Open Call for MMF-PARI Fellowship 2025 (India)

In their efforts to create a systematic record of the incredible diversity of rural India, they call for applications for six Junior Fellowships, each required to develop four multimedia stories over a period of eight months for PARI’s online platform.

Applicants are encouraged to explore questions relevant to contemporary discourses on art and archiving practices, and engage with forms of artistic research which can drive their fellowships and go beyond traditional forms of documentation.

Focus Areas 

• The proposal should focus on one or more of the following:
  • Living art and craft traditions
  • Social and cultural context of artisan communities
  • Art and craft in a contemporary context
  • The role of technology in the lives of artisans and their practice
  • Public forums for engagement with arts (festivals, rituals and ceremonies)
  • New or unusual material used in arts and crafts
  • Collaborations between artists
  • Local cuisines and unique food practices of rural India

Priorities

• This year they will be giving preference to proposals focusing on voices of marginalised communities and under-represented art forms and traditions. They request applicants to especially focus on arts and crafts by women, and people belonging to the Dalit and Adivasi communities.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: Rs.1 lakh each
• Number of Fellowships: Six
• Duration: Eight months

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be Indian citizens, who currently live and work in India. Applicants must be 18 years or above. You may apply as individuals or a team of two people. If selected, the fellowship amount of Rs.1 lakh will be shared by the team.

Application Requirements

• Proposal: A detailed proposal clearly stating your 4-6 story ideas/pitches focusing on the art, craft or artisanal communities you wish to cover.
• Timeline: All stories must be submitted and published within eight months of the fellowship.
• Budget: The fellowship award is Rs.1 lakh and includes all project costs (travel and equipment hire), and an honorarium of Rs.2,000 to the artisan(s) of each story that you write.
• Undertaking: Every proposal must be accompanied by an undertaking clearly stating that only original stories will be submitted.
• Resume/CV: Up-to-date with complete contact information (email, postal address and phone number), and links to professional work. If you have a website, you may share the link in your Resume/CV. If you wish to share photographs/videos with them, you can upload them in a Google Drive folder and share the link or directly share Youtube links for videos in the Resume/CV. If you wish to share published articles you can include those links as well. In addition to the above, you must include your current employment details or ongoing projects you are involved in. If you are applying as a team of two people, please include Resume/CVs of both the team members in the same PDF.

For more information, visit Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation.