Request for Proposals: Arts Research | Deadline Extended: August 13, 2021 (CLOSED)
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
announces
Request for Proposals
for the
Arts Research programme
Application Deadline: Friday, August 13, 2021
The Arts Research programme engages scholars, researchers, and practitioners to research various histories and expressions of artistic practices in India. It seeks to foster wider perspectives, understandings, interpretations and engagements in the arts.
We invite proposals for our Arts Research programme from researchers and practitioners who are interested in undertaking research projects, implemented by IFA. These projects could investigate marginalised or relatively unexplored areas; intend to create spaces for dialogue between theory and practice; offer new readings of artistic practices; and use interdisciplinary approaches to break new conceptual ground, among other things.
IFA specifically encourages projects in Indian languages other than English so as to contribute to the discourse in various language contexts.
Research projects should have clear research objectives, in-depth background survey, critical research questions, rigorous methodologies, and specific outcomes that will be shared in the public domain. The outcomes could be books, essays, films, websites, multimedia exhibitions, etc.
Who can apply?
The programme is open to proposals from individual scholars, researchers, and practitioners, across disciplines. You are eligible to apply if you are an Indian national. Your collaborators need to be Indian nationals, too. (For more on the eligibility criteria, please click here.)
Please note that all selected projects will be implemented by IFA.
Application process
You may choose to write your proposal in any Indian language, including English. IFA staff would be happy to answer any questions regarding this programme. You can approach us to discuss your ideas for suggestions and comments before sending in your final proposal.
Your proposal will be assessed with the help of external evaluators, and all decisions on the selection made by IFA will be final.
Please include the following in your proposal:
- The content of the proposal should have clear research objectives, an in-depth background survey, critical research questions, rigorous methodologies, and specific outcomes;
- Supporting material, if any, which gives us a sense of your work;
- Your curriculum vitae;
- A detailed breakdown of budget that explains how funds will be utilised. Please also mention funding anticipated from other sources, if any; and
- Your address, telephone numbers, and e-mail address
Duration of the Project
Your project may have a minimum duration of one year and a maximum duration of one year and six months.
Budget
You can request for support up to Rs 4,00,000/-
You may budget for an honorarium of Rs 12,000/- per month subject to a maximum limit of Rs 1,44,000/- for the entire duration of the project. Please note that the total budget is inclusive of the honorarium.
Deadline
You can send us your proposal for suggestions and comments by email. However, please note that your final proposal, including your curriculum vitae and supporting material, should reach us before or on August 13, 2021.
General Information
- Our funds will cover only project-related personnel costs, activities and travel, and can provide for modest equipment rental and materials, if necessary. Please ensure that each budget category pertains to a specific item of project-related expenditure
- Please do not budget for institutional overheads, building costs, or infrastructural development. We do not support the buying of equipment either, but if you must buy equipment for the project, you must return it to IFA after the project is completed
- If your proposal is shortlisted, you may be requested to respond to questions that arise out of the evaluation process
- The selected projects, implemented by IFA, will be announced in January 2022
Proposal Submission
Your final proposals must be sent online in a single email not more than 25 MB to Tanveer Ajsi, Senior Programme Officer, Arts Research, at tanveerajsi@indiaifa.org with the Subject Line: Project Proposal for Arts Research
Phone number: 7619242711 (between 10:00 AM and 04:00 PM, Monday to Friday)
The Arts Research programme is closed for the year 2021-2022.