Fellowship Competition
2009-2010
Deadline: 1 July 2008
The American Institute of Indian Studies is a cooperative, non-profit organization of fifty-nine American colleges and universities that supports the advancement of knowledge and understanding of India, its people, and culture.
Applications to conduct research in India may be made in the following categories:
Junior Research Fellowships . Available to doctoral candidates at U.S. universities in all fields of study. Junior Research Fellowships are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue their dissertation research in India. Junior Research Fellows establish formal affiliation with Indian universities and Indian research supervisors. Awards are available for up to eleven months.
Senior Research Fellowships . Available to scholars who hold the Ph.D. or its equivalent. Senior Fellowships are designed to enable scholars in all disciplines who specialize in South Asia to pursue further research in India. Senior Fellows establish formal affiliation with an Indian institution. Short-term awards are available for up to four months. Long-term awards are available for six to nine months. A limited number of humanists will be granted fellowships paid in dollars funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships . Available to established scholars who have not previously specialized in Indian studies and to established professionals who have not previously worked or studied in India. Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellows are formally affiliated with an Indian institution. Awards may be granted for periods of six to nine months.
Senior Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships . Available to accomplished practitioners of the performing arts of India and creative artists who demonstrate that study in India would enhance their skills, develop their capabilities to teach or perform in the U.S., enhance American involvement with India’s artistic traditions, and strengthen their links with peers in India. Awards will normally be for periods of up to four months, although proposals for periods of up to nine months can be considered.
Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply for AIIS fellowships as long as they are either graduate students or full-time faculty at a college or university in the U.S. Citizens of the United States, however, can apply for senior fellowships even if they are not affiliated with an institution of higher education in the U.S.
Fellowships for U.S. citizens are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (also available to permanent residents); the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States State Department and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers under the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended; and the Smithsonian Institution. Some fellowships for non-U.S. citizens and artists can be funded from the AIIS Rupee Endowment in India. Fellowships for six months or more may include limited coverage for dependents.
For application and further information, please contact:
American Institute of Indian Studies
1130 East 59th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(773) 702-8638
email: aiis@uchicago.edu
www.indiastudies.org
Member Institutions
American University
Amherst College
Arizona State University
Brown University
Carleton College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Charleston
Columbia University
Cornell University
Emory University
Harvard University
Independent Scholars of South Asia
Indiana University
Kansas State University
Loyola Marymount University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
New School University
New York University
North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies
Northern Arizona University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Rutgers University
Stanford University
SUNY, Stony Brook
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas A & M University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
University of Dayton
University of Florida
University of Hawaii
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of Texas
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Yale University