Bruce R. Pray Graduate Student Conference Grant

Bruce R Pray Grants logoThanks to the generosity of Professor Emeritus Bruce R. Pray (Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies), the Institute for South Asia Studies is able to offer the Bruce R. Pray Graduate Student Conference Grant to UC Berkeley graduate students. Grants of up to $1000 are available ONLY for presenting at the Annual South Asia Conference in Madison-Wisconsin.

Only applicants whose panels/papers have been accepted to the conference are eligible to apply.

Awardees will be reimbursed up to $1000 of their travel expenses contingent upon presenting copies of their tickets and the conference program.

Interested applicants should send the following materials to Dr. Anirban Gupta-Nigam at anirbangn@berkeley.edu:

  • An abstract of the paper (500 words or less, PDF format)
  • A print out or copy of the conference schedule showing your presentation listing (PDF format)
  • A CV (PDF format)

Deadline for submission: September 15, 2024

Decisions announced: September 20, 2024