a) Small personal research grants: a limited number of these grants are available to cover the cost of research and fieldwork in the Indian Subcontinent in the history, antiquities, archaeology, ethnography, languages, literatures, art and culture of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and other countries of South Asia. Grants are only available for work at post- doctoral level although applicants need not necessarily hold a doctoral qualification. Applicants must be normally resident in the United Kingdom and members of the Society for South Asian Studies. Applications for maintenance costs in the UK are not acceptable.
b) Travel grants: a limited number of travel grants are available up to £500 each to cover the costs of graduates and other suitably qualified persons travelling to the Indian Subcontinent to take part in excavations and other organized fieldwork.
Applications
Applications for one of the above mentioned grants should be typed clearly on the prescribed
form and submitted before the closing dates of 15 May and 15 October each year. Further
details and forms of application are available from:
The Secretary
Society for South Asian Studies
Department of Oriental Antiquities
The British Museum
London WC1B 3DG
Great Britain