All eligible sports persons under this category will be considered for the award of scholarships.

 The value of each National level scholarship will be Rs.8400/- per annum (12 months) i.e. Rs. 700/- per month.

The applicant should be regular bonafide student of government/government recognized school/college up to 10+2 class.

The applicant should not be more than 18 years old on the first day of the competitions on the basis of which the scholarship is applied for. In case of sports persons winning medal in International official sports championship, age may be relaxed up to the 19 years on the first day of the championship, The renewal applicants will however, be considered up to the age of 19 years on the first day of the competition on the basis of which scholarship is applied for. No person more than 19 years old will be considered.

These scholarships will be decided on the basis of performance in any one of the National Sports Tournaments/championships organized by any recognized sports Federation for Seniors, Juniors and Sub-Juniors as per the International rules or the rules of the National Federation. The position holders in National School Games organized by the School Games Federation of India and All India Rural Sports Tournament, National Sports Festival for Women, North-East Sports Festival, Subroto Mukerjee Football Cup Tournament and Junior and Sub-Junior Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament will also be eligible.

Members of Winner and Runners-up teams in the above National level competitions and first/ second or third position holders in individual events will be eligible. Besides individual sports persons exhibiting outstanding performance participating in the said championship, whose team could not reach the finals may also be considered for award of scholarship based on specific recommendation by the Federations/Body organizing the tournament.

The award of these scholarships will also be subject to the candidates satisfying the minimum qualifying standards laid down for measurable events.