ICMR Recruitment Examination 2026 for Scientist Posts

AIIMS, New Delhi invites Online Application on the behalf of ICMR, New Delhi in the prescribed form through online mode for filling up the post of Scientist-B (Non-Medical) of ICMR Headquarters & its Institutes/Centres through direct recruitment.

Post : Scientist - B (Non-Medical- Pharmacology)

Scientist-B (Non-Medical) Biomedical
No of post : 25
UR-16, OBC-4, SC-3, ST-2 (PwBD-4) with following earmarked sub-categories:
A. Blindness & Low vision-1
B. Deaf and hard of hearing-1
C. Locomotor disability-1
D. Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness-1
E. Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under A to D including deaf blindness
Pay Scale: Level -10 (Rs. 56,100 – 1,77,500) (7th CPC scale)
Age Limit: Not exceeding 35 years
Educational qualification: Masters from a recognised university in the subject related to Biomedical Sciences
Desirable: - Experience in Research & Development related to Biomedical Sciences, relevant to the job requirement* in a Govt./Public sector/Private Institutions

Scientist - B (Non-Medical- Pharmacology)
No of post : 01 UR
Age Limit : Not exceeding 35 years
Educational qualification : Masters from a recognised university in Pharmacy (Pharmacology) OR Pharm-D degree recognized by UGC/PCI
Desirable: - Experience in Research & Development related to Biomedical Sciences, relevant to the job requirement* in a Govt./Public sector/Private Institutions.
Note : For Scientists-B (Non-Medical-Pharmacology) job requirement is “pre-clinical/experimental pharmacology”.

General Conditions
1. All candidates who wish to apply for recruitment to the post of Scientist-B (Non-Medical)for ICMR Headquarters & its Institutes/Centres conducted by AIIMS New Delhi are required to apply online by clicking on Recruitment Tab on the website aiimsexams.ac.in.
2. The eligibility criteria for each posts as defined in ANNEXURE-I and vacancy position as published in ANNEXURE-II read with any subsequent notices, corrigendum, addendum will be applicable.
3. The posts carry the usual allowance as admissible to central government servants of similar status stationed at respective cities.
4. The aspiring applicants satisfying the eligibility criteria in all respect can submit their application only through ONLINE mode. The Online applications can be done through the website aiimsexams.ac.infrom 02nd February,2026 to 01st March, 2026 upto5:00 P.M. No documents, including the online application form,are required to be sent in Physical form. Any kind of Physical document regarding registration will be treated as null and void and will be destroyed. However, all the applicants are advised to keep a copy of the Application Form with them, along with proof of payment, for their records. Correction in registration will not be considered through any mode i.e. Email/letter. Hence, candidates are advised to fill their registration form carefully as no correction will be allowed after specified dates as per the procedure.
5. The Online portal for application will be closed by 05:00 PM on 01st March, 2026. The candidature of applicants who fail to complete the online application by the stipulated date and time will not be considered and rejected. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained. However, those who have paid the examination fee by the closing date may be allowed to edit during the opening of the edit panel.
6. Reason for rejection/Status of application: Only for candidates requiring correction during status in Registration OR Completion of application form only for those who had made payment, the edit panel will be available from 10.03.2026 to 13.03.2026. Applicants may note that further correspondence will NOT be entertained in this regard. Change in reservation categories applied is not allowed once registration fees are submitted. Candidature will be cancelled in case found incorrect information at any stage of recruitment process.
7. The edit window is not an extension of the date, and the last date of online registration as published shall be treated as the last/closing date for application form.Candidates are advised to self-check their eligibility before applying to any post to escape from denial after selection.
8. As the examination will be conducted without any scrutiny of eligibility, a candidate will be treated as disqualified from beginning in case ineligibility detected at any stage of recruitment process.
9. Those applying in response to this advertisement should satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the posts applied for. They must fulfil all the eligibility criteria as on closing date of online submission of applications, failing which their application will be summarily rejected. Required educational qualification/experience should be completed on or before the last date of the online submission of the application. Likewise, the candidate must have completed the duration of desired experience on or before the cut-off date,i.e. last date of submission of the online application. Candidature of applicants not meeting the eligibility conditions will be cancelled at any stage of the recruitment process without any notice.
10. The candidate must ensure that images of the photo, signature and thumb impression should be as per the guidelines mentioned in the ‘Upload Image Instructions’ given in the General links and are visible clearly in the preview at the time of filling outan application in online mode. If the photo/signature/thumb impression image is not as per instructions given in the ‘Upload Image Instructions’ in that case, your application will be rejected. Due diligence and care should be taken while uploading images of photo, signature and thumb impression.

11. Educational qualification certificates/Category Certificates etc. must be submitted as and when required by ICMR and also on the day of document verification, failing which candidature will be cancelled. No additional time will be allowed for submission and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
12. The detailed information viz. (date of uploading of status of application, date of uploading of admit card etc.) related to conduct of examination and result of CBT examination will be uploaded by the Examination Section, AIIMS, New Delhi in due course of time on the website aiimsexams.ac.in. Candidates are advised to download their admit card from AIIMS website www.aiimsexams.ac.inas no admit card will be sent by post.
13. The candidates are advised to bring admit card downloaded from AIIMS website at the time of online (CBT) mode examination and hand over the same to the invigilator after completing the examination, failing which their candidature/performance in the online (CBT) mode examination will not be considered.
14. The original certificates/documents of provisionally qualified candidates will be verified by ICMR. All candidates must note that it is assumed that you are in possession of all required certificates to substantiate your eligibility on the day of the online application/day by which is required to be submitted by ICMR as per validity published in this advertisement, including category certificate/ employer NOC, qualifying certificates etc., and are mandatorily required to submit as and when demanded. No additional time will be granted to obtain a certificate from issuing authority. The decision of the ICMR at the allocated Institute shall be final in this regard.
15. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.
16. After selection on any advertised posts, place of posting will be subject matter of competent authority of ICMR.
17. In anticipation of the huge number of applicants, scrutiny of the eligibility criteria, category certificate etc. may not be undertaken at the time of recruitment examination. Based on the declaration made by the candidate in their online application form, they will be provisionally declared eligible to appear for Online (Computer Based Test) Recruitment Examination. However, a preliminary scrutiny will be made based on information provided in the application form before CBT (Online Test)/Interview/Result. Therefore, the applications are accepted provisionally only. The candidates are advised to go through the requirements of educational qualification, age, experience etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible as mentioned in the advertisement before applying. Candidature will be cancelled at any stage if any information or claim is not found substantiated including when the scrutiny of documents is undertaken by ICMR.
18. All selection will be made in order of merit obtained in Written/CBT test and Interview. Qualified/Selected candidates are subject to document verification in online/offline mode as prescribed including verification by ICMR from original & others.
19. If anyone is found not fulfilling the prescribed qualification / experience and any other eligibility criteria as per the Advertisement/Recruitment Rules, at any stage of process, his/her candidature will be treated as cancelled without any further notice and post will be forfeited.
20. In case where a candidate is claimed any reservation category in his/her application form and allotted post and fails to produce valid category certificate as and when required, the candidature will be cancelled without any further notice and seat will be forfeited. No claim on any posts will be entertained.
21. Any dispute in regard to any matter referred to herein shall be subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts only.

Application Fees
A) General/OBC Candidates - Rs.3000/- (Rupees Three Thousand Only)
B) SC/ST Candidates/EWS - Rs.2400/- (Rupees Twenty-Four Hundred Only)
C) Persons with Disabilities - Exempted
• Thecandidate can pay the prescribed application fee through DEBIT CARD/CREDIT CARD/ NETBANKING. Transaction / Processing fee, if any, as applicable, will be payable to the bank by the candidate.
• Application fee, once remitted, shall not be refunded under any circumstances.
• Applications without the prescribed fee would not be considered and summarily rejected

Centre of Examination : The Recruitment Examination will be conducted in Delhi / NCR only.

Pattern, Scheme& Syllabus of Examination
Scheme of Examination 1. Stage-I: Written/CBT Examination;
2. Stage-II: Interview.
1. Stage-I : Written/CBT Test – 100 marks
There will be a set of 100 objective type questions. Each question will consist of 4 options with one single correct option. Each correct response will get a score of 1 mark and wrong will be awarded 1/3 negative marking. No marks will be awarded for the unanswered questions or marked for review. Distribution of 100 objective questions is as follows: - 100 questions will be asked in the field/discipline of Research Methodology (Basics), Basic Biostatistics, Validity & reliability of diagnostic & screening tests, Bioethics, Communicable Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Reproductive & Child Nutrition, Logical reasoning, General Knowledge & English language aptitude.
Note :- Written/CBT (Stage-I) will be qualifying in nature and the final selection/merit will be prepared only on the basis of performance of candidates in the Interview.
Unless otherwise expressly mentioned, the crucial date of determining eligibility shall be the last date of closing of application.
ICMR Recruitment Examination for Scientist-B (Non-Medical) posts
Qualifying Criteria : Candidates obtaining 50% or more marks in CBT/Written (Stage-I)will be treated as qualified for Stage-II i.e. Interview. However, the cut-offs marks for SC/ST/PwBD will be 45%. The Medium of Written/CBT Examination will be English only. No clarification will be offered on technical aspect of questions during examination. If any discrepancy in any question is found in the Recruitment Examination, the candidate is advised to raise a query through the link enabled in their MyPage under section Representation for Questions (RFQ). The link will remain enabled for 24 hours after the completion of the Examination.
2. Stage II : Interview - Interview will be conducted by ICMR, New Delhi. Final scrutiny of document will be done at the time of document verification by ICMR, New Delhi. The total number of candidates eligible to be called for the interview will be five (5) times the number of posts advertised in various categories (UR/EWS/SC/ST/OBC/PWBD) based on merit in Stage-I.

Closing Date (Last date) for Online Registration : 01st March, 2026 Upto 5:00 PM
Date of status of application form for acceptance to appear in examination : 10thMarch, 2026
Submission of NOC for applicant working in Government/Semi or Quasi Government/PSUs/Autonomous Bodies or any institution funded by Government : 10thMarch, 2026