UGC notice on settlement of accounts for scholarship, arrears of Post-doctoral fellowships

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released an important notice regarding the settlement of accounts for Scholarship/ Fellowship. In a letter, the UGC has asked Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to send Utilization Certificate/statement of expenditure and dues, if any, for the period pertaining up to 30.06.2016 by 31 January 2024.

It is pertinent to mention here that UGC implemented various scholarship/fellowship schemes in offline mode till 30.06.2016. And, UGC categorically stated that no claim would be entertained after January 31, 2024.

Similarly, stakeholders (HEI's and Fellows) have been requested to claim their pending dues i.e., pre-revised/revised fellowship/house rent allowance/contingency admissible up to December 2023, by February 8, 2024 on Scholarship Fellowship Management Portal (SFMP).

In another notice, UGC found that many eligible renewal applicants are yet to apply for renewal of their scholarship under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Protsahan (PM-USP) central sector scheme of Scholarship through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP). The Ministry of Education invites applications under the scheme.

“As per the revised guidelines, the students who missed to apply for renewal of application online on NSP, will be allowed to apply for renewal of scholarship for subsequent year on NSP, if he/ she fulfils eligibility condition for renewal,” UGC letter read.