Arts Research Programme in India

Deadline: 31-Aug-22

The India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) has announced the applications for the Arts Research Programme to engage scholars, researchers, and practitioners to research the various histories and expressions of artistic practices in India.

It seeks to foster wider perspectives, understandings, interpretations and engagements in the arts.

Funding Information

• Your project may have a minimum duration of one year and a maximum duration of one year and six months.
• You can budget up to Rs 5,00,000/-

Eligibility Criteria

• The programme is open to proposals from individual scholars, researchers, and practitioners, across disciplines. You are eligible to apply if you are an Indian national. Your collaborators need to be Indian nationals, too.
• India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) implements Projects under its various programmes. The criteria for eligibility to apply under these programmes are as follows:
  • Only Indian nationals can apply. This does not include PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card Holders.
  • Applicants must have PAN card and one of the following for proof of identity and citizenship – Indian Passport or Aadhar Card or Voter’s ID in India
  • Only individuals can apply. Organisations of any kind cannot apply
  • If there are collaborators in the projects, they must also be Indian nationals
  • Persons who have a past history of financial delinquency with IFA are not eligible
  • Persons who have failed to deposit at IFA agreed deliverables from an earlier IFA grant are not eligible
  • Persons who have previously received a letter from IFA disallowing them from applying in the future for any reason are not eligible
  • More than one individual can apply if they have a joint account. If they do not, then only one among them should apply with the others as collaborators.

For more information, visit http://indiaifa.org/whats-new/ar-rfp-july2022.html