Deadline: 31 August 2015
The Child Rights and You (CRY) is currently inviting applications from the Indian researchers for its CRY Research Fellowship 2015-16, to seek a combination of formal and informal approaches to explore and discover, simple and complex truths about the interplay of culture, ethics and policies determining childhoods, encouraging a community of child rights researchers who will advocate for child rights.
Selected fellows will participate in an Initial workshop to share research plans and gain from the collective experience closer to December 2015.
The duration of the fellowship is one year.
Focus Areas
Researchers are welcome to expand and interpret themes, based on the following-
- Explorations of the relationships of the child with other children, with the state, community and the family
- Evidences of the assertion or rejection of the role of children in decision making arenas, such as home, school, work and play spaces and governing institutions
- Gather evidence on relationships between ethnicity, inequality and conflict as witnessed and/or experienced by children
- Is the `best interest principle’, a value, a constitutional right, an interpretative advocacy instrument or a rule of law?
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be-
- Indians residing in India,
- Above the age of 18 years.
- Applicants may choose to work in any Indian language including English.
Note: If your proposal is part of a submission to any academic institution or if the fellow is already receiving funding for conduct of the research proposed, it will be ineligible for this fellowship.
Grant Sizes
Up-to 5 fellowships ranging from Rs.50, 000 to Rs.1 lakh will be awarded.
How to Apply
- Applicants are requested download the Proposal & CV format for submission of applications.
- Documents to be submitted –
- A three-page proposal
- A two-page updated CV
- A sample of their published or unpublished paper/article or any documentation done on a related theme.
- Names, phone numbers and email addresses of two referees willing to furnish a reference for them.
- Applications must be submitted via email.
For more information, please visit CRY Research Fellowship.
