IISER Pune Summer Student Programme 2024

The process of selecting summer project students is now complete.
The selected and wait-listed students have been informed by email.
The selected students are required to respond with ACCEPT/DECLINE by 12th April, failing which the waitlist will be activated.
The next version of this programme will be open for registration in January 2025


Dear Applicant,

I thank you for your interest in the IISER Pune Summer Student Programme 2023. We received over 7000 applications for about 45 positions. You will appreciate that it was not an easy task to select the small subset of successful candidates out of all the excellent applications we received.

Please note that not receiving an email indicates non-selection.

Even if you have not been successful this time around I hope you will keep IISER Pune in mind while planning a future in research. We have integrated PhD (MS-PhD) and regular PhD programmes for students motivated by a career in research.

Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours

Ramana Athreya
Coordinator,
Summer Student Programme
IISER Pune


IISER Pune invites applications from research oriented students to participate in its Summer Student Programme, 2024. Successful applicants will have an opportunity to participate in the research programmes of IISER-Pune faculty. Research activities in IISER-Pune span both theory and experiment in biology, chemistry, data science, earth scinces, mathematics, and physics with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. These summer projects are also an opportunity for students to evaluate the suitability of various programmes at IISER-Pune (Integrated PhD and PhD) for future career choice.

This application form is meant for students of educational institutions other than those of IISER-Pune.
This web registration process is not meant for Summer fellows selected for IISER-Pune through other fellowship programmes like IASc and JNCASR.

Eligibility & Requirements

  1. Students currently (at the time of application) studying in the
      • 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of B.Sc/B.Tech/B.E or equivalent
      • 1st year of M.Sc/M.Tech or equivalent.

  2. Minimum 60% (or equivalent) in overall grades, or 80% in the particular stream(s) of interest.

  3. Selecting a project for application.
      • browse the list of available projects and identify your project of interest
        Faculty not listed in the above list of available projects WILL NOT be offering any summer projects. Please do not contact them to ask for any projects.
      • You may go through the webpages of the faculty to confirm that your interests overlap, and to obtain an idea of their research methods.
      • Every project has a requirement in terms of knowledge and skills. Please do not apply for a project that you are not equipped to undertake. It will be a waste of your time.
      • If you need further technical information on the project, send a single email to the concerned faculty. Please do not send additional emails in the absence of a response.
      • You may apply for up to 2 projects (in a single application)
      • Only the last one of multiple applications will be considered

  4. Project duration: 4-7 weeks during the period June 1st – July 21st, 2024.

Applicants must use the web-based registration form on this page (scroll below) to apply for the summer programme

Other Details

  1. IISER-Pune will support the selected summer students with a (free) room in the students' hostel.
    However, we are unable to provide any financial support to cover the cost of travel and boarding in the hostel mess (about Rs. 6000 per month)
  2. The performance of students will be evaluated at the end of the project and the same conveyed to their parent institute.
  3. The results of the selection process will be conveyed to the students by March 31st
  4. Any query regarding this programme may be addressed to sspc@iiserpune.ac.in
  5. Any problem with the web-based registration process may also be addressed to Ramana Athreya at rathreya@iiserpune.ac.in
  6. Please do not contact, either by phone or by email, the concerned faculty for selection information after you have registered.
  7. If you wish to modify your application for whatever reason simply re-register with the changed entries. We will only consider your last entry.