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Research Funding Rules
Seminars/Workshops,
Conferences of Professional Organizations of Historians
- (a)
The Research Projects Committee may award grants
for seminars, workshops or academic conferences
concerned with specific themes of History to individual
scholars as coordinators who apply in accordance
with the proforma contained in Annexure VII, the
amount of grant in each case not to exceed Rupees
one lakh (Rs. 1,00,000) and to be paid through the
host institution deemed to be the institution of
affiliation.
(b) An application received under sub-clause
(a) may be directly placed before the Research Projects
Committee; or it may first be referred to a consultant,
in case the Member Secretary so decides, and then
placed before the Research Projects Committee along
with the recommendations of the consultant.
- Notwithstanding
anything contained in Clause 1, the Research Projects
Committee may assign the organization of a seminar
or workshop, held at its own instance or under a
scheme approved by it or by the Council, to a scholar
as coordinator and an institution (deemed to be
the institution of affiliation) under terms (including
the amount of funding which may exceed Rupees fifty
thousand) to be determined for each seminar or workshop,
or under general guidelines approved by the Research
Projects Committee for seminars or workshops under
particular schemes.
- The
Research Projects Committee may award grants to
academic and professional organization of historians
(including organizations which, if not exclusively
concerned with teaching and research in History,
include the teaching or research in History as a
significant part of their objectives) at national,
regional, state and local levels, to enable them
to organize their annual or periodic conferences,
symposia, etc., the payment of the grant being made
directly to the duly authorized office-bearers of
the organizations.
Provided that
(a) The grant for the annual conference of
any organization shall not exceed Rupees one lakh
(Rs. 1,00,000).
(b) An organization set up on predominantly
religious, communal, caste or tribal lines shall
not be eligible for grant; but this shall not preclude
the history of religious communities, castes or
tribes being adopted as subjects or research or
discussion by organizations receiving grants under
this clause.
(c) The organization concerned should apply
in accordance with the proforma contained in Annexure
VIII.
- (a)
Ten percent of the grant due to be released to the
coordinator of a seminar, workshop, or a academic
conference under Clause 1 or 2, or to an organization
for its conference under Clause 3 shall be withheld
until the full statement of expenditure together
with a detailed report of the said meeting, from
the coordinator or organization, as the case may
be, is received, the report to contain full particulars
of names of participants, papers presented, lectures
delivered and discussions held, together with copies
of the papers presented and the reading material
distributed.
(b) In deciding on the award of a grant for
a seminar or workshop or academic conference to
a scholar as coordinator or to a host institution,
and for an annual or periodic conference to an organization,
the Research Projects Committee shall consider whether
the requirements of sub-clause (a) have been fulfilled
by the said coordinator, institution or organization
in respect of grants previously made under Clauses
1, 2 or 3; and it may decide, on the ground of non-fulfillment
of the said requirements, to refuse further award
of grant or to delay or suspend its approval of
such grant until the said requirements are fulfilled
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