KUFOS Fellowship : Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Aspirants seeking admission to 1 year Full-time Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme should meet the following criteria as specified by the institute.

Academic Requirement: 

• The candidate must have a doctorate degree in the relevant subject preferably with published research work to their credit
• In case of general/open category, 55% marks at UG level and 60% of marks at PG level. For reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC/PH) candidates, 50% at UG level and 55% at PG level.
• The upper age limit for applicants is 35 years for the candidates belonging to general/open category and 40 years for SC/ST/OBC/PH/Minority communities, as on 1st July on the year of application.

MODE OF SELECTION: The applications received will be scrutinised by the screening committee. Later, the shortlisted candidates will be called to appear before the selection committee constituted by the University. Selection will be based on the research aptitude, research experience and the proposed Post doctoral research programme of the candidate.

FELLOWSHIP: The fellowship carries an amount of R. 42000/- (consolidated).

DURATION: For one year period, can be extended up to 2 years based on the performance of the candidates and or research needs of the University.

POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (PDF)PROGRAMMES: Offered by the five Faculties. The Faculties are
a. Faculty of Fisheries
b. Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology
c. Faculty of Ocean Engineering
d. Faculty of Climate Variability and Aquatic Ecosystem
e. Faculty of Management, Humanities and Social Sciences