Bangladeshi citizens enrolled in full-time accredited doctoral programs anywhere outside Bangladesh. Applicants must complete all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation by the spring of 2001. This program, with generous support of the Ford Foundation, provides funding to bring activist-scholars whose work addresses the relationship between environment, culture, and resource management to the UC Berkeley campus for periods of one to four months as Residential Fellows. Junior Research Fellowships are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue their dissertation research in India. Junior Research Fellows establish formal affiliation with Indian universities and Indian research supervisors.
Awards are available for up to eleven months.
Fellowships for four or less have significant restrictions. Fellowships for six months or more may include limited coverage for dependents if funds are available. Senior Research Fellowships - Available to scholars who hold the Ph.D. or its equivalent and are either U.S. citizens or resident aliens teaching at U.S. colleges and universities. Senior Fellowships are designed to enable scholars specializing in South Asian studies to pursue further research in India. Senior Fellowships establish formal affiliations with an Indian institution.