About NLSIU Law Graduate Fellowship, 2025

The NLSIU Research Fellowships Programme starting AY 2025-26 further responds to the grand challenges model. Its goals are to contribute to the creation of original knowledge in law, social sciences, public policy, and cognate disciplines, and cultivate a robust research community that both drives and benefits from the intellectual life on campus. The programme includes fellowships of varying duration and scope that will be offered annually to researchers with different levels of academic and professional experience. All Fellows will get an opportunity to be part of NLSIU’s rich intellectual environment, participate in its workshops and seminars, avail of its extensive library and digital resources, and publish widely, including for NLS platforms (NLSIU blogs, peer-reviewed journals, and website).

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) invites applications for the following NLSIU Fellowships on a contract basis:

• Graduate Research Fellowship (10 positions)
• NLSIU Postdoctoral Fellowship (5 positions)
• University Research Fellowship (5 positions)

NOTE: Two of the Graduate Research Fellowships will be supported by the JSW Centre for the Future of Law at NLSIU. Applications for the JSW Centre Fellowships will be advertised at a later date. Please follow the NLS website for further updates.

Aim and Objectives: NLSIU Law Graduate Fellow

• To respond to and institutionalise research and policy interventions responding to the grand challenges identified by the University;
• To diversify and expand interdisciplinary research in legal studies, social sciences, public policy, and cognate disciplines;
• To develop a robust research community at the University comprising faculty, fellows, and researchers, working in collaboration with each other, and building on each others’ work;
• To achieve and sustain leadership in knowledge creation, use and dissemination through collaborations with global leaders in these fields.

Location

Fellows are ordinarily expected to be on campus during their fellowship period. The University may on a case-to-case basis offer flexibility for presence on campus.

Remuneration

Between Rs. 55,000 to 65,000 per month for the Graduate Research Fellowship; between Rs. 1,00,000 to Rs. 1,50,000 for the NLSIU Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; and between Rs 1,70,000 to Rs 2,00,000 for University Research Fellowship.