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CPRG-Indian Knowledge
System Research Grants
CPRG-Indian Knowledge System Research Grant
The Center of Policy Research and Governance (CPRG), a New Delhi-based think tank, invites applications for its inaugural edition of the CPRG Indian Knowledge System Research Grant. The grant aims to support graduate students and early career researchers working on pertinent themes in Humanities and Social Sciences related to Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS).
We invite applications from postgraduate and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral researchers. The fellowship is open to students of all nationalities from Indian and foreign universities.
Overview
Funds are available for fieldwork, archival research, acquisition of primary sources (including reprography of manuscripts), research assistance, or other academic activities.
For Indian university students and researchers, grants can range from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 1,00,000. For foreign university students, grants can range from $300 to $1500. All amounts would be disbursed to an Indian bank account.
Research Themes
The following research themes are outlined for the purpose of direction. However, we invite applications pertinent to the broader theme of IKS even beyond the topics mentioned here.
Indian value systems
Research within humanities focusing on religious studies and allied/intersecting disciplines such as the study of philosophy, ethics, yoga, grammar, language and linguistics, classics, religion and science (Vedic/non-Vedic), sampradayas, intellectual history, poetics, early and medieval historiography, philology, flora and fauna, astrology and astronomy, cognitive studies, Gandhian studies, among others.
India and Modernity
Research focusing on the intersection between Indian value systems and Social Sciences in modern-day including the disciplines of sociology (caste & other social identities), political science, international relations (historical and contemporary), anthropology and diaspora studies, law and jurisprudence, economics, environment, gender studies, corporate ethics, among others.
Eligibility
Students or researchers should be affiliated with recognized universities at postgraduate level or above and must have good academic standing.
Preference would be given to projects with the viability of publication.
Preference would be given to those who have secured primary grants from elsewhere and want to use the CPRG-IKS grant to supplement them.
For doctoral students, preference would be given to those at advanced stages of their degree.
For master’s students, preference would be given to those who can demonstrate potential for further academic research.
Application Process
Applications should be made by April 21, 2022. However, We are willing to accept proposal on rolling basis.
Please submit applications through the online form available here. Applications sent through email will not be accepted.
The complete application package would consist of research proposal, CV, writing sample, and recommendation letter. Quotation and award letters should be included where necessary.
Please submit applications through the online form available here. Applications sent through email will not be accepted.
The complete application package would consist of research proposal, CV, writing sample, and recommendation letter. Quotation and award letters should be included where necessary.
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Application Guidelines
The research proposal should be 2-3 pages (Font size 12 pt.) and include the objective of the research, methodology, and its contribution to IKS. It should also include justification for resources.
CV should be a maximum of two pages. If there are multiple researchers, please include CVs of all of them.
One original and a single-authored writing sample, published or unpublished, of up to 20 pages is required.
One academic recommendation letter should be sent to scholarship@cprgindia.org, scholarshipcprg@gmail.com with the subject “Recommendation letter —Full Name of Applicant”. The referees can send the letters up to one week after the application deadline.
If primary grants are secured from other sources, a letter of the award or email confirmation from an official source should be included.
For acquiring physical resources such as manuscripts, a quotation shall be included.
For further details and questions, please email: scholarship@cprgindia.org, scholarshipcprg@gmail.com
CV should be a maximum of two pages. If there are multiple researchers, please include CVs of all of them.
One original and a single-authored writing sample, published or unpublished, of up to 20 pages is required.
One academic recommendation letter should be sent to scholarship@cprgindia.org, scholarshipcprg@gmail.com with the subject “Recommendation letter —Full Name of Applicant”. The referees can send the letters up to one week after the application deadline.
If primary grants are secured from other sources, a letter of the award or email confirmation from an official source should be included.
For acquiring physical resources such as manuscripts, a quotation shall be included.
For further details and questions, please email: scholarship@cprgindia.org, scholarshipcprg@gmail.com