[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":210},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/guidance/scholarships/national-scholarship-portal-guide":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":195,"date":196,"description":197,"downloadUrl":198,"extension":199,"format":198,"meta":200,"navigation":201,"pages":198,"path":202,"pdfUrl":198,"seo":203,"size":198,"stem":204,"subject":198,"tags":205,"year":198,"__hash__":209},"content/guidance/scholarships/national-scholarship-portal-guide.md","National Scholarship Portal (NSP) 2026-27 - Registration, OTR, and Common Errors","10 Years Question Paper Editorial Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":183},"minimark",[10,15,19,25,30,33,46,54,58,61,75,79,157,161,164,168],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"national-scholarship-portal-how-registration-actually-works","National Scholarship Portal: how registration actually works",[16,17,18],"p",{},"The National Scholarship Portal (NSP, scholarships.gov.in) is the Government of India's single application system for most central scholarship schemes, and for many state schemes too. You register once (One-Time Registration, or OTR) and then apply to whichever schemes you're eligible for each year, without re-entering your basic details.",[16,20,21],{},[22,23,24],"em",{},"Last verified: 1 September 2026. NSP's application windows and portal behavior change every year — treat dates below as illustrative, not a current-cycle deadline.",[26,27,29],"h3",{"id":28},"step-1-one-time-registration-otr","Step 1: One-Time Registration (OTR)",[16,31,32],{},"You register only once, ever, using:",[34,35,36,40,43],"ul",{},[37,38,39],"li",{},"Aadhaar number (linked to a working mobile number for OTP)",[37,41,42],{},"A bank account in your own name, seeded with the same Aadhaar",[37,44,45],{},"Your current institution's details (name, address, AISHE code if applicable)",[16,47,48,49,53],{},"After OTR, NSP issues an ",[50,51,52],"strong",{},"application ID"," — save this. You'll use it every year to log in and apply for that year's schemes, not create a new registration.",[26,55,57],{"id":56},"step-2-applying-to-a-scheme","Step 2: Applying to a scheme",[16,59,60],{},"Once registered, you select the scheme(s) you're eligible for from your dashboard, fill in academic and income details, and upload supporting documents. Most schemes require:",[34,62,63,66,69,72],{},[37,64,65],{},"Latest marksheet",[37,67,68],{},"Income certificate (issued by a competent state authority, not a self-declaration, for most schemes)",[37,70,71],{},"Caste/category certificate, where relevant",[37,73,74],{},"Bonafide/admission certificate from your current institution for the applicable year",[26,76,78],{"id":77},"common-errors-and-how-to-fix-them","Common errors, and how to fix them",[80,81,82,98],"table",{},[83,84,85],"thead",{},[86,87,88,92,95],"tr",{},[89,90,91],"th",{},"Problem",[89,93,94],{},"Likely cause",[89,96,97],{},"Fix",[99,100,101,113,124,135,146],"tbody",{},[86,102,103,107,110],{},[104,105,106],"td",{},"Aadhaar face authentication fails repeatedly",[104,108,109],{},"Poor lighting, phone camera quality, or a mismatch between Aadhaar photo and current appearance",[104,111,112],{},"Try in daylight, hold the phone steady, or use the Aadhaar mAadhaar app's authentication option if NSP offers it that year",[86,114,115,118,121],{},[104,116,117],{},"\"Institution not verified\" status stuck for weeks",[104,119,120],{},"Your school/college hasn't confirmed your enrollment on their NSP institution dashboard yet",[104,122,123],{},"Contact your institution's NSP nodal officer directly — this step is manual on their end, not automated",[86,125,126,129,132],{},[104,127,128],{},"Application shows \"rejected\" with no clear reason",[104,130,131],{},"Usually a document mismatch (income certificate date, category certificate name spelling vs Aadhaar)",[104,133,134],{},"Check every uploaded document's name/date exactly matches your Aadhaar and application form, then reapply if the window is still open",[86,136,137,140,143],{},[104,138,139],{},"Bank account not linked / DBT failure after approval",[104,141,142],{},"Account isn't Aadhaar-seeded, or is a joint account",[104,144,145],{},"Use a single-holder, Aadhaar-seeded account; ask your bank to confirm seeding status before applying",[86,147,148,151,154],{},[104,149,150],{},"Portal times out or won't load near the deadline",[104,152,153],{},"Heavy traffic in the last days before a deadline",[104,155,156],{},"Apply well before the deadline, not on the last day — this is a known yearly pattern",[26,158,160],{"id":159},"a-note-on-otr-face-authentication-issues","A note on OTR face authentication issues",[16,162,163],{},"This is one of the most-searched NSP problems, and it isn't a bug you can fix from your end most of the time — it's usually a camera/lighting issue on mobile devices with the DigiLocker/Aadhaar face-auth step. If it keeps failing, try a different device, better lighting, or the desktop OTP-based route instead of face authentication where the portal offers a choice.",[26,165,167],{"id":166},"related-reading","Related reading",[34,169,170,177],{},[37,171,172],{},[173,174,176],"a",{"href":175},"/guidance/scholarships","Full scholarship list for Class 10-12 and college students",[37,178,179],{},[173,180,182],{"href":181},"/guidance/scholarships/isc-icse-scholarships","Scholarships for ISC and ICSE students",{"title":184,"searchDepth":185,"depth":185,"links":186},"",2,[187],{"id":13,"depth":185,"text":14,"children":188},[189,191,192,193,194],{"id":28,"depth":190,"text":29},3,{"id":56,"depth":190,"text":57},{"id":77,"depth":190,"text":78},{"id":159,"depth":190,"text":160},{"id":166,"depth":190,"text":167},"Scholarships","2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","Step-by-step guide to registering on the National Scholarship Portal, completing One-Time Registration (OTR), and fixing the most common application errors.",null,"md",{},true,"/guidance/scholarships/national-scholarship-portal-guide",{"title":5,"description":197},"guidance/scholarships/national-scholarship-portal-guide",[206,207,208,195],"National Scholarship Portal","NSP","OTR","dkyB0li7FNRO9PIxf2yzSgS7diZJejOoD0_oty2HlvQ",1789457239654]