BySukant Deepak

August 7, 2022 (IANSlife) The New India Foundation in Bangalore will open the call for applications to the 11th round of NIF Fellowships on August 9.

One-of-its-kind fellowship open for Indian nationals (including those living abroad), they aim to sponsor outstanding non-fiction works on Post-Independent India by talented scholars and writers. So far, the NIF Fellowships have led to the publication of 28 award-winning and critically acclaimed books published by the leading publishing houses in the country.

Apart from a stipend of 18 Lakh (per annum) to each fellow, the foundation provides end-to-end support including editorial and publishing support. Usually, about eight to ten fellows are selected
from a large pool of submissions.

The last round opened in 2020, although the pandemic affected nearly all walks of life, however, the NIF Fellowships saw a huge surge in applications, and gave away the highest (eleven) fellowships so  far.

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Sukant Deepak can be contacted at sukant.d@ians.in