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INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

(Ministry of Human Resource Development)

Research Projects

ICSSR invites proposals for financial support through Project Grants for the year 2009-10. The research proposals may belong to anyone of the social science disciplines or may be interdisciplinary in nature. The recognized disciplines are :

(i) Economics/Commerce/Management/Business Administration (ii) Sociology and Social Anthropology/Social Work/Demography/Gender Studies; (iii) Political Science/International Relations/Geography/Public Administration; (iv) Psychology/Education/Criminology; (v) Others- Linguistics/Law etc.

Invitation of proposals for financial support under above disciplines includes for Northeast Region (NER) also.

The applicants are requested to indicate under which clubbing of disciplines their proposals falls.

ELIGIBILITY

1. For projects a scholar must have Ph.D. or equivalent publication and the CV must indicate capability of independent research;

2. Age: For Projects-upper age limit should preferably be 70 years.

AFFILIATION

The applicant shall be affiliated to Universities/Colleges/Institutions recognized and funded by Central/State Government. In case of other institutions/NGOs/Registered Societies, the applicant will have to furnish additional details in accordance with Annexure V of the Research grant as available on our website. Affiliation will be granted to only such institutions/NGOs which satisfy the conditions laid down in our format.

VALUE AND DURATION

Detailed financial informations about Research Project may be seen in the concerned schemes on our website. Maximum duration of a Research Project, is two years

LAST DATE

Last date for submitting research proposals for PROJECT Grant is 15th June 2009. Applications which are received after the deadline date or are incomplete in any respect will be rejected. The proposals which qualify the first round of screening by experts in the Council will be recommended for the next round of screening i. e. interaction meeting between project Director and the subject experts. A communication in this regard shall be sent to the successful applicants in due course. We expect to communicate final decision to successful candidates by August/September 2009.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE for Research Projects

Complete application, as per the prescribed format, for project Grant would include; (i) five copies of research proposal, (ii) five copies of 500-word summary of the research proposal, (iii) five copies of cost estimates (budget estimates should be as per ICSSR normes and approved rates. ), (iv) five copies of bio-data in prescribed format, (v) Letter of consent from the affiliating organization, and (vi) document containing the profile of the affiliating organization, in case of NGO/Registered Society/Unrecognized Institution only. Please see Annexures I to VI of our Research Project information as available on our Website.

Formats for research proposals with all details in respect of

Research Projects can be

downloaded from our website: www.icssr.org

Applications must be sent by registered mail, acknowledgement due, or through courier.

ICSSR does not accept applications by FAX or E-mail

Mailed or couriered applications must be postmarked not later than the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend or a public holiday, the next working day applies.

The application should be Addressed to

Director (Research Projects)

Indian Council of Social Science Research

Post Box No.10528

Aruna Asaf Ali Marg

JNU Institutional Area

New Delhi-110067

Research Programmes

The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) invites proposals from research institutes for research programmes in order to focus research on key thrust areas which are of high contemporary significance. Themes thrust area for submission of proposals for research programmes for the year 2009-10 are yet to be finalised.The proposal for this programme may be submitted only after the themes/thrust area are notified on our website.

Guidelines for submission of proposals on Research

Programmes :

Proposal for Research Programme: Formulation, Submission and General Conditions

1) An institution/group of institutions interested in carrying

out a Programme of research on a given theme, in

which it has necessary facilities and expertise, may submit

a proposal thereon to the ICSSR.

2) The institution shall suggest the name of the

Programme Coordinator and other resource persons in the

programme and furnish their curriculum vitae with major publications

including research papers/ articles published in peer reviewed Journals.

In addition, it shall provide information about the facilities and other

expertise available at the host institute.

3) The proposal for the research programme should be self-contained and should cover the rationale for running a programme.

4) Detailed phasing of the activities with a schedule of delivery.

5) Brief outlines of specific studies to be carried out.

6) Financial implication and phase-wise distribution

of expenditure:

(a) Personnel (the designation and the pay structure to be specified, (b) Field Work, (c) Travel (including travel abroad where necessary), (d) Data Processing, (e) Stationery, (f) Printing, (g) Books, Journals, Photocopies, etc. (h) Contingency, and (i) Overhead charges (7.5% of the total project cost), (j) Any Other (to be specified with full justification)

The research programme will be supervised by a Coordinator/Coordinating Committee, consisting of members of academic staff and others (where necessary) nominated by the institution. One of the members of this Committee shall be the Principal Coordinator. The research projects, under the programme, shall be directed by one or more of the members of the coordinating committee. Complete information about the coordinating committee, principal coordinator, and directors of individual projects shall be given in the proposals.

Seven copies of the proposal, complete in all respects, should be submitted to the ICSSR by 15th June 2009.

On receipt of the report of the Committee appointed for this purpose and recommendations of the Research Committee of ICSSR, the Council will make a final decision on the sanction of any such programme.

Permission to transfer a research programme from one institution to another will ordinarily not be granted. Prior approval of the ICSSR would be needed for a change of the Principal Coordinator.