The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) aims to nurture a new generation of scholars in the study of contemporary India. In line with this, CASI will support Penn students with their independent research projects related to India’s politics, society, economy, and international relations. Undergraduate students are eligible to receive grants up to $4,000 and graduate students can receive up to $5,000.

We strongly encourage applications from undergraduate students working on senior theses related to contemporary India or India in a comparative context and graduate students analyzing fieldwork data or writing their dissertations.