Call for Applications
The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center announces the 30th Agehananda 31st Annual Bharati Memorial Scholarship Award competition for graduate students interested in learning about and studying South Asia. The grant award can be used for such activities as field work, archival research, creating or purchasing data sets, internship expenses, language training, online courses, and travel that leads to a deeper understanding of South Asia. Graduate students pursuing PhDs in the Maxwell School are preferred, but students from other schools or colleges may apply.
We anticipate awarding 3-5 grants for 20232024. Only activities concerning the countries of South Asia are eligible. Grants Awards will range roughly from $1000 to $2000. The awards are competitive. Proposals will be judged on the basis of (i) the relevance of the proposed activity to learning about South Asia and (ii) the appropriateness and feasibility of the plan in relation to the student's background and qualifications.
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Applications will be due on TuesdayFriday, February 28October 20, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET.
You may apply for more than one graduate student research grant from the Moynihan Institute, but you will not receive more than one in a given year from the Institute. Awards are ranked separately, so if your proposal is accepted by more than one committee, you will be awarded the better opportunity. If you win an award this year, you may apply for this or another award next year.
History of the Bharati Memorial
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Agehananda Bharati was not only a professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University for 30 years and the Ford/-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, but also a world-renowned expert in the cultural anthropology of South Asia.
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Prof. Bharati joined the Maxwell faculty in 1961 as an assistant professor of anthropology. He was promoted to associate professor in 1964 and to full professor in 1968. He chaired the anthropology department from 1971 to 1977 and was acting chair during the spring semester of 1985. In 1991, he was named the Ford/-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies and also was presented with the Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement.
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