Overview
The AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES is a cooperative, non-profit organization
of sixty-two American colleges and universities that supports the advancement of knowledge and understanding of India, its people, and culture. AIIS welcomes applicants from a wide variety of disciplines. It especially encourages applicants in fields such as Development Studies, Natural Resources Management, Public Health, and Regional Planning.
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 bythe 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 if they are not affiliated with an institution of higher
education in the U.S. The fellowship competition is open to all applicants and is NOT restricted to
applicants from AIIS member institutions. 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.
Applications can be downloaded from :
www.indiastudies.org
For 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
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