Only online applications will be accepted at https://i3cbricphd.rcb.ac.in/, which includes payment of an application fee of Rs. 500/-, if applicable. SC/ST/PwBD/EWS candidates are exempted from payment of the application fee. The selection process is likely to be as per the following schedule:
| Application deadline | June 15, 2025 |
| Intimation to shortlisted candidates for 1st interview (online) | June 19, 2025 |
| First interview (online) | June 25-26, 2025 |
| Announcement of results for candidates selected for 2nd interview | June 28, 2025 |
| Second interview (at RCB, in person) | July 14-15, 2025 |
| Interaction of selected and waitlisted candidates with iBRIC+ institutions (in person at RCB) | July 16-18, 2025 |
| Declaration of final results | July 18, 2025 |
| Deadline for selected candidates to accept offer by email and pay fees online | July 22, 2025 |
| Offers sent to waitlisted candidates | July 23, 2025 |
| Deadline for waitlisted candidates to accept offer by email and pay fees online (one day each for subsequent WLs until all seats are filled) | July 26, 2025 onward (TBA) |
| Registration, enrolment and fellowship activation of all scholars who have accepted the offer (at the allotted iBRIC+ institutions) | July 23-31, 2025 |
| All scholars report to RCB for orientation and commencement of the coursework | August 1, 2025 |
The selected students will be required to activate their respective Ph.D. fellowships directly through their respective parent iBRIC+ institutions. During the scholars' stay at RCB in the first semester, RCB will provide the monthly attendance record to the respective institutions to facilitate fellowship disbursement from the funding agencies. Selected students will be housed at RCB-administered accommodation for the first semester, during which all campus facilities available to RCB students will be made available. These include twin shared, off- campus leased accommodation, transport to and from the campus, meal facilities, access to campus medical and counselling facilities, and access to library, IT, and sports facilities.