South Asia
Research area
Research type
The J. Gonda Fund Foundation – Gonda Fellowship at IIAS
Amount:
- € 2,000 EUR ($3,239.60 CAD, conversion rate on Jan 22nd, 2025), per month, over three and six months
Deadline: April 1st, annually
Duration: Three and six months
Requirements:
Citizenship: Open
General:
- The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a research and exchange platform based in Leiden, the Netherlands. It encourages the multidisciplinary and comparative study of Asia, and actively promotes national and international cooperation
- The grant for a Gonda Fellow amounts to € 2,000 per month. The IIAS will assist in finding suitable accommodation and will arrange health insurance, office facilities, visa and access to the university library.
- The costs for accommodation (if applicable), health insurance and visa will be deducted by IIAS from the grant (approx. € 800 to € 900 when accommodation is included). The remainder (approx. € 1,100 to € 1,200) will be paid out by IIAS as a stipend from the Gonda Foundation to the Gonda Fellow.
- The Gonda Fellow can also claim the travelling expenses for a roundtrip to the Netherlands at the start and end of the fellowship (economy class ticket) from the Gonda Foundation.
Eligibility:
- Indologists at post-doctorate level
- Indology, research in the field of Sanskrit, other classical Indian languages, Indian literature and Indian cultural history.
- The quality of the proposed research project will be reviewed in terms of:
- clear objectives for the research project relevant for the scholarly study of Sanskrit, other Indian languages and literature, or Indian cultural history;
- expected scientific deliverables. A residence at IIAS must lead to a book or an article or a contribution to such;
- feasibility of the working programme (including activities visits to persons and institutes in the Netherlands and time schedule); and
- added value of a stay in the Netherlands for the research project, e.g. resulting from visits to persons and institutes in the Netherlands.
Link:
https://www.knaw.nl/reglementen-fondsen-en-prijzen/regulations-gonda-fellowship-iias-0