Scheme of Grant-in-Aid for Professional Associations/ Organisations of Social Scientists including Universities, Colleges and Research Institutes for Publication/ Running of their Research Journal(s)

Journals supported under this scheme must be at least three years old with consistent publication records. The publisher may be a university, college, research institute, or professional association registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The organisation and the journal may be discipline-specific or interdisciplinary. The maximum annual grant is Rs. 5,00,000 for one journal and Rs. 8,00,000 for multiple journals. Where journals are published commercially, financial support is limited to editorial/processing costs (up to Rs. 1,00,000 per journal). Additional funding may be considered for special issues or back volumes. The final 10% of the grant is released after submission of the Audited Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate.