JBNSTS Senior Talent Search Test (STST) and Senior Bigyani Kanya Medha Britti 2026 (West Bengal, Class 12 passed)

The Senior Scholarship is JBNSTS's core programme, running since 1958. The test is a 3-hour MCQ paper of 90 marks in which candidates answer any 3 of 4 sections (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology; 15 questions of 2 marks each, 0.5 negative marking). It is followed by an interview and a Scientific Creativity Test. Senior scholars receive Rs 4,000 per month and a Rs 5,000 annual book grant for four or five years (till completion of B.Sc. (Hons.), B.Tech/BE, MBBS, BS-MS, M.Sc or B.Stat-M.Stat), enrichment programmes, seminars, science camps and research projects. The Senior Bigyani Kanya Medha Britti is the girls-only award supported by the Department of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal.