The Sahapedia - UNESCO Fellowships 2017

Documents Required

• Resume or curriculum vitae
• A proposal of not more than 400 words
• A writing sample (previously written essay)

Deliverables

Sahapedia Project Fellow (SPF):

• The Project Fellow shall coordinate the contribution of different kinds of multimedia content revolving around a particular theme.
• The module to be created on the theme could be in the format of one core article, a couple of allied articles, an image gallery and/or video recording, interviews and quick facts, for instance. 
• The project taken up is expected to be fulfilled in the period of 12 weeks.

Sahapedia Research Fellow (SRF):

• The Research Fellow position is meant for both academic engagement and primary fieldwork and documentation. The Research Fellow shall submit a minimum of three or four elements surrounding one or multiple topics.
• The deliverables for scholars and fieldworkers could involve, for instance, interviews with other scholars or practitioners, review of scholarship, interview discussing key issues of the topic, overview or introductory material or primary multi media documentation on the topic. 
• Students and young researchers could potentially work on the documentation process (through field photos/videos, plans, sketches, and the like), transcription and translation of interviews, and/or compilation of quick facts (like filmographies, compositions, choreographies, etc.). 
• The tasks taken up are ideally to be completed in the period of 8 weeks.

Funding

The SPF shall be granted an award of INR 40,000 and the SRF an award of INR 15,000. Once the deliverables have been fixed for individual Fellows, a detailed plan is to be drafted for submission, including an expenditure plan. The first installment (20%) of the award will be paid after the approval of the plan. The subsequent installments shall be paid on completion of specific elements in the assignment plan.