<p>IIT Guwahati awards the following scholarships to its under–graduate/post-graduate students to promote and recognize academic excellence, and overall growth and development of meritorious students and students with low parental income.<br /> <br /> <strong>Institute Merit Scholarship (IMS)</strong> is available for BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students of the Institute, which is meant for the year-wise class toppers of all the streams and is awarded from the second year onward.<br /> <br /> <strong>Institute Merit-cum-Means (McM)</strong> Scholarships is awarded to BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students of the institute strictly on merit-cum-means basis to up to 25% of non-SC/ST students.<br /> <br /> SC-ST Scholarships is awarded to all BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students of SC/ST categories with specified income level.<br /> <br /> <strong>Student Travel Assistance Fund (STAF)</strong> is intended to help meritorious students attend and make presentations in national/international conferences, workshops, symposia, scientific meetings etc.<br /> <br /> <strong>Student Contingency Fund (SCF) </strong>offers financial assistance to students who encounter unexpected difficulties during the tenure of their study in IIT Guwahati, such as a serious accident, illness, calamity in family etc.<br /> <br /> <strong>Student Childcare Assistance Fund (SCAF)</strong> is for married student parents who find it difficult to finance their child/children for their education may apply for assistance under.<br /> <br /> <strong>Students’ Brotherhood Fund (SBF)</strong> provides fund as “Loans of Honour” (interest free but to be refunded) to the deserving student applicants to meet their own educational/medical expenses.<br /> <br /> Director of the Institute can have assigned prerogative to award Special Scholarship to maximum 5 students every year on genuine means basis. While it is possible to award all 5 scholarships in a year in deserving cases, it may also not be awarded if there is no such case.<br /> <br /> If ordinance or rules of the Institute permit, the Institute allows students to avail scholarships awarded by external Govt/non-Govt. organizations (such as central sector scholarship schemes, scholarships form state Govts., scholarships from private trusts etc.).<br /> <br /> Assistantships are also provided to most of the students admitted for the MTech and PhD programmes</p> <p> </p>