The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) received 3801 project proposals to study the impact of various Centrally sponsored schemes and 514 among them — from collaborative and individual categories — were selected for the award here on Sunday. For collaborative proposals, the funding for six months’ research is ₹30 lakh and for individual categories, the amount is six lakh. About 20 proposals in both the categories are on the Prime Minister’s Ujjwala scheme, one of the pet scheme of the BJP-led government.
“After rigorous assessment in two stages, evaluation of project proposals by the experts and interaction of the shortlisted candidates, ICSSR has approved 514 proposals for the award. Out of these 289 awarded proposals are for Collaborative Studies and 225 for Individual studies,” the ICSSR said in a statement on Sunday. Nearly 40% of the awardees are women scholars or researchers. “These empirical studies will be conducted by the researchers who are working in different universities, colleges and research institutions located across India,” the research institution said.
The ICSSR added that after receiving final reports from the researchers, it will submit a comprehensive report to the Centre on the reach and socio-economic impact of the specific scheme/policy initiative.
