Funding

The Bhushan & Santosh Khashu Award for Tagore Studies

The Bhushan & Santosh Khashu Research Award, established with a generous contribution from Dr. Bhushan Khashu and & his wife, Dr. Santosh Khashu, both prominent physicians and philanthropists from New York, supports graduate students pursuing research projects focusing on the life and legacy of Rabindranath Tagore. The award provides for one grant of $5000 for research travel to South Asia. Students may propose to conduct research in Santiniketan, West Bengal or at another location relevant to Tagore’s life. Priority will be given to mid-career graduate students conducting research...

The Bodha Pravaham Fellowship in Tamil Studies

The Bodha Pravaham Undergraduate Fellowship in Tamil Studies, established with a generous contribution from Professor George Hart and Professor Kausalya Hart, both cornerstones of Tamil Studies at UC Berkeley, supports undergraduate students pursuing research projects focusing on Tamil studies. The fund provides for grants of up to $900 for research travel to South Asia for UC Berkeley undergraduates (two will be awarded).

This award is only available for UC Berkeley undergraduates.

The application process will begin on February 1, 2027 with the deadline for...

Berreman-Yamanaka Award for Himalayan Studies

Himalayan Studies logoThe Berreman-Yamanaka Fellowship for Himalayan Studies' provides for an annual award of up to $1500 to UC Berkeley graduate students for research on topics related to Himalayan Studies across Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

Only UC Berkeley graduate students are eligible.

Please submit your...

S. S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize on Pakistan

S. S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize on Pakistan

We invite submission of dissertations on Pakistan (or the region that is now Pakistan) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual & Fine Arts, Law, and Public Health. Only dissertations submitted in English and at an accredited North American or Europe-based university will be accepted. The prize comes with a $2,500 award. For information about the current prize winner click...

Bruce R. Pray Graduate Student Relocation 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 Relocation Fellowship.

Three to four grants (each worth $3000) to assist incoming South Asia-...

The South Asia Forum

The South Asia Forum offers spaces for UC Berkeley students to engage in interdisciplinary conversations on South Asia. Through reading groups, student-led research workshops, and the Young Scholars Research Symposium, these spaces will foster the growth of a new generation of South Asia scholars. The aim of this program is to provide a forum for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in scholarly dialogue and to foster the free exchange of ideas on shared research interests.

Please click on the links below for further information and application procedures for these three...

The Chowdhury Fellowships on Bangladesh Studies

The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies offers two graduate scholarships for which all Berkeley admitted incoming and current graduate students are eligible. Each fellowship is in the amount of $7500. The focus of all fellowships is the country and region of Bangladesh. Any student whose program of training and research significantly involves the study of contemporary Bangladesh, or historical work in the regions of India and Pakistan that would later become Bangladesh, is eligible, as is any student who does comparative or transnational work in which Bangladesh and...

Bruce R. Pray Undergraduate Research 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 Undergraduate Research Grant. Administered by the Blum Center for Developing Economies, this grant is open to Global Poverty and...