ICAI Doctoral Scholarship Scheme 2023

The candidates will be selected based on the following criteria - 

• Applications are initially scrutinized by the Research Committee Secretariat.
• Thereafter, shortlisting committee will shortlist the meritorious proposals from the eligible applications.
• These applicants may also be invited for a presentation before Shortlisting Committee.
• The recommendations of the shortlisting committee will then be placed before the Research Committee for its final approval.

• Regular monitoring of scholarship will be done based on a quarterly and annual progress report submitted by the scholar and duly forwarded by the supervisor.
• The scholarship may be discontinued if research progress is found unsatisfactory or any ICAI rules are violated.
• The ICAI may ask for an annual presentation/mid-term appraisal of the research work.
• During the scholarship, the scholars are required to publish yearly at least one research paper in the International Journal of Repute and one in the ICAI Journal on the theme of the research undertaken and submit a copy of these to ICAI.
• If scholars leave the scholarship before its full term under the scheme, they must inform ICAI in advance.
• The scholar shall be permitted to retain the grant released from the joining date till the date of leaving subject to submission of the following:
  • An updated progress report for the said period duly forwarded by the supervisor.
  • An undertaking for submission of Ph.D. Thesis within three years on a non-judicial stamp paper of INR 100.
• In other cases, the scholar can leave the scholarship by refunding the entire amount already released by the ICAI.
• Scholars who leave the degree in between or without completing it and without approval from ICAI, are obligated to refund the total scholarship amount disbursed, along with penalties or penal interest.
• The doctoral scholars must stay and work full-time at the affiliating university/college/institution. However, they may go on fieldwork with the express approval of their supervisor.
• The scholars should not have been subjected to any disciplinary/legal actions/proceedings/financial penalties in their research careers.
• Books/periodicals/equipment purchased by the scholar out of the contingency grant should be deposited with the ICAI.
• Application submitted against a call will not be considered for the subsequent calls on its own.
• The ICAI reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reason. It is also not responsible for any postal delay/loss.
• Incomplete applications in any respect shall not be considered for scholarship.
• The final authority related to the interpretation of the guidelines or any issue left is vested with the ICAI.
• The tenure of the scholarship is strictly for a maximum of three years. Any extension can be granted under exceptional circumstances without any additional financial implications to ICAI. The ICAI reserves the right to determine exceptional circumstances.
• The contingency grant may be utilized for books, stationery, computer consumable costs and fieldwork expenses related to the research work.
• The ICAI reserves the right to publish the Ph.D. thesis funded by it, provided the work is recommended for publication by the ICAI Research Committee.
• The scholar shall prominently acknowledge ICAI’s support in all publications resulting from the research output of the scholarship and should submit a copy of the same to the ICAI.
• The scholars are not entitled to the same type of scholarship more than once.
• While accepting doctoral scholarships from the ICAI, the scholars can not accept any other scholarship from any other university/college/institution.

Note: For detailed information, kindly refer to the 'Scholarship Detail Document'.