Fellowships

ICSSR Institutional Doctoral Fellowships

CWDS invites applications for the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Institutional Doctoral Fellowships in Women and Gender Studies for the academic year 2019-2020. There are five (5) fellowships available for the year. 

Full-time PhD candidates registered with UGC-recognized public institutions (including candidates from the AUD-CWDS WGS M.Phil/PhD program) are eligible to apply for the ICSSR fellowship through CWDS.

Shortlisting of candidates at CWDS shall be based on evaluation of research proposals. Candidate selection shall be done by ICSSR.

Fellowship details including eligibility criteria can be accessed at https://icssr.org/post-doctoral-fellowships

The deadline for submission of hard copies of completed application forms, CV, and the research proposal as approved by the University (SC/ST/OBC/PH certificate if applicable) is Friday 30th August 2019.

It is a condition of the ICSSR fellowship that selected candidates have a CWDS faculty member as co-supervisor.  CWDS co-supervisors are to be given formal recognition by the university where a selected candidate is registered.

Please note that any expenditure incurred before the actual sanctioning of the Contingency grant is not be admissible for reimbursement.

Please use this link [APPLICATION FORM] to access and download the application form.  Hard copies with all enclosures must be submitted at CWDS before 30th August 2019.  The mailing address for hard copies is:


Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS)
25 Bhai Vir Singh Marg (Gole Market)
New Delhi – 110 001, India
Ph.: 91-11-23345530, 23365541, 23366930
Fax:91-11-23346044

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