Application Deadline:
17 December 2025
About Organisation
The India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is an independent non-profit trust headquartered in Bangalore, supporting art, culture, research, and heritage initiatives across India. Through its Archives & Museums Programme, IFA seeks to energise archives and museum spaces as forums for public dialogue, critical reflection, and creative engagement. The foundation works deeply with individual practitioners, scholars, curators, and cultural institutions to generate new knowledge and interpretations of heritage resources. IFA emphasises participatory approaches, linguistic diversity, and collaborative practices that foreground local histories and memory in creative outcomes.
About the Grant
IFA, in collaboration with Vintage Hub (Jorhat, Assam), invites applications for creative and scholarly projects under its Archives & Museums Programme. The call supports interventions engaging with the Vintage Hub’s archival collection, including photographs, maps, heirlooms, and oral histories related to Jorhat and Assam’s past. Projects may interpret archives through artistic formats—public exhibitions, interactive tours, publications—or scholarly work such as oral-history documentation, audio guides, mapping, and digital storytelling. The grant covers up to 15 months of work and aims to foster interdisciplinary, community-based explorations of history, memory, and material culture.
Who can Apply?
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Individuals only — curators, researchers, designers, artists, writers, and scholars.
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Applicants must be Indian nationals (excluding PIO/OCI cardholders).
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Valid identity documents required: PAN card + either Indian Passport, Aadhar, or Voter ID.
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Collaborators are allowed, but must also be Indian nationals.
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Applicants must not have pending deliverables or financial delinquency with IFA from previous grants.
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Current IFA grant recipients are not eligible to apply for another project under this call.
How to Apply?
Prepare and submit: – A project proposal describing the vision, approach, and expected creative or research outcomes.
– A note on possible public programmes (e.g., exhibitions, podcasts, tours).
– A detailed timeline.
– A budget (max Rs 3,00,000).
– A CV detailing past relevant work.
Application may be written in any Indian language (including English).
Send your complete proposal via email with the subject line “IFA Vintage Hub Project” to IFA at the address provided in the call.
Application Deadline
The application deadline is 17 December 2025.
Last Date To Apply
For more information, please visit the grant website here.
