Inlaks Research and Travel Grant

The Inlaks Research and Travel Grant (IRTG) is awarded to registered PhD students at Indian universities, to undertake short term visits to institutions abroad to collect material, use facilities and consult experts. This Grant is available to PhD students pursuing research in areas of humanities and social sciences at Indian universities only. The Grant offers support for a maximum of three months to undertake research at an institution, access libraries and meet with experts in the field. It includes reasonable travel allowance (up to USD 1,000), maintenance expenses (up to USD 2,000 per month), funds for buying materials and making copies of relevant literature (up to USD 500), and health allowance (up to USD 500). The visit should be realized within 9 months of the date of award, and recipients must submit a written report to the Inlaks Foundation within a month of their return.