Shastri Scholar Travel Subsidy Grant (SSTSG)

The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for Shastri Scholar Travel Subsidy Grants (SSTSG) 2022-23 from SICI’s Canadian and Indian Member Institutions in good standing. SSTSG assists faculty members, doctoral and/or post-doctoral students with travel subsidies to participate in conferences, workshops, seminars and academic meetings in alternate partner countries (India or Canada) that are intended to establish institutional and scholarly linkages.             

There will be only one award per institution.  The travel subsidy from SICI is CAD 1,500. Ttravel for the purpose of research collaboration will be eligible to apply for a matching grant (1,500) from the Office of the VPRI, for a combined travel award of CAD 3,000.   Faculty members, PhD and Post-doctoral fellows are eligible.      

Key objectives of SSTSG are:

• Facilitate enhancing personal and professional growth of participating scholars and institutions;
• Facilitate promoting academic linkages between India and Canada.

Please note the following points:

• Institutions may receive only one SSTSG award, and receipt of the award is subject to the institution being a SICI member in good standing with fully paid-up membership for the current year (2022-23);
• An individual who was awarded an SSTSG may not receive another Travel Subsidy Grant until at least one (1) year has passed. For example, an individual who received an SSTSG in 2019-20 (last SSTSG program year before COVID 19 travel disruptions) will not be eligible to apply for this year’s grant (2022-23).
• Selected SSTSG awardees will have two weeks to confirm their acceptance of the grant (subject to their institution’s eligibility);
• Any declined SSTSG or availability of surplus funds may result in the award of grants among any of the wait-listed applications, subject to the application of other rules of SICI which allows benefits to be more broadly distributed among its members;
• SSTSG funds will be released to the recipients’ institutions upon receipt of the scholar’s final report.