Thanks 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