50 ICCR Scholarship Slots under Quad STEM Scholarship for AY 2025-2026

50 ICCR Scholarship Slots under Quad STEM Scholarship for AY 2025-2026

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is pleased to announce the availability of 50 scholarship slots under the prestigious Quad STEM Scholarship Scheme for the Academic Year 2025-26. This initiative aims to foster academic excellence and strengthen educational cooperation among partner nations. The applications from interested international students for academic year 2025-26 for ICCR's other scholarship Schemes have already been invited online through ICCR's A2A Scholarship portal https://a2ascholarships.iccr.gov.in, which has been operationalized from 20th February 2025. Applications from Quad scholarships are also invited through the A2A portal. Once the student has obtained admission on A2A portal and the Mission/Post has decided to award scholarship to that particular student, he/she (student) may be advised to register on SII for obtaining unique ID and further process including obtaining Visa and registration with FRRO (Visa and FRRO Registration are to be processed on SII Portal). Timeline for the admission process for Quad STEM Scholarship Scheme will remain same. It is also requested to adhere to the following timeline:-

20-February-2025	Opening of A2A Portal for Inviting Applications from Interested Candidates.
30-April-2025	Last date of application to be submitted by students.
31-May-2025	Last date of Universities to inform the decision (if confirmed, intimation to Missions; if rejected, intimation to students).
15-June-2025	Last date for allocating scholarship and generating Offer Letters by Missions/Posts.
22 June-2025	Last date of acceptance by students
01-July-2025	Based on the number of acceptances in the first round (if acceptances are less than the scholarship seats allocated) Indian Mission to offer scholarship to other students who were not considered in the first round.
10-July-2025	Second-round students to convey their acceptances,

Furthermore, following 8 institutes/ Universities (empanelled with ICCR) have been selected by AMS Division for Quad Scholarship Scheme.

Malaviya National lnstitute of Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
National lnstitute of Technology, Durgapur West Bengal)
National lnstitute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
Delhi Technological University, New Delhi (Delhi)
National Institute of Technology, Warangal (Telangana)
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi (Kerala)
Anna University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
lndraprastha lnstitute of lnformation Technology, New Delhi (Delhi)

For further details, please refer to the following Annexures - Click here

Annexure A – Comprehensive details of the allocated scholarship slots for the Academic Year 2025-26.
Annexure B – Key highlights and a step-by-step outline of the admission process.
Annexure C – A2A Scholarship Flow Chart, providing a structured overview of the scholarship framework.