CCRT - MINISTRY OF CULTURE - JUNIOR AND SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS

1. Applicant for senior Fellowship should not be the recipient of pension from Ministry of Culture under the scheme for grant of financial assistance to artistes in indigent circumstances.
2. An applicant should not have availed of the same fellowship earlier. However an applicant who had been awarded a Junior Fellowship can apply for a Senior Fellowship, provided 5 years have elapsed after the closure of the earlier project.
3. Graduation is the minimum educational qualification for applicants in the fields/areas listed of the Scheme.

No information available. How to apply-

1. Login to http://www.indiaculture.nic.in
2. Click on MoC Schemes Application.
3. Click on Registration.
4. Fill up the Registration Form.
5. Get Username and Password for Login (Save it safely & remember it).
6. Go to current scheme status.
7. Click on the appropriate Scheme.
8. Fill up the form and submit (Save a copy for yourself for any further references) Please note that only ON-LINE Application will be accepted. For further details, please check: https://indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/Schemes/advertisement-followship-eng-09092019.pdf

1. Applications for award for Fellowship will be invited every year, through advertisement. Applicants are required to submit online applications on the Website of the Ministry i.e. www.indiaculture.nic.in or CCRT i.e. www.ccrtindia.gov.in
2. If the applicants are employed in Central/State Government Departments/Institutions/Undertaking/University etc., they will have to take leave for a period of 2 years for the period of the Fellowship. They should submit their fellowship applications through the head of Department/Institution/ Undertaking/University etc. with the written assurance that in case the fellowship is sanctioned, the candidate will be granted leave for the duration of the Fellowship. The first installment of the Fellowship will be released on production of proof of leave sanctioned, in addition to other conditions as applicable.
3. An Expert-Committee comprising experts in different fields will be constituted by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, which would in the first stage examine all applications and shortlist the most meritorious among them for eventual selection of the required number of Fellows in different fields/areas.
4. Short-listed Junior Fellowship candidates will be called for an interview/talk by the Expert Committee who will then select the most meritorious candidates up to the required number of Junior Fellowships in different fields/areas. No such interview/talk would be necessary in the case of Senior Fellowships. Other Info Fields Senior/Junior Fellowships in the Field of Performing, Literary and Plastic Arts.
5. Performing Arts ( Music/Dance/Theatre/Folk Traditional & Indigenous Arts including Puppetry)
6. Literary Arts (Travelogue/History & Theory of Literature)
7. Plastic Arts (Graphics/Sculpture/Painting including Folk Paintings and Research Work on Traditional Paintings/Creative Photography) Senior/Junior Fellowships in the New Areas related to Culture. In the ‘New Areas related to culture’, projects are sought in the following fields :
8. Indology
9. Epigraphy
10. Sociology of Culture
11. Cultural Economics
12. Structural and Engineering Aspects of Monuments
13. Numismatics
14. Scientific and Technical aspects of Conservation
15. Management aspects of Art and Heritage
16. Studies relating to application of Science and technology in areas related to culture and creativity. The objective is to encourage analytical application of new research techniques, technological and management principles to contemporary issues in areas related to art and culture. General and theoretical macro-studies will not be considered. The proposal should be innovative and application oriented and preferably inter-disciplinary in nature.