This call is now closed.
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Indian Council for Social Science Research are pleased to invite applications under the second call for India-UK scholar exchanges.
The purpose of the scheme is to strengthen the quality and potential of research in both countries by building greater research interaction. The scheme is aimed at established scholars in either country to undertake clearly specified research collaborations between India and UK. Funding will be available for academic visits of 1-3 months to recognised research organisations, including universities and research institutes.
Exchange Scholars must be ordinarily resident in the appropriate country and employed, with an appointment of at least three years, in a research or academic position in a recognised research or academic institution in that country. They must also hold a PhD or equivalent qualification, and have held this for at least three years by April 2009 (ie since at least April 2006).
The Councils are particularly interested in applicants about to be able to make major contributions in their research area. The Councils are concerned to encourage applicants who have established, begun to establish, or are on the verge of establishing, international recognition in their research field.The Councils expect to be able to make up to 10 awards during 2009, with arrangements for the visit to be completed by not later than December 2009, and the visit to be taken up during academic year 2009-10. The Councils expect but do not require that five of the exchange visits will be to the UK and the other five to India.
For details of the funded Exchange Scholars for 2008, please refer to the Related Information links on the right hand side of this page.
How to make an application:
Proposals should be submitted on the ESRC-ICSSR Scholar Exchanges Application Form (Word). The deadline for proposals is at 4 pm local time on Tuesday 14 April 2009. The Exchange Scholar should work together with The Lead Collaborator to complete the application form.
Applications for Indian scholars wishing to visit UK have to be submitted by their UK collaborators to ESRC.
Application and all supporting materials (1-2-page CVs of Exchange Scholar and Lead Collaborator, Letter of Invitation from Host institution) should be sent to The Records Management, ESRC in hard copy and to international@esrc.ac.uk as email attachment.
Applications for UK scholars wishing to visit India have to be submitted to ICSSR.
Application and all supporting materials (1-2-page CVs of Exchange Scholar and Lead Collaborator, Letter of Invitation from Host institution) should be send as email attachment to jehangirkn@hotmail.com.
It is expected that decisions on applications will be available by late August 2009.
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