Different grants and full details below….
Seed for Change Student Grant Competition (Deadline 2/7)
Awards up to $30,000 to Catalyze Change in India The Seed for Change (SFC) student competition provides monetary prizes to bold, creative ideas that have the potential for widespread impact in India. The SFC competition aims to develop a vibrant ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting interdisciplinary student projects that could positively impact social,…
Student Highlight: Yang Qu wins top prize from China Times Cultural Foundation’s Young Scholar Award.
On October 3rd, the China Times Cultural Foundation announced the 10 recipients of this year’s Young Scholar Award on its website. Yang Qu won the top award “Ms. Yu Tsai Yuhui Special Award” and will receive a scholarship of USD 10,000 to support his dissertation research. Founded in 1986 by Chi-Chung Yu, the China Times Cultural…
Student Highlight: Yang Qu receives Doctoral Fellowship from The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
Yang Qu, studying South Asian Studies with a secondary field in CompLit, received a Doctoral Fellowship for the research project, “Obsession with India: Literature, Spirituality, the Quest for Alternative Modernity in Early Twentieth Century China,” from The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF). (http://www.cckf.org/en/news/2024052002)…
Mittal Faculty Feature: Richard Wolf
The Mittal Institute recognizing the people, programs, and talks that stood out https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/category/news/faculty/…
Mittal Faculty Feature: Sugata Bose
The Mittal Institute recognizing the people, programs, and talks that stood out https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/category/news/faculty/ Watch his full talk…
Mittal Faculty Feature: Diana Eck
The Mittal Institute recognizing the people, programs, and talks that stood out https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/category/news/faculty/ Watch her full talk…
Student Highlight: Seton Uhlhorn Fulbright Recipient
Seton Uhlhorn, a doctoral candidate in the Department of South Asian Studies, has been selected as a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Grant. This grant aims to foster mutual understanding between the people of the United States and India through educational and cultural exchange. During her grant period, she will spend ten months in…
Student Highlight: Afiya Rahman awarded 2024 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies
After reviewing many excellent submissions, the Selection Committee has chosen Afiya Rahman ’24 (Social Studies and South Asian Studies)as the winner of the 2024 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies for her thesis entitled, “We Are Children of Genocide: Charting Transnational Solidarity and Racial Politics in the Bangladeshi Diaspora.” Afiya conducts an impressive and…