Applications Invited for Research-Endeavour-Grant 2.0

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About the Organization

National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) is a law school in India, situated in Sector-14, Dwarka, Delhi. It offers courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As one of the national law schools in India, NLU Delhi (NLUD) is built on the five-year law degree model which is proposed and implemented by the Bar Council of India. The National Law University, Delhi, Act, 2007, provides for the Chief Justice of India or Senior Supreme Court Judge of his/her choice to be the university's visitor, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi to function as the university's chancellor, and its vice-chancellor to function as the chief administrator.

About the Grant

National Law University Delhi has instituted a research grant programme that seeks to provide two annual research grants of Rs. 5 lakhs per annum each to academics and researchers based in any Indian institution/ organisation. There are no limitations on the current field of work in which applicants are engaged and neither are there limitations on the themes or areas of study, as long as the research proposals engage with law/ legal institutions/ legal cultures/ legal policy through doctrinal/ empirical/ sociolegal/ social science methods. Proposals that seek to employ STEM research methods are also encouraged provided the proposal at its core furthers perspectives to better understand the law/ legal institutions/ legal cultures/ legal policy.

Program Objective:

This research grant programme aims to develop high quality research that delivers a deeper understanding of law/ legal institutions/ legal cultures/ legal policy on their own terms as well as through interaction with other fields. The University’s endeavour is to promote innovative research projects that contribute to the advancement of legal scholarship as well as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary scholarship that has significant bearing on law/ legal institutions/ legal cultures/ legal policy. The proposals may focus on studying and understanding complex challenges through purely legal scholarship or by leveraging interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary approaches.

Value and Duration of Research Grants:

• Two annual research grants of Rs. 5 lakhs each.
• The duration of each grant will be for one year only. Successful applicants must
• necessarily complete the work under the grant within one year.

Eligibility

• Indian citizens currently working in any Indian higher educational institution in academic/ research roles are eligible to apply.
• Applicants must necessarily have a Master’s degree.
• At least three years of demonstrable work experience in an academic/ research role.
• Experience gained outside India in this regard will be considered relevant under this requirement.
• The proposal must be a standalone project and cannot be part of a larger project.
• Successful applicants should be able to provide an institutional bank account into
• which the research grant will be received. The institutional bank account must belong
• to the institution at which the applicant is currently employed.
• Indian citizens who are employed abroad in any form/ through any employment
• structure but are currently in Indian higher educational institutions on research fellowships/ grants/ visiting academic arrangements etc. are not eligible to apply.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted through the online application form available here:

https://forms.gle/EWM9HJgbW2eT5DKTA

The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on 25th August 2025 (Monday).

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