Ravi Sankaran Fellowship Program

Scholarship Details

The scheme has 3 major activities for people from different backgrounds like graduates and professionals below 30 years of age. It has been divided into the following categories to benefit people:

• Masters degree at an international university
• Internship with an international conservation organization
• Small grants program

The fellowship program primarily supports biodiversity conservation in the areas of field biology, ecology and conservation. The selected fellows have the opportunity to win variable awards allotted for different activities.

Award

• Masters Program
  • - A fixed stipend
  • - Full tuition fee waiver
  • - One-way international travel
• Internship
  • - A fixed stipend
  • - Internship fees (if any)
  • - To-and-fro international travel (with a ceiling amount of USD 1500 for travel)
• Small grants program
  • - A fixed stipend
  • - Project expenses (with a ceiling amount of INR 2 lakh per year in total)

[Note: The Masters and Internship applicants are not eligible for project/research funding.]

Eligibility

• The applicant must have a commitment to conservation
• Should be below 30 years of age at the time of application
• Eligibility for Masters degree
  • - Should hold a graduation degree
  • - Should be applying for a Masters degree in ecology or conservation
• Eligibility for Internship
  • - Should hold a Bachelors degree
• Eligibility for Small grants program
  • - Recipients of an initial grant income looking for a follow-up funding

Documents Needed

• For Internship – Letter of acceptance/admission from the host institution 
• For Small Grant Program – Project proposal with a budget
• Previous education qualification mark sheets / certificates
• Other required details

Provider

Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation

How To Apply

• For the application, the candidates should be required to go to the official website and download the application form.
• You will get the three separate application forms for Master’s, internship and small grants program in Microsoft word format.
•  Fill all the required personal, academic details in the space provided and answer all the questions within the given word limit.
• After filling up all the required details in the form, submit the application in the following ways: 

For the Master’s program- by clicking on the link here https://onlineapplication.inlaksfoundation.org/application/index.

For Internship- Send the application along with the attached documents via mail to ichchaporia@inlaksfoundation.org.

For the Small Grants program- Send the application along with all the attached documents via mail to gladys@inlaksfoundation.org.