The competition is open to Yale undergraduates in all disciplines. Grants are administered by the South Asian Studies Council at the MacMillan Center. Awards generally range from $2,000 to $2,500 and can be applied to travel, room and board, and other legitimate research expenses.
Priority will be given to students with demonstrated academic commitment to South Asia. Awardees of the fellowship have to submit a two to three page report of their research by October 1, 2014. In addition, awardees may be asked to offer a seminar or presentation of their results upon their return to Yale.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to see that the complete application, including letter of recommendation and transcripts, reaches us by the deadline; applications cannot be considered without this information.
Applicants will be notified of the Committee’s decision by late April.
For more information contact the South Asian Studies Council at 436-3517.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All undergraduate students must adhere to the Yale University International Travel Policy. For more information go to http://www.yale.edu/yalecol/international/travel/policy.html
Yale University policy requires that certain types of research projects involving human subjects be reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to the start of the study to ensure that the project meets University Policy and any other applicable regulations. To see if your project needs to be reviewed, for advice on working with human subjects, and for more information about the IRB process and requirements go to http://www.yale.edu/hsc/Investigator/Student_projects.pdf.