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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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