Forwarding Letter by the Head of Affiliating Institution/University
(Must be on institution letter head and must be in the same format)
The In-charge,
Research Projects (RP) Division
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
JNU Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,
New Delhi - 110067
The____________________________________________________ (Name of the organization)
forwards the application of _________________________________________ (name of the
applicant), a permanent / temporary / ad-hoc / retired employee of (Name of the organization) for
ICSSR Research Projects / Programmes.
We agree to administer the funds, provide basic research infrastructure facilities, and make
available all its research facilities such as library, laboratory and other equipment and required
office assistance for the smooth completion of the Research Project. We shall open and maintain
a dedicated bank account duly registered at PFMS portal / RBI account for release of the ICSSR
Research Grant (Scheme Code-0877) without any delay. (Please refer notification given on
ICSSR website – www.icssr.org).
If the Project Coordinator or Co-Project coordinator leaves our institution due to valid reasons,
we would assign a new members of the committee, subject to the approval of the ICSSR. The
institution shall be responsible for submitting the audited statement of accounts and utilisation
certificate for the grant received and utilised. Overhead charges will be apportioned as per
ICSSR rules.
We acknowledge that the copyright for the project's outcomes will be vested in the ICSSR,
and any publication or dissemination of the research findings will be solely at the discretion
of the ICSSR.
Signature of the Director of the Institute /
Principal/ Registrar/
(with name and stamp)
Place: Name: _______________________
Date: Designation: __________________
(Note: Scan the forwarding letter and upload along with the proposal)