IFA-Marg Scholarly and Creative Projects (India)

All Marg publications will be available for these projects. While Marg has delved into a variety of topics over the years, the archive is particularly rich in its exploration of:

• Architecture
• Textiles
• Dance and Performance Studies
• Modernism in India
• Painting traditions

Artists, practitioners and graduate students of art, architecture and design, often encounter Marg in their colleges or through their work. To make Marg accessible to younger audiences and to people broadly interested in the arts, they invite applications that can engage with and transform its academic research into interactive and approachable material.

They suggest that the projects focus on the themes mentioned above; however, projects can explore other facets of Indian and South Asian art covered in Marg as well. They are looking for projects that demonstrate an ability to think through interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches and methodologies for their outcomes. Applicants with knowledge of Hindi and Marathi, who are keen to produce work in these Indian languages, are encouraged to apply.

Funding Information

• The project cost should not exceed Rs 3,00,000/-
• You can request for an honorarium not exceeding 30% of the proposed budget for the entire duration of the project. The total amount is inclusive of the honorarium.
• Duration of the Project: Up to 15 months

Priority Projects

• For the Scholarly Project, they encourage proposals that:
  • create research-based material on Indian and South Asian art and culture for younger audiences (undergraduate and below) based on the archive.
  • study the archive as a repository of research on Indian art and culture, and its place in the larger discourse on the subject.
  • present the research through public programmes both online and offline.
• For the Creative Project, they seek proposals which:
  • demonstrate innovative curatorial and artistic intervention to reimagine this collection.
  • generate possible outcomes through video games, performances, photo essays, interactive stories, films, illustrated catalogues, audio-visual documentation of the process of various styles, techniques and sites of production, etc.
  • propose and implement digital-born projects and multimedia outcomes.

Eligibility Criteria

• India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) implements projects under its various programmes. The criteria for eligibility to apply under these programmes are as follows:
  • Only Indian nationals can apply. This does not include PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card Holders.
  • Applicants must have PAN card and one of the following for proof of identity and citizenship – Indian Passport or Aadhar Card or Voter’s ID in India.
  • Only individuals can apply. Organisations of any kind cannot apply (except for non-profit schools, who can only apply under the Arts-Integrated Projects in Schools category of the Arts Education programme).
  • If there are collaborators in the projects, they must also be Indian nationals.
  • Persons who have a past history of financial delinquency with IFA are not eligible.
  • Persons who have failed to deposit at IFA agreed deliverables from an earlier IFA grant are not eligible.
  • Persons who have previously received a letter from IFA disallowing them from applying in the future for any reason are not eligible.
  • Persons currently working on a project implemented by IFA are not eligible to apply.
  • More than one individual can apply if they have a joint account. If they do not, then only one among them should apply with the others as collaborators.

For more information, visit India Foundation for the Arts.