can provide their own account details. However, parents’ account numbers can only be used against scholarship applications for a maximum of two children.
    • Aadhaar number of the Student
    • If Aadhaar is not available, then Bonafide student certificate from Institute / School and
    • Aadhaar Enrolment ID or Scanned copy of Bank passbook
    • If Institute/School is different from the domicile state of the applicant, then Bonafide student certificate from Institute / School.
  • Details to be filled in the application form are;
    • Date of Birth (DOB)
    • State of Domicile
    • Scholarship Category
    • Name of Student
    • Mobile Number
    • Email Id
    • Bank account details
    • Identification Details
  • After submitting the application, the default login id and password to log into the NSP portal will be sent to the provided mobile number. In case the password is not received, the option for forgot a password at the login page shall be used.
  • Students are advised to provide “Annual Family Income” as per the Income Certificate issued by a competent authority in their scholarship application.

In the case of Existing User

  • Apply for scholarship renewal with your ‘Application Id’ and Date of Birth which you registered previous year.
  • A student can also use ‘Forgot Application ID’ to retrieve their ID.
  • Only those students would be able to renew who had actually received the scholarship payments during the previous year from NSP.

Purpose of National Scholarship Portal

The Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance Plan of National Scholarships Portal tries to present a common computerized portal for executing many Scholarships schemes begun by Union Government, State Government and Union Territories across the nation. The main goals of NSP are;

  • Assured Scholarships have been given on time to the students
  • To present a common portal for several Scholarships plans of Central and State Governments
  • Build a clear database of students
  • Assure no duplication is made in processing.
  • The synchronization of various Scholarships schemes & standards
  • Application of Direct Benefit Transfer

National Portal Scholarship Benefits

  • All scholarship details are available under one platform and students can quickly apply through the sole integrated applications gateway for all the scholarships, presenting the process very easy for them.
  • The system of NSP will recommend the candidates the best plan for which they are qualified and will make assured there is no copy or duplication. This holds a sheer record.
  • Candidates can learn here at the All-India level, encouraging them to set the standard
  • Assists as a decision support system (DSS) for Ministries and departments since the latest data will be available on request.
  • Complete MIS System to improve monitoring every step of Scholarships distribution i.e. from registration for the scholarship to its delivery

FAQ’s on National Scholarship Portal

Question 1.
How do I register for the national scholarship portal?

Answer:

  • Log into the National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
  • Register Yourself
  • Logging into the National Scholarship Portal
  • Fill the National Scholarship Portal Application Form
  • Uploading the required Documents
  • Mention Contact Details

Question 2.
What is the last date of the National Scholarship Portal?

Answer:
The Institutes which are registered on NSP 2.0 are required to submit Institute Registration Form for AY 2019-20. The Form is available in Institute Login. The PMSS Scheme for WARB/Police Personnel (Martyr) will be opened from 6th November 2019.

Question 3.
Who are eligible to apply for Scholarship Schemes?

Answer:
Students fulfilling the Scheme guidelines of various Ministries are eligible to apply for these scholarships. These are available on the Home Page of the Portal.

Question 4.
How to submit the online application? Should I need the user id and password to apply for a scholarship?

Answer:
Applying procedures for Scholarship Schemes for both Fresh and Renewal are given below:

  • Fresh: Student has to Click on the option “Student Login”, on the home page of the National Scholarships Portal. Fill up the application as per the instructions are given by the system then click on the Save button. After saving, the student will get a “Temporary ID”. The system will instruct the applicant to submit his/her Temporary ID and date of birth to fill subsequent details. Once registration is complete on click of submit button, a Permanent Registration ID is generated which can be used for Renewal and tracking the status of the application
  • Renewal: Renewal Students have to apply with their Application Id and Date of Birth which they registered in the previous year. Students can also use Forgot Application ID to retrieve their ID.

Question 5.
How to track the status of my application?

Answer:
An option “Check Your Status” is available once you log in with Application Id and DOB.

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