Application Open for Inlaks Research and Travel Grant Opportunity 2025 by The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, The Inlaks Research and Travel Grant (IRTG) supports registered PhD students from Indian universities in undertaking short-term visits to international institutions. The grant is designed to help scholars access research materials, utilize specialized facilities, and engage with subject experts abroad.
It is exclusively available to PhD candidates pursuing research in the humanities and social sciences within Indian universities.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.
Last Date of Submission: 31st August 2025
For queries, write to ichchaporia@inlaksfoundation.org
For technical queries, write to submissions@inlaksfoundation.org
Duration and Value:
(Application Open for Inlaks Research and Travel Grant Opportunity 2025 by The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation)
The Grant offers support for a maximum of three months to undertake research at an institution, access libraries and meet with experts in the field.
It includes:
- Reasonable travel allowance reimbursable on actuals (up to USD 1,000).
- Maintenance expenses (up to USD 2,000 per month).
- Funds for buying materials and making copies of relevant literature reimbursable on actuals (up to USD 500).
- Health allowance reimbursable on actuals (up to USD 500).
- Any material collected by the candidate using the said allowance (literature, copies, instruments etc.) will become the property of the candidate’s institution for wider use.
Eligibility Criteria:
(Application Open for Inlaks Research and Travel Grant Opportunity 2025 by The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation)
- The applicant must be an Indian passport holder residing in India.
- The applicant must be born on or after 1st January 1990.
- The applicant must be a registered PhD candidate at an Indian university for at least two years but not more than three years at the time of application.
- The applicant must have a first-class Bachelor’s and Master’s degree.
- The applicant must be pursuing a PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences ONLY.
- The applicant must have proof of positive communication from the experts that they wish to engage with.
Exclusions:
(Application Open for Inlaks Research and Travel Grant Opportunity 2025 by The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation)
Applicant can only apply for either the the Inlaks Research and Travel Grant (IRTG)or the the Inlaks-Kings India Institute Studentship in any given year.
Selection Process:
(Application Open for Inlaks Research and Travel Grant Opportunity 2025 by The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation)
- The candidate will be expected to go through a two-tier selection process:
- A first round of shortlisting based on a desk review of the written application submitted.
- Second round will be an online interview with a panel of experts.
- The applicants short-listed for the interview will be informed by last week of September 2025. The final interviews will be held in early October 2025.
Terms of the Grant:
(Application Open for Inlaks Research and Travel Grant Opportunity 2025 by The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation)
- The visit should be realized within 9 months of the date of award.
- Any material collected by the selected candidates (photocopies, literature etc.) must become the property of the applicant’s institution for wider use by future scholars.
- All the above material must carry a statement regarding the support received from the ‘Inlaks Research and Travel Grant’.
- The applicant’s must submit a written report in a prescribed format to the Inlaks Foundation within a month of their return.
How to apply?
This Grant is available to PhD students pursuing research in areas of humanities and social sciences at Indian universities only.
Get full access to the grant information, visit the Official Website Link
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