Ravi Sankaran Fellowship Program 2020

The fellowship seeks youthful applicants with bold and unconventional ideas for tackling problems related to conservation and thus the applicant must demonstrate and specify their commitment to conservation and justify with conviction the ways in which the fellowship will assist in further conservation in India. The applicants will be shortlisted in the following procedure: 

• The completed applications received will be screened by a selection committee, who will then shortlist candidates for interview by judging on their interest in wildlife ecology and conservation through prior involvement in this field. 
• The selected applicants will receive the details of travel, venue, etc. by the foundation.
• Interviews for of the concerned applicants usually take place in Mumbai or Delhi at the end of the month of May or early June. The decisions on all the three fellowship activities will be announced shortly thereafter.

 Note: No interviews will be conducted for Small Grants applicants.

• Fellows must submit a detailed Interim Report each year and a Final Report at the end of their term.
• All reports must contain an accounting of the funds spent. Fellows retain all rights over information generated during their tenure.
• Fellows must acknowledge the support received from the “Ravi Sankaran Fellowship” when and where they publish the work.
• Ravi Sankaran Fellowships are open to Indian nationals (who must also be resident in India at the time of applying).
• The Master's Degree program at an International University will fund 1-2 students to work towards a 1-2 year degree in a reputed academic program in ecology or conservation.
• Internship with an International Conservation Organisation program will fund 1-2 recipients to carry out an internship of 6 weeks to 1 year with a university research group, NGO, government agency, or other organization, known for its work in conservation science and practice in a country other than India.
• The small grants program will fund up to 3 recipients to carry out an initial project of up to one year that is expected to lead to a longer-term conservation science and/or implementation project.
• The applicants have to type out their answers to all questions in the space provided in the application form and that space will expand if needed.
• Some fields have a word limit, the applicants are requested to make sure they do not exceed the given limit.
• The applicants are requested to use the appropriate form for applying to the program.