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20 programmes
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IISc Bangalore, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
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Opening date not published · Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
The Inorganic and Physical Chemistry department at IISc Bangalore offers a summer research fellowship for chemistry students. Selected students work with an IISc research supervisor for a short summer project.
IISc Bengaluru
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Lab-dependent / rolling · Until lab positions filled
Programme details vary by annual edition; verify dates and eligibility on the official page.
IISc Bangalore
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Opening date not published · Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
IISc hosts undergraduate and master's students for two- to three-month research projects with institute faculty, reached through the department and lab openings listed by the institute's outreach office.
IIT Bombay
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Opening date not published · Sep 2027
Closes in 320 days
The Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre at IIT Bombay awards research internships that place students with IIT Bombay faculty on funded research projects.
National Centre for Biological Sciences
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Intake-dependent / rolling · Cutoff not published; check the current call
Programme details vary by annual edition; verify dates and eligibility on the official page.
IIIT Hyderabad
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Intake-dependent / rolling · Cutoff not published; check the current call
IIIT Hyderabad lists Research Teaser Internship offerings among its programmes. These short research-oriented sessions introduce students to selected technical research areas and include project work.
ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru
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Announced
Closes in 31 days
ICTS-TIFR's S. N. Bhatt Memorial Excellence Fellowship Program is a summer research programme for science and engineering students. Selected students work with ICTS faculty and postdoctoral fellows on frontier research topics.
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Indian Academy of Sciences, INSA, and NASI
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The three Indian science academies offer summer research fellowships for students and teachers to work with academy-associated scientists. Selected fellows undertake short-term research projects with assigned guides.
IIT Roorkee
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Feb–Mar 2027 · Mar 2027
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SPARK is IIT Roorkee's summer internship programme for undergraduate research exposure. Selected interns work with IIT Roorkee faculty on research projects.
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Google's Student Researcher Program hires students onto research, science, and engineering projects across Google teams. Projects are matched by role, degree level, location, and team needs.
IIT Madras
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Jan–Feb 2027 · Feb–Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
IIT Madras runs a Summer Fellowship Programme for students to undertake a guided research project with IIT Madras faculty. The programme covers engineering, science, humanities, and management areas according to the current call.
NIT Rourkela
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Opening date not published · Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
NIT Rourkela runs a summer internship programme that places students from other institutions with its faculty for short research projects.
IIT Delhi
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Mar 2027 · Early Apr 2027
Closes in 167 days
IIT Delhi's Summer Research Fellowship Programme lets selected undergraduate and postgraduate students work on research and development projects under IIT Delhi faculty. The fellowship is for students outside IIT Delhi.
IIT Gandhinagar
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Feb 2027 · Early Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
IIT Gandhinagar's Summer Research Internship Programme brings undergraduate and master's students to campus for faculty-guided research projects. The programme is run as a flagship summer research initiative of IIT Gandhinagar.
IISER Mohali
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Opening date not published · Apr 2027
Closes in 167 days
IISER Mohali's Summer Research Program gives selected students research exposure with IISER Mohali faculty. The programme combines a supervised research component with interdisciplinary course work.
IIT Hyderabad
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Feb 2027 · Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure is IIT Hyderabad's internship programme for non-IIT Hyderabad students. It gives selected students short-term research experience with IIT Hyderabad departments or centres.
IIT Kanpur
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Jan–Feb 2027 · Feb–Mar 2027
Closes in 137 days
Students-Undergraduate Research Graduate Excellence is IIT Kanpur's summer research internship programme. It places selected undergraduate students with IIT Kanpur mentors for research exposure.
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Paused — await an official restart · Cutoff unpublished while programme is paused
TIFR's institute-wide Visiting Students' Research Programme hosts students across its schools for a summer of supervised research; individual schools and centres also run their own VSRP tracks.
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Jan 2027 · Feb 2027
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NCRA-TIFR conducts a Visiting Students' Research Programme in astronomy and astrophysics. Selected students work on theoretical, observational, or computational research projects depending on project availability.
TIFR School of Mathematics
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Feb 2027 · Mar 2027
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The TIFR School of Mathematics Visiting Students Research Program introduces selected bachelor's and master's students to research in mathematics. Participants work through advanced reading courses or appropriate projects with TIFR mathematicians.
