CALL FOR GRANT PROPOSALS ON INDIC TRADITIONS

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Infinity Foundation

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Phone: 609-683-8161. Fax: 609-252-0480.

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The Infinity Foundation is calling for

project proposals to do research and/or develop educational materials, whose

objective would be to improve the authenticity of portrayal of Indic traditions

in the educational system. These projects would result in one or more of the

following: books, curriculum development, articles, conferences, CD-Roms,

digital slide shows, internet presentations, and audio/video materials. Topics

covered may include: philosophy,

history, religion, science, art and sociology, as they pertain to the

educational curricula on Indic traditions.

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">These initiatives are in response to

growing concern over inaccurate and damaging ‘Orientalist’ portrayals of India

and India’s cultural legacy, portrayals that have persisted in educational

curricula despite the scathing critiques leveled by post-modern scholars. In

order to foster greater harmony

among different peoples and cultures, The Infinity Foundation has been giving

grants to various institutions with these same overall objectives.

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">While the Infinity Foundation will

consider all proposals dealing with the authentic portrayal of Indic

traditions, it particularly wishes to receive proposals on the following

topics:

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Arial;color:black">The compilation and/or development of works detailing

the contributions of India to world civilization in math, science,

technology, philosophy, religion, art, etc.

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Arial;color:black">Explorations of India’s role in world history,

including: the dissemination of literacy and/or spiritual values

throughout Asia; the European exploration of the New World; the Rise of

the Industrial Revolution; and the “Aryanization” of German national

identity.

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Arial;color:black">The examination of India’s influence on modern and

post-modern literature in the West, such on as the works of Emerson,

Thoreau, Whitman, Browning, Eliot, Isherwood, Hesse, Ginsburg, Kerouac,

diPrima, etc., so as to enrich the literature curriculum.

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Arial;color:black">The study of Indic contributions to modern

psychology, cognitive sciences and the emerging worldview, including

the influence on thinkers such as Schrodinger, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin,

Wilbur, etc.

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Arial;color:black">Bringing to light India’s influence on the development

of European and Asian languages and linguistics.

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Arial;color:black">The re-examination of the current social conditions

of India, including women’s issues, caste, poverty, pollution, etc.,

in the light of its history over the past thousand years and imposition of

foreign civilization, as opposed to the prevailing Orientalist attitude of

holding its religions and/or indigenous traditions solely responsible.

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Arial;color:black">The critique of the portrayal of India in American

educational materials such as textbooks, which might involve: pointing

out stereotypes, inaccuracies, omissions, along with plans and activities

to convince educational authorities and publishers to take corrective

action.

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Arial;color:black">Review of media portrayals about India and

Indian civilization, and/or critiques of these.

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Arial;color:black">The organization of conferences or composition of

conference papers on these topics.

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Selection

Process:

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">All grant applications must contain the

following items:

Arial;color:black">A detailed C. V. highlighting your demonstrable

commitment to the topic area

Arial;color:black">A typed proposal, 2 to 5 pages in length, detailing what

is to be accomplished, the methodology that will be used, the time

required for completion and the amount of funding requested.

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Applications should be submitted to the

address or fax above, clearly marked “GRANT PROPOSAL”. All complete

applications will be considered on a merit basis either by the trustees of the

Foundation or by an advisory committee appointed by it. All applications become

the property of

the Foundation. There is no

deadline for submission. Awards will be made on a merit basis, judged on the

importance of the project to the Foundation’s mission, and also upon the

availability of funds. All

decisions made by the Foundation will be final.

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The following criteria will be followed:

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Arial;color:black">Grant recipients will not be chosen from any particular

educational or scientific institution, or from any particular geographic

location. A key criterion will be the potential recipient’s demonstrated

commitment to the topic area.

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Arial;color:black">A grantee must be a scholar, teacher, visionary, or

spiritual leader whose work in the topics above would be enhanced by a

grant from the Foundation.

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Arial;color:black">The Foundation wishes to make known this availability

of grants to traditional and nontraditional educational, scientific,

cultural, and religious institutions.

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Arial;color:black">The Foundation will select grant recipients from among

the individuals who submit completed applications, interviews or

discussions as deemed appropriate.

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Arial;color:black">The Foundation will pay the grant funds directly to the

grant recipient. Each grant recipient must agree in writing to use the

grant funds to defray the expenses associated with the approved project.

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Arial;color:black">In those instances where the reports submitted under

the grant, or other information (including the failure to submit reports)

indicate that any part of a grant is not being used for intended purposes,

the Foundation will investigate and will withhold further payments to the

extent possible until it receives delinquent reports. If the Foundation

learns that any part of a grant is being diverted from the intended

purposes, it will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to recover the

grant funds and/or to ensure restoration of the diverted funds to the

purposes of the grant. This would include legal action if deemed

appropriate under the circumstances.

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The Infinity Foundation is a non-profit,

charitable foundation. For more

information concerning its history or grant-making activity, see its web site

at: http://www.infinityfoundation.com.

(email: Rajiv.Malhotra (AT) at (DOT) net).

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