The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, is pleased to announce the fourth round of our annual fellowship competition...

The theme for 2005-06 is The 'Long' 1950s.

Application packets for this year's SARFP fellowship competition are now available online. http://sarn.ssrc.org/sarfp/apply.shtml

Deadline for applications: May 20, 2005!!!

Objective:
The primary intent of the fellowship is to enable successful applicants to take time off from teaching and other responsibilities to write up completed research on this topic.

Applications proposing new research or seeking support for ongoing field work will have much lower priority. Funding is offered for short-term writing fellowships (3-4 months) on topics related to this theme from scholars in any discipline of the social sciences, humanities, and related fields. The South Asia Program is particularly interested in applications from junior scholars who have had relatively fewer opportunities to attend international conferences and/or receive international fellowships and grants. Fellows are expected to use this grant to write up completed research for either publication in a peer reviewed academic journal or a book published by a scholarly press.

Theme:
By the "Fifties," we are not tied to a strict chronological period - the fifties, in different parts of South Asia, could range from 1945 until about 1965, and that indeterminacy is an element of the problematic we seek to open up. What we mean by the Fifties is the beginning of a new period in South Asian histories, in political, cultural, social and economic terms, that roughly coincides with the decade of 1950-1960.

For more information visit:
http://sarn.ssrc.org/sarfp/yr4theme.shtml

Eligibility:
The South Asia Regional Fellowship Program seeks to strengthen the link between teaching and research; hence, the competition is open only to full time faculty currently teaching in an accredited college or university.

For India:
Applicants must hold a Ph.D; for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka: Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or have an MA and at least 5 years teaching experience.

Awards range from $2,200 to $3,000 for 3-4 months, depending on rank and seniority. Selection of fellows is made by an international panel of scholars representing a variety of disciplines. As many as twenty fellowships may be awarded each year. This program is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Pending funding, all fellows will be invited to a fellows' workshop and conference at the beginning of their fellowship period. This fellowship program is operated in collaboration with five partner organizations in South Asia. The partner organization in Bangladesh is Centre for Alternatives, Dhaka; in India, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata; in Nepal, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu; in Pakistan, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad; and in Sri Lanka, Social Scientists' Association, Colombo.

The deadline for applications is May 20, 2005.
Announcement of awards will be made by the first week of October, 2005. Fellows will be expected to take up their fellowships between January and December 2006.

About South Asia Research Network (SARN):
The South Asia Research Network (SARN) has been created to promote the production, exchange and dissemination of basic research knowledge in the social sciences and humanities. This research network seeks to link researchers, scholars, teachers, students and practitioners whose primary area of interest is South Asia and South Asian Studies. The South Asia program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has set up this electronic network in an effort to facilitate access to scarce academic resources and to enable dialogue and exchange between scholars who work in and on all countries of South Asia. SARN hosts information on academic journals, reviews, archives, and libraries. It offers links to electronic publications, research notes and abstracts, and to leading research centres in the region. It provides information about research fellowships and includes updates on conferences, workshops and other forms of academic collaboration. The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a not-for-profit, independent international council dedicated to furthering scholarship and basic research worldwide. The SSRC is committed to promoting exchange and dialogue across a global community of scholars in all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. For more information see www.ssrc.org. The South Asia program works through partner organizations based in South Asia as well as from its offices in New York and Washington, D.C.

South Asia Program Social Science Research Council
2040 "S" Street, NW
Washington, DC
20009 USA

For More:
http://sarn.ssrc.org/

Note:
If you have problems downloading the application materials, you can request them from:
SSRC Regional Fellowship Program
ATTN: Rumana Monzur, Centre for Alternatives
431 Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Arts, Dhaka 1000
Tel: 880-2-9661900-59 ext. 4550 / Fax: 880-2-8615583
Email: [email protected]