The Inlaks-King's India Institute Studentship 2026

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This opportunity will enable scholars currently enrolled in PhD programmes at Indian universities to undertake a short-term visit to the King’s India Institute, King’s College London, to collect material, use facilities and consult experts towards their research for their PhDs.

 

Deadline: 31st August 2026, 11:59pm (IST)

For queries, write to info@inlaksfoundation.org 

For technical queries, write to submissions@inlaksfoundation.org 

 

Duration and Value:

The Grant offers support for a maximum of three months to undertake research at an institution, access libraries and meet with experts in the field. 

It includes: 

  1. Travel allowance reimbursable on actuals (as per Foundation's guidelines).
  2. Maintenance expenses (as per Foundation's guidelines).
  3. Funds for buying materials and making copies of relevant literature reimbursable on actuals (up to USD 500). 
  4. Health allowance reimbursable on actuals (up to USD 500). 
  5. On arrival, King's will support the grantees with GBP 1000 for the entire duration of visit in addition to the amounts mentioned above provided by Inlaks.   

 

Eligibility Criteria:

  1. The applicant must be an Indian passport holder residing in India.
  2. The applicant must be born on or after 1st January 1991. 
  3. The applicant must hold a confirmation of PhD synopsis by the institution/university they are pursuing their PhD at.
  4. The applicant must have a first-class Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. 
  5. The applicant must be pursuing a PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences ONLY.
  6. The applicant must have proof of positive communication from the experts that they wish to engage with.

 

Exclusions:

Applicant can only apply for either for the Inlaks-Kings India Institute Studentship or the Inlaks Research and Travel Grant (IRTG) in any given year.  

 

How to Apply:

Click the 'Apply Now' link at the bottom of the page to access the application form.

 

Selection Process:

The candidate will be expected to go through a two-tier selection process: 

  1. A first round of shortlisting based on a desk review of the application submitted. 
  2. Second round will be an online interview with a panel of experts. 

The applicants short-listed for the interview will be informed by last week of September 2026. The final interviews will be held in mid-October 2026.

 

Terms of the Grant:

  1. The visit should be completed between January 2027 and June 2027 for a maximum period of 3 months.
  2. You are required to list two potential supervisors at King's you'd like to work with. However, you are NOT to make any contact with them. If selected, King's will match you with a suitable supervisor within the Kings India Institute as per the choices you mention in the application form.
  3. Any material collected by the selected applicants (photocopies, literature etc.) must become the property of the applicant’s institution for wider use by future scholars.
  4. All the above material must carry a statement regarding the support received from the ‘Inlaks-King’s India Institute Studentship’.
  5. The applicants must submit a written report in a prescribed format to the Inlaks Foundation within a month of their return.

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