Lucknow: Lucknow University has secured 12 selections under the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) doctoral fellowship programme, the highest among state universities in Uttar Pradesh, according to the university.Of the 12 research scholars selected, 10 have been awarded full-term doctoral fellowships for two years, while two have received short-term fellowships for six months to complete their doctoral research.Under the full-term fellowship, each selected scholar will receive Rs 20,000 per month and an annual contingency grant of Rs 20,000. The short-term fellowships will provide financial support to scholars in the final stages of their thesis work.LU vice-chancellor Prof J P Saini congratulated the selected scholars and their research supervisors, saying the achievement reflected the university’s growing research culture and its focus on quality research.
