Programs

Tata Trusts' need-based Means Grant gives partial financial assistance, reimbursed against paid fees, to Indian students from Standard VIII up to graduation. Applications for 2026-27 are being accepted by email until 31 March 2027.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A year-long online MyGov quiz, organised by the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, on Dr. Ambedkar's life, his contributions to social justice, the Constitution and nation-building.

• Grades not published
• No fee

A ten-day residential liberal-education programme on FLAME University's Pune campus for students in grades 9 to 11 or entering grade 12, combining academic sessions, arts, computer science and field experiences. The May batch is full; the June batch is open.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₹50,000

A Puducherry UT scholarship for OEBC students in Classes 6 to 10 of government, aided and recognised private schools, to help them complete secondary schooling; ₹750 a year for Classes 9-10 (₹500 for Classes 6-8) with a family income limit of ₹75,000.

• Grades 9–10
• No fee

A yearly national contest of the Information Security Education and Awareness project of MeitY in which students create cyber-safety awareness content such as campaigns, posters, videos and presentations.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

An annual outreach day at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, where school students of Classes 8-12 attend faculty lectures, laboratory visits and experiment demonstrations by NISER students.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

DST's school innovation scheme: schools nominate their students' best original science ideas, and selected students get an INSPIRE Award of Rs 10,000 and the chance to compete at district, state and national levels. Nominations for 2026-27 are closed; the 2027-28 round is not yet announced.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A yearly Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment programme in which high school students (age 13-16) spend days with scientists at a Kerala S&T institution (for example KFRI Peechi), with talks, labs, museums and hands-on activities.

• Grades 9–11
• Cost not published

The annual state science exhibition of Chhattisgarh for students and teachers of Classes 9-12, organised by SCERT Raipur with the Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology through block, district, zone and state stages.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A year-long, syllabus-based weekly hands-on science programme for Std V to IX at the Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre in Ahmedabad, with live laboratory exposure. Admissions for 2027-28 have not been announced; the centre holds admissions around February each year.

• Grade 9
• Fee: ₹14,337

KSCSTE awards scholarships of Rs 12,000 to Rs 60,000 a year to Kerala-origin Higher Secondary toppers who go on to study basic or natural sciences at undergraduate level in India. The next call has not been announced.

• Grade 12
• No fee

A two-week fully residential university-level summer programme at Amity University Noida for school students of Classes IX-XII, with 30+ streams from engineering and AI to law, design and psychology, to help choose a career path before college.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₹30,000