Sahapedia Fellowship - UNESCO Fellowship 2020 | Eligibility, Amount, Results

Sahapedia Fellowship 2019-2020: Sahapedia is presenting the Sahapedia Fellowship for students holding a postgraduate degree or above qualification in Social Sciences and Humanities stream. Accessible in different languages like English, Hindi, Bangla, Malayalam and Tamil, the fellowship program strives at providing students, scholars, and enthusiasts with a chance to engage with and examine the rich cultural legacy of India. Under this program, the candidates are inspired to conduct critical research and documentation in various areas of cultural knowledge.

Graduate, Post Graduate Students and Research Fellows can also find more Fellowship Articles to explore various fellowships across India to know the funding opportunities.

The Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship is a collaborative scheme to stimulate fresh research on concrete and immaterial legacy across India and South Asia. The Fellowship is a means to both help analysis on the arts and cultural diversity of India, and to support field practitioners and fresh scholars to distinguish from their views what requires to be documented. Awarded annually, the Fellowship helps people in their work with communities and practices that usually do not get the consideration they deserve.

The Fellowship supports connections between those in the field and those in the academy. Sahapedia organization members and specialists affiliated with us mentor the Fellowship applicants during their research and through the method of editing and correcting their writing and recording. As a result, the project promotes connections between practitioners and researchers and encourages the network of culture knowledge carriers across India.

Sahapedia Fellowship Dates

Start of online applications	20th May 2020
The end date of online applications	30th June 2020
Result announcement of selected candidates	12th August 2020
Contracts and acceptance emails	13th August to 25th August 2020
Research and submissions	1st September 2020 – 15th March 2021

Sahapedia Fellowship Eligibility

The fellowship is open to post-graduates and above qualified in the regulations of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the most comprehensive sense, or those with equivalent experience.
Applicants with previous professional or academic familiarity with the topic under application may be given preference.
The Fellowship is available to only those applicants holding an Indian bank account.
Applicants who were granted the Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship earlier are not eligible to apply.

Sahapedia Fellowship Duration

Fellowship has to be performed in the time-frame of twenty-eight (28) weeks between 1 September 2020 and 15 March 2021. Failure to submit the Fellowship specifications within the specified timeframe will result in the cancelation of that Fellowship.

Sahapedia Fellowship Benefits

Selected candidates will be given an award of ₹44,445.
Applicable Income Tax will be deducted at source as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Thus, the award will amount to ₹40,000which will be released in three installments, based on the completion of specific deliverables.
Selected candidates working in regional languages will receive an additional sum of up to ₹10,000 for translation.

Sahapedia Fellowship Deliverables

Fellowships are classified into research, documentation, or a combination of the two categories. Depending on their selection of a category, applicants may select their deliverables from the list given below. Every deliverable must be supported with a list of resources. Each Fellowship consists of three elective deliverables. The candidate may identify, during the time of application, three types of deliverables.

Deliverable I: (Pick one)

Illustrated overview/ introductory article (3000 words with 5–10 images), or
Short documentary film (15–20 minutes with English subtitles, along with a synopsis of approximately 500 words)

Deliverable II & III: (Pick any two)

Allied article (1500 words with 3-5 images), or
Image gallery (30-50 images with captions), or Photo essay (20 images with captions and a short essay of about 500-800 words to complement the visual narrative)
Text interview with an expert/scholar/practitioner (1500 words, with minimum 10 Q&As).

In addition, selected candidates working in regional languages will be required to provide content translated into English.

Articles with translations.
Transcripts and subtitles in English for documentaries.
Translation for text-based interviews

Sahapedia Fellowship Application Procedure

The first step of the process would involve the submission of:

Resume
Proposal of approximately 1000 words, along with an abstract of about 250 words. The proposal should indicate the scope of work, including a selection of deliverables, methodology, timeframe and familiarity with existing literature/work on the subject. The proposal should be relevant to Sahapedia’s field of work.
Writing sample, a previously written essay or research paper of at least 1500 words, or a URL link of a 5-10 minute long video clip indicating the candidates’ skills in filmmaking/videography (for documentation); or both, depending on the selection of deliverables.
Bibliography list of existing literature or work on the topic. No more than 15 items/titles are expected.

Sahapedia Fellowship Selection Procedure

Selection Criteria for Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship is based on:

The language of the proposal and writing sample submitted by the candidate.
Assessment of sample videos based on-camera work, visuals and narrative skills.
The understanding of sources, completeness, and range of references submitted.
Clarity with regards to the purpose of the project.
Clarity with regards to the deliverables chosen for the project.
The coherence of the entire proposal and area of study.
The subject of the research and its relevance.

Sahapedia Fellowship Terms and Conditions

Selected candidates are required to complete the Fellowship Project within 28 weeks i.e. from 1 September 2020 to 15 March 2021.
The fellowship is classified namely, research, documentation or combination of both.
Depending on the classification chosen by the fellows, they have to choose their deliverables as specified.
Every deliverable must be supported with a list of resources.
The key deliverables for the research category include –
Introductory article/illustrated overview in about 3,000 words with 5 to 10 images, OR
A short documentary film of 15 to 20 minutes with English subtitles and synopsis of approximately 500 words
The key deliverables for the documentation category and the combination of both categories include –
Allied article in about 1500 words with 3 to 5 images, OR
Image Gallery of 30 to 50 images with captions, OR
Photo essay comprising a short essay of about 500 to 800 words and 20 images with captions to complement the visual narrative
Text interview with a scholar/practitioner/expert in about 1500 words with a minimum of 10 questions and answers
The candidates working in regional languages are required to provide content translated into English.

About Sahapedia Fellowship

UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003 (referred to as UNESCO 2003 Convention hereafter), points to “the importance of the intangible cultural heritage as a mainspring of cultural diversity and a guarantee of sustainable development.”

The Sahapedia–UNESCO Fellowship is part of our attempts to raise awareness – at local, national and international levels – of the value of intangible heritage, and improve access to associations, groups and individuals. The Sahapedia–UNESCO Fellowship 2020 is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Through this action, Fellows will be supported to conduct documentation and crucial research in different areas of cultural knowledge, while communicating with and improving networks that add to their invention. This analysis and documentation brought out by the Fellows will be announced on the Sahapedia’s web portal.

Language: Fellowship is available in the following languages this year – English, Hindi, Bangla, Tamil, and Malayalam.

FAQ’s On Sahapedia Fellowship 2020

Question 1.
What is Sahapedia Fellowship?

Answer:
The Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship is a collaborative scheme to stimulate fresh research on concrete and immaterial legacy across India and South Asia. The Fellowship is a means to both help analysis on the arts and cultural diversity of India, and to support field practitioners and fresh scholars to distinguish from their views what requires to be documented. Awarded annually, the Fellowship helps people in their work with communities and practices that usually do not get the consideration they deserve.

Question 2.
Who can apply for this scholarship?

Answer:

Postgraduate candidates Social Sciences and Humanities streams
Candidates who have their own bank account
Not a previous recipient of the Sahapedia Fellowship

Question 3.
How to apply for this scholarship?