AISLS Dissertation Planning Grant

AISLS dissertation planning grants are designed to enable graduate students intending to do doctoral research in Sri Lanka to make a pre-dissertation visit to Sri Lanka to investigate the feasibility of their topic, sharpen their research design, or make other practical arrangements for future research. The program supports students enrolled at American universities or US citizens enrolled at foreign universities. Projects in all fields in the social sciences and humanities are eligible, and proposals are judged on their quality and the potential of the dissertation research to strengthen scholarship on Sri Lanka. Awards made to United States citizens are funded by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US State Department, while other awards are made from AISLS discretionary funds. Although language instruction is not the primary focus of these awards, successful applicants may simultaneously hold an AISLS language instruction grant.