These enable academics, writers and translators to spend between two and three months at selected universities where they can devote themselves to their own work and to interacting with colleagues.

There are ten fellowships. Each is intended to be mutually beneficial. The fellow is expected to contribute to the life of the host institution eg by leading a seminar in which they present their research or writing.

Fellows are chosen by agreement between the host institution and CWIT. Applications should be made direct to the university ( see below for general guidance but also go to the links to the universities)

The fellowships cover a contribution to international fares and accommodation and living costs in the UK.

Who is eligible?

Applicants must

			be Indian citizens living in India
			be between 25 and 45 ( except for translator fellowships for which there is no upper age limit)
			have completed postgraduate studies in their area of specialization and/or have between 5-7 years professional or academic experience
			include a proposal stating clearly what they want to do at the host institution and how they plan to use the experience on return to India
			not have had a CWIT grant for the previous 5 years

The Fellowships and how to apply

			Writer Fellowship,  University of Kent, Department of English- contact Dr Alex Padamsee a.padamsee@kent.ac.uk
			Writer Fellowship,University of Stirling, Centre of Commonwealth Studies- - contact Professor David Richards
			Writer Fellowship, University of Chichester- now up to 3 months - NEW FELLOWSHIP- contact  Dr D Swann d.swann@chi.ac.uk
			Visiting Fellow in Contemporary Asian Studies, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge -contact Barbara Roe bar22@cam.ac.uk
			Visiting Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS)- contact Jane Savory js64@soas.ac.uk  Forms can be downloaded from the SOAS website
			Visiting Fellow in Contemporary South Asian Studies Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) Edinburgh University- contact Anthea Taylor a.taylor@ed.ac.uk
			Visiting Fellow in Social Anthropology at the School of History and Anthropology, Queen’s University Belfast- contact Marie George m.george@qub.ac.uk
			Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and  Humanities (CRASSH), Cambridge University  NEW FELLOWSHIP -contact Catherine Hurley ch335@cam.ac.uk
			Translator fellowships at the British Centre for Literary Translation; University of East Anglia. 2 Fellowships of 2 months each. Open for applications from 1 June, deadline 30 September 2011.

Applications for all the above should be made direct to the universities using the links provided. Deadlines vary slightly and are indicated on the linked pages of the respective institutions. Please consult university websites for information

The Journalism Fellowship at JOMEC, Cardiff University, will not be offered any more. Number of applications have steadily declined despite energetic efforts to promote the Fellowship and CWIT is therefore shifting resources to fields where there is more demand.