Summer Students' Visiting Programme (SSVP)-2026

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Important Dates

Last Date for receiving online application : March 15, 2026

Tentative window for the selection is : April 01, 2026





Who we are

About our Institute

Institute of Physics (IoP), Bhubaneswar, an Autonomous research institute of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, offers an opportunity to bright students to work in exciting research areas in Theoretical and Experimental Physics during summer every year under the Summer Students' Visiting Programme (SSVP).

Applications are invited for the SSVP-2026 to be held at IoP, Bhubaneswar during May 18 - June 29, 2026. The selected participants will work on a specific project in association with faculty members of the Institute. At the end of the programme, each student will present a short seminar and submit a report on the project carried out. Selected candidates are also encouraged to participate in other academic events of the Institute. Selected candidates will be paid an honorarium @Rs. 6500/- per month and free on-campus accommodation along with sleeper class train / bus fare (to and fro) and local conveyance from the present university/institution.

SSVP Admission Criteria

Call for SSVP 2026

Strictly those applcations will be entertained who will complete their 2-yr. M. Sc. / Integrated M. Sc. in 2027, i.e., those who, by summer of 2026, are completing 1st year of 2-year M.Sc. Course or 4th year of 5-year Integrated M.Sc. Course. The candidates must make a clear mention about the date of completion of their M.Sc. degree. Only those should apply who can stay for the whole duration of the programme and give a declaration.

Selection

Procedure and Stages

The selected candidates' list will be updated on IOP Home page and intimated through mail.

Important Information

Call for SSVP 2026

  1. Deadline for online application: March 15, 2026
  2. List of selected students will be announced on April 01, 2026
  3. Applications should be in the form of (i) CV and (ii) Choice of research area choose only ONE out of Condensed Matter Physics (Theory), Condensed Matter Physics (Expt.), High Energy Physics (Theory), High Energy Physics (Experiment), Nuclear Physics (Theory).
  4. Invited students for the SSVP-2026 to be held at IoP from May 18 - June 29, 2026.
  5. All the selected students have to provide their bank account details for releasing the fellowship.
  6. Application from students for whome the date of completion of on going Semester (or equivalent examination) will be on or before May 01, 2026 will NOT BE considered.
  7. Once you join the programme, you are not allowed to have outstation leave. Otherwise your candidature will be cancelled and you will not get any fellowship.
  8. In case you are planning to appear for CSIR-NET Examination you may choose Bhubaneswar as your test center (in case you are selected)

Contact us

Address for correspondence

Co-ordinator, SSVP-2026

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar

Sachivalaya Marg P.O. Sainik School Bhubaneswar-751 005

For any queries, please contact:

ssvp@iopb.res.in


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