Research Funding Rules

Contingency  (Study-cum-Travel)  Grant

1. The ICHR may award Contingency (Study-cum-Travel) grant to an Indian citizen, or to a non-Indian, to assist him in pursuing research on History within India.
   
2. The following shall be eligible for award of grant under Clause 1:
   (a)   Scholars who are engaged in M.Phil., Ph.D. or post-doctoral work or carrying on independent research in History and are not currently receiving any travel or contingency grant for the proposed work from any other source.
   (b)   University and college teachers and members of staff of research institutions and others who are engaged in research work in History.
   Provided that—
   (i)  M.Phil./Ph.D. students shall have completed at least six months of their registration with their University, before they can receive grants, though they may apply earlier; and
   (ii)  Indians registered for research or otherwise affiliated to foreign universities and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) shall not be eligible for the grant.
3. (a)   Grant defined under Clause 1, not exceeding the sum of Rupees twenty thousand (Rs. 20,000) may be awarded to an M.Phil. student and Rupees thirty thousand (Rs. 30,000) to a student working for Ph.D. by the Study Grants Committee, but grant of a sum exceeding that amount can only be awarded by the Research Projects Committee, either upon advice of a consultant or upon recommendations of the Study Grants Committee.
   (b)   The Study Grants Committee may consider any application or proposal under sub-clause (a), without necessarily obtaining a consultant’s opinion
   (c)   All decisions of the Study Grants Committee shall be reported to the Research Projects Committee.
4. All grants awarded under clause 3 shall be routed through an institution of affiliation, to which the ICHR shall pay the overhead charges after the receipt of the final report and the statement of expenditure.
5. In expenditure out of grants made under Clause 3 the following limits shall be observed.
   (a)   Actual cost of rail/bus fare shall be limited to first class/II AC fare to the place of research and back to the place of ordinary residence of the scholar.
   (b)   Daily allowance for a maximum of 90 days shall be at the rates allowed by the institution of affiliation, if the recipient is employed there, or Rupees one hundred and fifty (Rs. 150) a day, if not employed.
   (c)   For local conveyance Rupees five hundred (Rs. 500) may be allowed per month up to a maximum of three months.
6. All applications of grants under Clause I should be made in accordance with the proforma given in Annexure V.

   The following procedure shall be followed for the release of Contingency grant awarded in accordance with provisions of Clause 3:
   (a)   Upon the applicant being informed of the award he shall be requested to signify his acceptance, upon which it shall be released to him through his institution of affiliation in two or more instalments as determined from time to time by the ICHR.
   (b)   To claim any subsequent instalment, the awardee shall have to submit to the ICHR a progress report of the work done and statement of expenditure of the previous instalment through his institution of affiliation.
   (c)   The last instalment, as determined by the ICHR, from time to time, of the sanctioned grant shall be withheld and released on reimbursement basis only after the abstract of thesis, dissertation or monograph has been received, accompanied, in case of grant having been awarded for the pursuit of M.Phil./Ph.D. degree, with a certificate from institution concerned that the thesis/dissertation has been submitted, and after the statement of expenditure of total grant has also been received by the ICHR and is found to be in order (This shall be operative in all on going cases).
   Provided that an additional amount of rupees five hundred (Rs. 500) shall be paid to the recipient of the grant over and above the sanctioned amount of grant, upon receipt of the said thesis, dissertation or monograph, as lump sum payment for any expenses incurred in providing a copy thereof to the ICHR.
   
   Note:  (i)   The total cost of books purchased out of Contingency (Study-cum-Travel) grant made under the provisions of Chapter IV shall not exceed Rupees two thousand (Rs. 2,000).
            (ii)   Any books purchased out of contingency grant in excess of the ceiling specified above shall be deposited either with the ICHR or with the institution of affiliation, upon the end of the period of the Contingency (Study-cum-Travel) grant.