Application Form & Review Criteria

Application & Funding Timeline

  • Funding Period: May 1, 2025-April 30, 2026
  • Applications Open: September 23, 2024
  • Application Deadline: January 13, 2024
  • Awardee Notifications: April 2025 (tentative)
  • Awardees Announced: April 16, 2025 (tentative)
  • Report Due: May 30, 2026

Note: GKII reserves the right to modify award deadlines due to operational circumstances. In the case review timelines are changed, all applicants will be notified of updates.

Application Resources 

  • Research Award Reviewer Guide
  • Sample Budget Template 
  • Research Plans | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • The GKII Final Grant Report requests various types of information, including:
    • Accomplishments
      • What were the major goals and objectives of the project?
      • What was accomplished under these goals?
      • What opportunities for training and professional development did the project provide?
      • How were the results disseminated to communities of interest?
      • What do you plan to do with the findings going forward to advance the project goals and objectives and/or your PhD research, or future research pursuits?
    • Products
      • publications, conference papers, and presentations
      • website(s) or other Internet site(s)
      • methods or approaches
      • technologies or techniques
      • inventions, patent applications, and/or licenses
      • other products, such as data or databases, physical collections, audio or video products, software, models, educational aids or curricula, instruments or equipment, research material, interventions (e.g., clinical or educational), or new business creation.
    • Participants and Other Collaborating Organizations
      • Names of collaborating individuals and organizations
    • Changes/Issues
      • Changes in approach and reasons for change
      • Actual or anticipated problems or delays and actions or plans to resolve them in future projects
      • Changes that have a significant impact on expenditures
      • Significant changes in use or care of human subjects, vertebrate animals, biohazards, and/or select agents
    • Budgetary Information
      • Summary of how award funding was utilized for this grant Project Outcomes Concise summary of the outcomes or findings of the award, written for the general public in clear and comprehensible language, without including any proprietary, confidential information or trade secrets.
    • Future Impact
      • Concise summary of overall impact and opportunities for sustainability
    • Personal Reflection
      • Personal statement describing how the award and research project contributed to the fellow’s academic and professional goals. Brief reflection on personal growth and experiences gained.

Review Criteria 

  • Merit-Based Award: Candidates are evaluated on overall academic accomplishments, involvement in leadership roles and co-curricular activities, and contributions to the research project as future scientists.  
  • Research Quality: Research proposals are evaluated on the quality of research proposal and methodology, relevance to India, feasibility of timeframe and outcomes, budget alignment, strength of U.S.-India collaborations, long-term potential, and overall innovation and impact. 
    • Relevance to India Research and Scientific Potential 
    • Scientific Approach: Rigor and Technical Merit
    • Innovation: Novelty and Impact
    • Collaboration: Strength of Multidisciplinary Collaboration
    • Significance: Impact on Knowledge, Practice, Outcomes, or Policy
    • Viability: Feasibility of Project Completion Within a 12-Month Period
    • Sustainability: Likelihood the Project will Promote Continued Collaboration
    • Budget: Assessment of Budget Aligned to Project Activities and Award Funds
  • Completeness: Only fully completed applications will be considered.