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GRANTS FOR ORGANISING SEMINARS, CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
  
     
 
Grants for Organising Seminars, Conferences and Workshops in Social Science Research
  
   
 
ICSSR provides partial financial assistance to research institutions, colleges, university departments and other academic bodies for organization of conferences, workshops, and seminars, on themes of contemporary relevance in different disciplines of social sciences.
The financial assistance is provided on the basis of requests received from interested scholars and academic bodies in the Prescribed Proforma (see annexure I) at least three months in advance from the date of commencement of the programme. All proposals are evaluated on the basis of merit .
 
How and When to Apply ?
 
The proposal for organising the seminar, conference, workshop must be submitted in the Prescribed Proforma to the ICSSR along with budget, sources of funds, list of participants, keypaper writers and a detailed programme  for  consideration at least three months in advance from the proposed dates of the event. The proposal should mention the name of the organizer and the affiliating institution forwarding the request. Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected.
 
Regional Centres of the respective region are empowered to consider and sanction proposals upto Rs. 75,000/- and proposals may be sent to the respective Regional Centre in the address available in the Website.
Proposals which are for more than a grant of Rs. 75,000/- are considered by an Expert Committee five times a year (July, September, November, January and March).

All proposals are considered on merit and grant approved as per the recommendation of the Committee.

 
Release of Grants
 
The sanctioned grant is released in two instalments. On approval, the first instalment amounting to 95 percent of the grant is released to the organizers. The remaining 5 percent of the grant is released after submission of utilization certificate and audited statement of accounts along with other materials relating to the event.
 
Submission of Reports and Audited Statement of Accounts
 
The organizers receiving the grants are required to send following materials/documents to the ICSSR on successful completion of the event.
 
I. Two complete sets of papers presented in the seminar, workshop, conference;
   
II. Audited statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred together with the utilization certificate for the total sanctioned amount; and,
   
III. The summary of the proceedings of the programme highlighting the objectives/findings/recommendations and the names of important participants.
   
  For further details, Please contact :
 

The Officer-in-Charge  (Seminars/Conferences & Training)
 
Indian Council of Social Science Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi-110067
Ph. No:-26179840(O)
Email:- bose_shankar@hotmail.com