PhD Scholarships and Funding for Indian Students

Three-year fully-funded program at Stanford with leadership development.

Full-cost award funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Around 50 fully-funded awards covering full tuition, an annual stipend (currently about £26,500) and a consumables fund, over 3.5 years. There is no separate scholarship form — apply for PhD admission and your department puts you forward, so you must have a supervisor lined up first.

Full-cost scholarship covering tuition + living for graduate study at Oxford.

Departmental merit fellowship for incoming graduate students.

CAD $50,000 per year for three years.

Stipend + tuition fee remission for graduate research students at Melbourne.

50% grant + 50% loan for outstanding students from select developing countries.

Need- and merit-based fellowship from CMU's Presidential Fellowship programme, awarded across all seven colleges. There is no application form — students are nominated by their college dean, with final selection guided by the Provost, so the route in is a strong graduate application to the department itself.

Monthly stipend + tuition for research master's and PhD students at NUS.

Loan scholarship for Indian graduates pursuing higher education abroad.

Government of India scheme run by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment — 125 awards a year for SC, denotified-tribe, landless-labourer and traditional-artisan students. Covers tuition, living costs and airfare for a master's or PhD abroad. Requires 60% in your qualifying degree, family income under ₹8 lakh a year, and an offer from a university ranked in the QS top 500.

Japanese government award covering full tuition, a monthly stipend and return airfare, for undergraduate, master's and PhD study. There is no application fee. Indian applicants apply through the Embassy of Japan in New Delhi or the Consulate-General covering their home state — not directly to a university.

French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs award: roughly €1,200 a month for master's students and €2,100 for doctoral students, plus international travel, insurance and housing support. Important — you cannot apply yourself. The French institution must nominate you, so contact its international office early. Age limits apply (under 29 for master's, under 35 for PhD).