Haryana State Council for Science and Technology has invited applications for the Promotion of Science Education (POSE) Scholarship Scheme for students of under-graduate and post-graduate science courses in the state for the year 2015-16. Applications would be accepted till October 16.
A spokesman of Haryana Department of Science and Technology said that the scholarship scheme had been started by Haryana Government in order to encourage meritorious students to take up science education and to support them for continuation of their science education up to higher level. Under-graduate B.Sc. (General) and post-graduate students opting for basic science subjects, namely Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics and Geology, can apply for scholarship under this scheme.
Applications are invited from first-year students of B.Sc. General (Medical and Non-medical) enrolled in colleges and universities located within Haryana. While B.Sc. (Non-medical) students must have chosen any two subjects out of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Geology, B.Sc. (Medical) students must have chosen any two subjects out of Botany, Zoology, Chemistry and Geology. To be eligible for the scholarship, these students must have obtained minimum 85 per cent marks or equivalent grade in Class 10 plus two, he said.
The spokesman added that the selected under-graduate students would get scholarship amounting to Rs 4,000 per month, plus contingency stipend of Rs 4,000 once a year.