--Applicants who apply to other institutions for support for the same project will not be disqualified, provided they inform Sarai if and when support is being sought (or has been obtained) from another institution. The applicants should also inform Sarai about the identity of the other institution.



What Do You Need To Send, Where and When?


There are no application forms. Simply send us by postal mail your:


1. Name(s), email address(es), phone(s), and postal address(es).


2. Proposal (not more than 1200 words) including details of the subject, process, mode of public presentation and rationale for the research. Your proposal will be greatly strengthened if you are also able to indicate the kinds of materials that you think your research project would be able to generate for the Sarai archive. In the past, fellows have submitted transcripts of interviews, photographs, recordings, printed matter, maps, multimedia and posters, related to the subject of their study, to this archive.


3. Two work samples: if possible, the samples of previous work done should give us a sense of your preferred mode of public presentation for this project (e.g., academic research paper, narrative prose, multimedia, video, performance, photography, installation, sound recording, "creative" writing, prototype design, combinations of the above, etc.) and also suggest to us how you might understand your upcoming research process for this fellowship. The work samples can—but do not necessarily have to—make reference to the current research topic.

4. A clear work plan (not more than one page) with, if possible, a month-by-month breakdown of the research work.


5. An updated CV (not more than two pages) for each applicant.


--Send these to: ATTN: I-FELLOWS PROPOSAL 2005-2006, Independent Fellowship Programme, Sarai, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054, India.

--Enquiries: vivek@sarai.net for English proposals, ravikant@sarai.net for Hindi proposals.

--Last date for submission: proposals should be postmarked on or before Monday, October 31, 2005.

--The list of successful proposals for 2005-2006 will be announced on the Sarai website, and on Sarai's email list, reader-list@sarai.net, towards the end of December 2005. For more details on joining the reader-list, please visit www.sarai.net and click on "LISTS@Sarai".


Who Can Apply?

There is absolutely no pre-qualification required for application to the Sarai-CSDS Independent Fellowship. Sarai invites independent researchers, media practitioners, working professionals, software designers and programmers, urbanists, architects, artists and writers, as well as students (postgraduate level and above) and university/college faculty to apply for support for research-driven projects.


What Other Fellowships Does Sarai Offer?


Sarai offers an exciting "Student Stipendship" for students at academic institutions wishing to pursue closely mentored and innovative research (contact: sadan@sarai.net) and a "FLOSS Independent Fellowship" for programmers and coders wishing to develop free and open source software (contact: gora@sarai.net). Please note that the Sarai Media Fellowships have been discontinued.



*MORE INFORMATION*



**New Directions for the Independent Fellowship Programme in 2006**


The new design for the Independent Fellowships will include:

--Systematic and regular monthly offline meets for fellowship holders in each of our major metros.

--Use of a list dedicated to discussion and critique in Hindi.

--Facilitation of more interaction, both from Sarai and also between fellowship holders in different locations.