Announcent of New Graduate Fellowships

[Mahony, Bill]

Dear INDOLOGY Colleagues,

Reference was made recently on this list to new research fellowships for
graduate students to be given by the Muktabodha Indological Research
Institute. Here is a more formal announcement of these fellowships. Please
feel free to share this information with any graduate students you feel
would be qualified and interested in applying.

Thank you,

William K. Mahony
Professor of Religion, Davidson College
President, Muktabodha Indological Research Institute.


NAME OF FELLOWSHIP:

Muktabodha Indological Research Institute Graduate Student Research
Fellowships in Hindu Studies


AMOUNT OF AWARD

$10,000 per student, to be used between May 2002 and December 2003.


QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must have completed their doctoral coursework in a Religion,
South Asian Studies, or related program and are now undertaking their
dissertation research. Fellows will normally use their grants to support
them while undertaking research in India.


FIELDS OF STUDY:

Preference will be given to the study of textual sources of the Hindu
Tantric tradition. However, applications from other fields of Hindu studies
are also welcome.


APPLICATION DEADLINE:

February 1, 2002.


ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS:

March 1, 2002.


FOR APPLICATION MATERIALS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Graduate Student Fellowships
371 Brickman Road
Hurleyville, NY  12747-5313
info at muktabodha.org
www.muktabodha.org