ICMR JRF Seats
 

What are the numbers of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) seats available at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)? I am planning to write the JRF entrance exam but if the number of seats are minimum than I will not waste my money for the application fee of ICMR?

Re: ICMR JRF Seats
 

I want to apply for Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Examination searching for seats. Will you provide details how many ICMR JRF Seats available along with eligibility criteria to apply also provide me Selection Process?

Re: ICMR JRF Seats
 

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Examination is the first step in the process of admission to the Ph.D/Research Programme. Test for ICMR JRF fellowship conducted at the 12 Centres, once in a year

ICMR JRF seat comes with 150 fellowship.

Selection Process


The test will consist of one paper of two hours duration. The paper will consist of two Sections. The Aptitude Section (Section A) will have 50 questions on

Scientific phenomenon in everyday life;
general knowledge in sciences; and
common statistics

Eligibility Criteria


M.Sc./M.A. or equivalent degree with minimum 55% marks for General/OBC candidates and 50% for the SC/ST & Physically Handicapped candidates in the subjects mentioned under the head method of selection.

A candidate who is appearing/has appeared in the final year (IV/VI Semester whichever is applicable, and final year where Semester system is not there) of M.Sc./M.A. or equivalent examination during the session (2017-2018)can also apply for the test as RA(Result Awaited).

Schedule for the ICMR JRF 2018 is given below.


Event Dates
Date of opening of Registration 12 Apr 2018
Last date for filling of online application 15 May 2018 22 May 2018
ICMR JRF 2018 Admit Card 1st week of Jul 2018
Date of Entrance Examination 22 Jul 2018
ICMR JRF 2018 Result 2nd week of Aug 2018