The National Scholarship Portal (NSP) has started the online application process for the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship (CSSS) for College and University Students. The scholarship for the academic year 2025-26 and 1st renewal for the year 2024, 2nd renewal for the year 2023, 3rd renewal for the year 2022 and the 4th renewal for the year 2021 are available on the National Scholarship Portal.
Students who want to renew or file a fresh application for the scholarship have to visit scholarships.gov.in.
The NSP comes under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.
The last date for submission of the online application form for renewal and fresh scholarship is July 31. All the candidates are advised to apply online within the deadline mentioned in the notification. Candidates will also need to verify their online applications with the respective institutions and also show the original required documents; otherwise, their application will be considered invalid.
Students will have to register themselves using a time registration number (OTR), password, and a Captcha code.
Using the OTR way, details of the student, like photography and demographics, will be fetched automatically. In case of any changes, students will have to update their Aadhaar card. These changes will be reflected in the student’s OTR profile through fresh eKYC. After updating, the details in the NSP OTR will be reflected in the NSP application form automatically.
— Students will have to register their mobile number and mention the OTP received on the registered mobile number.
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— Any wrong or false information can result in rejection of the scholarships.
— Students, parents or legal guardians are advised to submit their active mobile number and e-mail address in the OTR registration form. All correspondence and communication from the authority will be done on the submitted mobile/e-mail only.
All the respective modal officers of the institutes are requested by the NPS officials for a timely verification (defection or rejection) of the online applications at their institute login.
