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Scheme For Award Of Senior/Junior Fellowships To Outstanding Persons In The Fields Of Culture

Ministry Of Culture

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The scheme “Scheme for Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture” was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The objective of the scheme is to provide facilities and opportunities to the artists in the fields of creative arts or for the revival of some of our traditional forms of art. The scheme would also cover artistes in rural/tribal areas. The fellowships are awarded for undertaking research oriented projects.
Under this Scheme, a maximum of 200 Junior and Senior Fellows are selected every year. Awardees are paid grant money @ ₹10,000/- and ₹20,000/- per month respectively for a period of two years. The focus of this scheme is on “in-depth study/research” in various facets of culture. These include new emerging areas of Cultural Studies.
Fields/Area:
1. Senior/Junior Fellowships in the Field of Performing, Literary and Plastic Arts.
• Performing Arts ( Music/Dance/Theatre/Folk Traditional & Indigenous Arts including Puppetry)
• Literary Arts (Travelogue/History & Theory of Literature)
• Plastic Arts (Graphics/Sculpture/Painting including Folk Paintings and Research Work on Traditional Paintings/Creative Photography)
2. Senior/Junior Fellowships in the New Areas related to Culture: In the ‘New Areas related to culture’, projects are sought in the following fields :
• Indology
• Epigraphy
• Sociology of Culture
• Cultural Economics
• Structural and Engineering Aspects of Monuments
• Numismatics
• Scientific and Technical aspects of Conservation
• Management aspects of Art and Heritage
• Studies relating to application of Science and technology in areas related to culture and creativity.
The objective is to encourage analytical application of new research techniques, technological and management principles to contemporary issues in areas related to art and culture. General and theoretical macro-studies will not be considered. The proposal should be innovative and application-oriented and preferably interdisciplinary in nature.
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