Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowships
Scholarship
The Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowships are designed for Indian scholars who are registered for a PhD at an Indian institution.
Important Dates
- Last date for submission of Applications: 15th May, 2019.
- National interviews of short-listed applicants in Delhi: Late August 2019
- USIEF notifies principal and alternate nominees that they are recommended. Nominees take TOEFL: Early September 2019
- USIEF forwards applications of recommended candidates to the U.S. for J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) approval and placement: October 2019
- USIEF notifies finalists: March-April 2020
- Pre-academic training in the U.S. (if required): July-August 2020
- Program begins: August-September 2020
Eligibility
- Applicant should have done adequate research in the relevant field, especially in the identification of resources in India and the U.S Applicant must be registered for his/her PhD at an Indian institution by September 1, 2018. On the online application form, one of the recommendation letters must be from the PhD supervisor that comments on the applicants’ research work and the usefulness of the fellowship, and must indicate the PhD registration date and topic;
- This grant is intended for PhD students to conduct research essential to their dissertations/thesis. Therefore, the expected Ph.D. thesis submission date should not be earlier than three months after Fulbright-Nehru grant end date. For example, if May 2021 is the grant end date, applicant cannot submit his/her thesis before August 2021. Please indicate the PhD registration date and the expected PhD thesis submission date in the Applicant Annexure.
- If the applicant is employed, s/he must follow the instructions carefully regarding employer’s endorsement. If applicable, please obtain the endorsement from the appropriate administrative authority on the FNDR Employer’s Endorsement Form. The employer must indicate that leave will be granted for the fellowship period; and
- the applicant must upload a ‘writing sample’ such as a copy of an article or paper published/presented or extracts from the Master’s/M Phil thesis in the online application form.
- These fellowships are for pre-doctoral level research. Applicants with PhD degrees or those at the final stage of PhD thesis submission will not be considered.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online mode only
Last Date
The last date for application is 15th May, 2019.
Contact Details
http://www.usief.org.in/Fulbright-Nehru-Doctoral-Research-Fellowships.aspx
United States-India Educational Foundation
12 Hailey Road
New Delhi 110 001
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: +91-11-4209-0909/2332-8944
Fax: +91-11-2332-9718