Uttar Pradesh scholarships (उत्तर प्रदेश)

How scholarships work in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh runs one of the country's largest scholarship systems on a single portal for every category — SC, ST, OBC, general and minority — with clear phase-wise timelines each year.

UP's scholarship calendar runs in fixed phases: registration, final submission, institute verification, district verification and payment. Students in the first phase usually get paid earlier, so registering in July–August rather than at the last date can mean receiving the money months sooner.

Uttar Pradesh's own schemes

Application calendar

• July – October: Registration and submission phases
• October – December: Institute verification and corrections
• January – March: PFMS payments

Avoid these rejections

• Your board roll number and year must match exactly.
• The institute's fee must be approved in the master data.
• Print and submit the final form to your institute — online submission alone is not enough.

Uttar Pradesh scholarship FAQs

Official sources: scholarship.up.gov.in· Guide last reviewed 2026-10-30. Amounts and dates change every year — confirm on the official portal.