Eligibility Criteria

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) implements projects under its various programmes. The criteria for eligibility to apply under these programmes are as follows:

• Only Indian nationals can apply. This does not include PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card Holders.
• Applicants must have PAN card and one of the following for proof of identity and citizenship – Indian Passport or Aadhar Card or Voter’s ID in India.
• Only individuals can apply. Organisations of any kind cannot apply (except for non-profit schools, who can only apply under the Arts-Integrated Projects in Schools category of the Arts Education programme).
• If there are collaborators in the projects, they must also be Indian nationals.
• Persons who have a past history of financial delinquency with IFA are not eligible.
• Persons who have failed to deposit at IFA agreed deliverables from an earlier IFA grant are not eligible.
• Persons who have previously received a letter from IFA disallowing them from applying in the future for any reason are not eligible.
• Persons currently working on a project implemented by IFA are not eligible to apply. 
• More than one individual can apply if they have a joint account. If they do not, then only one among them should apply with the others as collaborators.