Long-horizon support

PhD fellowships

Fellowships that underwrite stipends, travel, and mentorship for outstanding doctoral researchers rooted at Karnatak University.

Financial support Mentor board Travel grants

Program overview

Doctoral Fellowships and Academic Support

Year-round financial support for PhD students (₹10,000 per month), with applications opening once each academic year and selections made through a structured review and joint interview process. Fellows benefit from quarterly check-ins to support progress and wellbeing, and may be considered for travel grants to present their research at national and international conferences.

Recent cycle

Call for final year PhD fellowship

Applications: Dec 2025 · Departments of Physics & Chemistry

Submit research progress, advisor letters, and applications by December 2025.
Joint trustee-faculty interview panels during December 2025.
Annoucement of awardees in 6th January 2026.

Call for applications

Templates for proposals and budgets live in the “Apply for funding” section of the Documents page.

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Current fellows

Cohort 2025

4th Year PhD Fellowship

Name	Department	Title
Neha K H	Physics	Ionic conductivity and dielectric properties of biodegradable polymer nanocomposites for energy storage applications
Namrata Nagesh Mundargi	Chemistry	Design and synthesis of nitrogen, sulphur containing heterocycles as pharmacological agents

5th Year PhD Fellowship

Kiran Gadivaddar

Physics

Study of non-covalent interactions in some organic systems

Alumni fellow

Cohort 2023

1st Year PhD Fellowship

Rachana Malekar

Physics

Design of triboelectric nanogenerators