Sunday, September 25, 2016

Vina Mazumdar Memorial Award

VMMF- IAWS Young Research Scholars’ Award 

Vina Mazumdar Memorial Fund (VMMF) @ Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS)
&
Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) 
Invite Entries of Published Papers/Articles for the first 
Annual VMMF- IAWS Young Research Scholars’ Award

Eligibility Criteria:
  • Entries are to be research papers based on work in any social science and humanities discipline - published or accepted for publication in peer reviewed journals 
  • The work should focus on Women/Gender in South Asia. 
  • The period of publication (or acceptance for publication) from which entries will be considered should be between 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016 
  • Scholars/Authors should be based in India 
  • The age of the awardee is to be not more than 35 years 
  • Entries may be sent along with proof of age, residence and institutional location in India 
The last date for receipt of papers is: 15th December 2016

The jury will comprise of distinguished scholars nominated by the VMMF and the IAWS.

The selected scholar will be given an award of Rs. 20,000/- Senior scholars may encourage/forward applications of their students or other young scholars.

The award for 2015-16 will be presented at the National Conference of the IAWS scheduled to be held in Chennai from January 22nd-25th 2017.

The paper should be sent by email to: director@cwds.ac.in

By Post: 
The Director, CWDS, 25 Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi-110001