Part 1.
Personal Information.
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Please describe the project for which you are seeking funds. Your proposal text must be no longer than 500 words. Briefly describe your project, ; locate your work and potential contributions in the most important relevant scholarship; outline your proposed methods and state why they fit your topic. A list of references may add a page to the 500 words of text. Include a word count at the end of your 500-word narrative. Proposals exceeding the 500-word limit will not be considered.
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Please provide details about other support that you have received for this project this summer. If you have no other financial support, say so explicitly. Finally, please list the all other applications that you have made for project support (i.e.g., FLAS, etc.).
Part 3.
Vita. Upload your Curriculum Vitae to the online application. Your contact information (mail, tel., email), should appear there.
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Part 4.
Letter of Recommendation.
Please arrange for one recommendation letter from a Syracuse University faculty member to be submitted as part of your application. The letter must be focused on the research you propose. Include the letter writer’s name in your proposal, and ask that person to send their letter as a PDF via their university email account to Dr. Matt Matthew Baxter at mhbaxter@syr.edu. no later than Friday, October 20, 2023 at the deadline date by 11:59 pm ET.
You will be asked to identify your letter writer in the online application, and this person will receive an email requesting the letter upon submission of your application (progressing to the next page on the application does not trigger the email to your recommender). It is your responsibility to make sure that the recommender provides us with a letter of recommendation for you on time (that is Friday, October 20, 2023 at , on the deadline date by 11:59 pm ET). The Moynihan Institute takes no responsibility for soliciting letters of recommendation. Do not rely on the automated application email to secure your letter of recommendation.
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Proposals will be read by a faculty committee. The committee will rank the proposals according to their promise, consistency with the goals indicated in these guidelines, and cost effectiveness. Award notices will be sent by email on or about December 8, 2023.We will be offering a Proposal Writing Workshop in September, 2023 (details forthcoming). in early December
Our Expectations:
(i) Award recipients are required to send a brief biography and project abstract (one to two paragraphs in all) and a photo to Dr. Matthew H. Matt Baxter (mhbaxter@syr.edu) by April 15 , 2024of the application's academic year for use on the website
(ii) We expect that you will give a presentation on your research project upon invitation
(iii) We ask that you write a 1-2 page follow-up report on your grant related research activities
(iv) Additional requirements may be explained in the award notice.
The Bharati Memorial Award was established in 1994 to encourage and facilitate the study of South Asia among specifically among doctoral students at Maxwell. We therefore strongly encourage its recipients to present their projects in relevant forums during the 2024-202 2025 academic year, such as at the Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison or other appropriate professional society conferences. Bharati Memorial Award recipients should also make significant efforts to publish a paper based on their funded project. Any publications and presentations that result from this award should acknowledge the “Bharati Memorial Award/South Asia Center Summer Research Grant Program at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.”
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For more information about South Asia, East Asia, or Central Asia, contact Dr. Matthew H Baxter, Regional Program Programs Manager - Asia, at mhbaxter@syr.edu.