The government scholarship are primarily categoried into 2 types: centrally funded government scholarship and state funded government scholarship.While the centrally funded scholarship are sponsored by the government of India and disbursed by the different states,the state funded scholarship are sponsored and disbursed by respective state's government.While most of the central and state government scholarship are available on the NSP,a dedicated online portal for scholarship implementation and disbursement,there are some states which have their respective scholarship portals through which the students can avail government scholarship. National Scholarship Portal(www.scholarships.gov.in) will be opened for online application in the month of June-july every year.Class 12 pass out students of the current academic year,who are above 80 percentile of the respective State Education Boards are eligible under the scheme and can apply on NSP,before the cut-off date.The online applications would be verified at 2 levels(By the Institute where the student is studying,By the respective State Education Board). Applicant is required to submit requisite documents,such as Class 12 marksheet,Income certificate to the institute

To apply for scholarship you have to follow this: You have to click on the option 'student login' on the home page of NSP.Fill up the application as per the instructions given by the system then click on save button.After saving you will get a Temporary ID The system will instruct the applicant to submit his/her Temporary ID and dob to fill subsequent details.once the registration is complete click on submit button.