India has opened applications for the Prime Minister Research Study Chair (PMRC) Plan 2026, a flagship effort focused on attracting accomplished Indian-origin researchers, scientists, technologists and professionals from around the globe into the country’s college and research sector.
Introduced by the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education, the plan looks for to link global Indian skill with India’s broadening research, development and innovation landscape through positionings at leading federal government higher education organizations, nationwide laboratories and research centres.
The program will engage at least 120 scientists over five years, from 2026/27 to 2030/31, across three classifications: young research study fellows, senior fellows and research study chairs.
The PMRC scheme will focus on 13 top priority sectors, including expert system, quantum computing, semiconductors, cybersecurity, health care, biotechnology, climate change, advanced products, production, agriculture technologies, the blue economy and atomic energy.
Chosen fellows will receive fellowship support, research study grants, moving help, access to labs and chances to team up with prominent federal government organizations in India. Depending upon classification, fellowship assistance varies from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 60 lakh each year (approximately ₤ 13,000-₤ 52,000), together with research study grants of approximately Rs 5 crore (around ₤ 435,000).
Qualified candidates include Indian nationals working abroad, Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders and Individuals of Indian Origin (PIOs) with considerable accomplishments in research, development and innovation.
The scheme follows earlier federal government efforts to draw in overseas Indian scientists and was very first gone over by the IIT Council in 2025 as part of more comprehensive plans to strengthen India’s research capacity and bring in global Indian skill into strategically essential sectors.
Previously this year, a NITI Aayog report on the internationalisation of college noted that for every single worldwide trainee studying in India, around 25 Indians pursue college overseas.
7 institutions have been designated as lead organizations under the programme: IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and the Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru.
According to the ministry, the effort is meant to deepen global academic cooperation, boost research study output and assistance India’s ambitions of becoming an internationally competitive innovation center. Applications from fellows and host institutions opened on June 1 and will remain open up until July 15.
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