Scheme of Grant-in-Aid for Professional Associations/ Organisations of Social Scientists including Universities, Colleges and Research Institutes for Publication/ Running of their Research Journal(s)

About This Scheme

Journals supported under this scheme must be at least three years old with consistent publication records. The publisher may be a university, college, research institute, or professional association registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The organisation and the journal may be discipline-specific or interdisciplinary. The maximum annual grant is Rs. 5,00,000 for one journal and Rs. 8,00,000 for multiple journals. Where journals are published commercially, financial support is limited to editorial/processing costs (up to Rs. 1,00,000 per journal). Additional funding may be considered for special issues or back volumes. The final 10% of the grant is released after submission of the Audited Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate.

Eligibility

1. Must be a university, college, research institute, or registered association. 2. Journals must follow professional publishing standards (peer review, citations, etc.). 3. In case it's a privately funded institution or association of social scientists, it should be registered under Societies of Registration Act, 1860. 4. Must submit audited accounts and annual reports for the last three years. 5. SC/ST category journals must focus on SC/ST-related research themes. 6. Grant-in-Aid may be provided to journals being published in regional languages and translation thereof.

Benefits

1) Grant up to Rs. 5,00,000 per annum per journal. 2) Up to Rs. 8,00,000 for multiple journals by a single organisation. 3) Rs. 1,00,000 support for journals with commercial publishers (editorial cost only)with a ceiling of Rs. 2,00,000 if the organisation publishes more than one journal. 4) Additional support for publishing back issues or special issues. 5) Amount is disbursed in two instalments, first installment is 90% and second will be 10%, which will be released after submitting Audited Statement of Accounts and Utilisation Certificate

How to Apply

Where This Comes From

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