The Prestigious Fellowship Scheme under Humanities and Social Sciences Panel (HSSPFS) aims at granting extended time-off and supporting funds to the outstanding investigators under the disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel to enable them to focus on research work and writing.
Deadline: 31 Jan 2012
Eligibility
Each Institution has a quota of 5 nominations in each exercise. Eligible applicant should be an academic staff member of a UGC-funded institution with conditions of employment meeting all the following requirements:
- having a full-time1 appointment in the institution proper2;
- being in Staff Grades from 'A' to 'I'3 (i.e. from 'Professor' to 'Assistant Lecturer');
- being primarily engaged in and spending at least 80% of time in degree or higher degree work at the institution proper; and
- salary being wholly funded4 by the institution proper.
An academic staff member who is engaged in non-degree programmes wholly funded from the General Funds of the institution concerned may also be eligible. Visiting scholars are not eligible for being nominated under the HSSPFS. Cases of exceptional circumstances may be considered by the RGC on a case-by-case basis.
Awardees of the fellowship may not compete again in future exercises. However, they are allowed to hold concurrent grants (except grants in the form of fellowship) awarded by the UGC / RGC and other funding agencies during the period of the fellowship.
- Excluding part-time staff and staff holding honorary appointments.
- Excluding schools / arms of continuing education and professional training and other analogous outfits.
- Excluding polytechnic staff grades.
- Excluding staff members who is receiving income from paid appointments outside the institution proper or who is supported by external research grants.
