iCALL’s Youth Mental Health Fellowship 2022-23
Last date of application 17th November 2022
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956. Since its inception, the Vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred, ecologically sustainable and just society that promotes and protects dignity, equality, social justice and human rights for all.
iCALL, TISS invites applications for the 2022-23 youth mental health fellowships supported by Zoom Cares. The applications are invited from young researchers passionate about youth mental health issues and well-networked with young people in India.
iCALL, a field action project of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, is happy to announce it’s PAN India, Youth Mental Health Fellowship (YMHF). iCALL’s YMHF, supported by Zoom Cares, the social impact arm of Zoom, provides an opportunity to young people to study areas related to youth mental health in India, strengthen their research skills, and contribute to the wellbeing of young individuals
The YMHF aims to initiate youth-led research centering young individuals in the endeavors of knowledge creation about their mental health. Given the dearth of Indian research on youth mental health issues, the fellowship will serve to generate new knowledge, which will, in turn, inform the designing of future policies and programmes for young individuals.
Interested candidates must be self-driven, motivated to work independently, and ready to take on challenges that come their way during the Fellowship period. Given that the fellowship consists of multiple components, it will follow a hybrid modality with some components being presented online while others offline.
Fellowship Description & Application Procedure:
No of Fellowship: 6 Research Fellowships
Duration: Eight months.
The eligibility criteria for the fellowship is as follows:
- Individuals between the ages of 18-24
- Individuals with an innovative research idea and a well-thought-out proposal on youth mental health
- Individuals with a minimum Bachelor’s degree from a UGC-recognized university in one of the following academic disciplines:
○ Psychology
○ Social work
○ Health
○ Education
○ Law
○ Or any other relevant field
- Individuals having at least two years of experience in mental health research and academic writing with demonstrable work
- Individuals who can offer an eight-month commitment to the fellowship processes (Attending ongoing workshops, working closely with the mentors, involving young individuals in all stages of the research process, collecting and analyzing data, and writing reports)
- Individuals closely involved in youth mental health work, well-networked with a community of young individuals, and with an ability to mobilize this community
- Individuals who are keen on learning, can take the initiative and follow deadlines
Location: PAN India
Stipend: 15000/- per month
Interested candidates need to send their proposal which presents the rationale behind the intervention, the aim/objectives, and describes what they propose to do during the fellowship period in maximum 12500-1500 words (details of the guidelines for proposal can be found here) and other supporting documents (details of past research experience, and two reference letters) to the google form here: https://bit.ly/3eP9RJt
Click here for the official page
Additionally in case of any queries, they can write to icall.zoomcares@gmail.com
