Funding

I have been funded at every stage of my Higher Education trajectory. My research has been made possible by very generous funding from HEIs in the UK, Australia and Singapore, and by institutions in the EU. My PhD was fully funded (including full fees at international rate) by the Vice-Chancellor’s scholarship at the University of Sheffield. In 2014, the year I began my PhD, the scholarship was awarded to 10 students across all schools and disciplines at Sheffield, and I was the only student in Arts and Humanities to receive the scholarship. This is my proudest achievement because this funding enabled me to arrive in the UK to pursue my PhD and opened a host of resources and opportunities to me.

The other highlights of my funding track record are receiving early-career Fellowships from both the Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust; £1000 bursary from Deakin University and the International Society for First World War Studies to present my new work on colonial archives at Melbourne in July 2018 (I was 1 out of 4 recipients out of 44 applicants worldwide); receiving bursary from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, to present research on Empire and armistice; receiving funding from CARA (Council for At-Risk Academics) to co-organise a conference on subaltern women’s narratives; winning the Petrie Watson Exhibition grant to spend a summer in archives in Berlin to work on a separate project on colonial archives; receiving smaller pots of money from the universities of Oxford, Keele, Leeds, and the UK Association for the History of Nursing to present papers or lead workshops; and ultimately, twice winning over EUR 3000 in one of the most competitive scholarships to attend advanced courses in German at Berlin and Hamburg after multiple rounds of interviews and tests.

LIFETIME GRANT CAPTURE: £308,639

External Fellowships (as Principal Investigator)

2021−24: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship: £162,261

2019−21: Wellcome Trust ISSF Fellowship: £70,000

Grants and Prizes (Competitive)

2019: AHRC funding to conduct archival research in London: £490

2019: AHRC funding to present research at British Association of Modernist Studies: £250

2018: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, bursary to present at conference organised by NTU and Flinders University (Australia) in Singapore. I was 1 out of 5 recipients out of 17 applicants worldwide: S$400.

2018: TORCH, University of Oxford (competitive) bursary to attend ‘What is a Decolonial Curriculum’ workshop: £150

2018: International Society for First World War Studies Bursary to cover travel and living costs to present at ISFWWS conference in Melbourne (Australia). I was 1 out of 4 recipients out of 45 applicants worldwide: 1000 AUD

2018: Learned Societies Fund, University of Sheffield to present paper at ISFWWS conference at Melbourne: £700

2017: Research Strategy Committee Award, University of Sheffield, to conduct research seminar at Menzies Centre, King’s College London: £100

2017: Research Strategy Committee Award, University of Sheffield, to conduct archival research at Imperial War Museum, London: £100

2017: Funding from CARA (Council for At-Risk Academics) for organising an international interdisciplinary conference on subaltern women’s narratives of subversion: £300

2017: Funding from Arts and Humanities PGR Forum for organising conference: £250

2017: Funding from UK Association for the History of Nursing to present at conference: £50

2016: Petrie Watson Exhibition research travel grant, University of Sheffield, to conduct archival research in Germany: £350

2016: Funding from Keele University to present at conference: £50

2015: Research Strategy Committee Award to present a conference paper at University of Portsmouth: £100

2015: Learned Societies Fund, University of Sheffield, to present a conference paper in Italy: £600

Scholarships (Competitive)

2014–2017: Vice-Chancellor’s India Scholarship, University of Sheffield, covering full tuition fees (international rate) and maintenance grant for the duration of my PhD. The scholarship was awarded to 10 students across all departments and faculties, and I was the only student to receive the award in Arts and Humanities: £14,296 p.a. (living expenses) + £16,000 p.a. (fees at international rate)

2014: PASCH Stipendium, Goethe Institut Kolkata. Scholarship covering full fees and living expenses to attend C2 German course at Goethe Institut, Hamburg. I was the only student to receive the funding out of 50 applicants: 1150 EUR (course fees) + 1000 EUR (rent + living expenses + health insurance) + 1000 EUR (airfare + Schengen visa costs)

2013: Goethe Stipendium, Goethe Institut, Kolkata. Scholarship covering full fees and living expenses to attend C1.1 German course at Goethe Institut, Berlin. I was the only student to receive the highly competitive and prestigious funding out of 50 applicants: 1150 EUR (course fees) + 1000 EUR (rent + living expenses + health insurance) + 1000 EUR (airfare + Schengen visa costs)