ESRC-ICSSR India-UK Scholar Exchanges 2010

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Indian Council for Social Science Research are pleased to invite applications under the third 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 Organisation  in that country. They must also hold a PhD or equivalent qualification, and have held this for at least three years by April 2010 (i.e. since at least April 2007).

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 Grants during 2010, with arrangements for the visit to be completed by not later than December 2010, 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.

 

 

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 13 April 2010. The Exchange Scholar should work together with The Lead Collaborator to complete the application form.

 

Application and all supporting materials (1-2-page CVs of Exchange Scholar and Lead Collaborator, Letter of Invitation from Host Research Organisation)  for Indian scholars wishing to visit UK should be sent by the UK Lead Collaborators and host Research Organisation to Records Management, (Address: ESRC, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1UJ) in hard copy and to international@esrc.ac.uk and knjehangir@hotmail.com  as an email attachment.

 

 

Application and all supporting materials (1-2-page CVs of Exchange Scholar and Lead Collaborator, Letter of Invitation from Host Research Organisation) for UK scholars wishing to visit India should be sent by Indian Lead Collaborators and host  Research Organisation to knjehangir@hotmail.com  and international@esrc.ac.uk as email attachment.   

 

For details see ESRC web page:

http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/international/esrc-icssr.aspx

 

It is expected that decisions on applications will be available by late August 2010.

 

 

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Contact:

 

Any query regarding the competition should be addressed to:

International at ESRC , international@esrc.ac.uk or Dr KN Jehangir (email: knjehangir@hotmail.com  ) at ICSSR.

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