newindiafoundation.org : New India Foundation Fellowships

Organization : The New India Foundation
Fellowship Name : Fellowships
Applicable For : Scholars & Writers
Applicable States : All India

Website : https://newindiafoundation.org/

The Fellowships:
The core activity of the New India Foundation are the New India Fellowships, awarded to scholars and writers working on different aspects of the history of independent India.

Related / Similar Fellowship : New India Foundation Fellowship 2020

These are awarded on a eighteen-month cycle. From a large pool of several hundred applications, about twelve proposals are short-listed, with these candidates appearing before a jury. Each round, between three and six fellowships are awarded. The duration of the fellowships is twelve months. Fellows are paid Rs. 90,000 a month.

The New India Fellowships are open only to Indian nationals, including those currently living abroad. Fellowship holders are expected to write original books. Their proposals should be oriented towards final publication, and outline a road map towards that destination. The Foundation is ecumenical as regards genre, theme, and ideology: the only requirement is that the proposed works contribute to the fuller understanding of independent India. Thus Fellowship holders may choose to write a memoir, or a work of reportage, or a thickly footnoted academic study. Their books could be oriented towards economics, or politics, or culture. They could be highly specific-an account of a single decade or a single region-or wide-ranging, such as a countrywide overview.

The books that result from the New India Fellowship convey original research in an accessible manner to different constituencies. To that end, each book is published by a prestigious publishing house. The Trustees have wide experience of publishing with leading firms (Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, Blackwell, Penguin) in India and abroad.

Candidates for the New India Fellowship are sought through select advertising in leading journals. The Trustees assess the proposals and make a short list from the submissions. The shortlisted candidates are called for an interview, before a jury consisting of eminent people from the worlds of scholarship, business, and social service.

How to Apply:
Applicants for the New India Fellowships are invited to submit the following:
** CV with contact details (email ID mandatory)
** Book proposal
** Writing sample of at least 5000 words (published or unpublished)

To:
The Managing Trustee,
The New India Foundation,
22 A Brunton Road,
Bangalore 560025.

Entries may be sent by post or courier. Email applications will not be entertained.

Note:
The most recent Fellowships were awarded in December 2013. A fresh round of applications will be called for towards the latter part of 2015.