Social Science Research Council

South Asia Regional Fellowship Program (SARFP)

Objective: The primary intent of the fellowship is to enable successful applicants to take time off from teaching and other responsibilities to write up completed research on this topic. Applications proposing new research or seeking support for ongoing field work will have much lower priority. Funding is offered for short-term writing fellowships (3-4 months) on topics related to this theme from scholars in any discipline of the social sciences, humanities, and related fields.

The South Asia Program is particularly interested in applications from junior scholars who have had relatively fewer opportunities to attend international conferences and/or receive international fellowships and grants. Fellows are expected to use this grant to write up completed research for either publication in a peer reviewed academic journal or a book published by a scholarly press.

Theme: By the "Fifties," we are not tied to a strict chronological period—the fifties, in different parts of South Asia, could range from 1945 until about 1965, and that indeterminacy is an element of the problematic we seek to open up. What we mean by the fifties is the beginning of a new period in South Asian histories, in political, cultural, social and economic terms, that roughly coincides with the decade of 1950-1960.
For more information go to: http://southasia.ssrc.org/ sarfp/yr4theme .

Eligibility: The South Asia Regional Fellowship Program seeks to strengthen the link between teaching and research; hence, the competition is open only to full time faculty currently teaching in an accredited college or university. Applicants from India: must hold a Ph.D.; from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: must hold either a Ph.D. or have an MA with at least 5 years teaching experience.

Awards range from $2,200 to $3,000 for 3-4 months, depending on rank and seniority. Selection of fellows is made by an international panel of scholars representing a variety of disciplines. As many as twenty fellowships may be awarded each year. This program is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

Please email queries to sur@ssrc.org.