New India Foundation’s book fellowship to go annual starting 2026
The New India Foundation will transition its Book Fellowship to an annual program starting in 2026. This change aims to enhance the foundation's reach and support for nonfiction writing in India. The annual cycle will allow for more frequent applications and a richer community of fellows.
- ▪The NIF Book Fellowship will now be awarded annually instead of every two years, starting in 2026.
- ▪Applications will be open for approximately three months each year, allowing more writers to participate.
- ▪The foundation aims to expand its thematic and intellectual diversity among fellows with this change.
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The New India Foundation (NIF) Book Fellowship, which has been awarded once every two years so far, will move to an annual cycle beginning in 2026. Applications will now open every year and remain open for approximately three months.The NIF Book Fellowship offers a substantial monthly stipend, editorial support, mentorship, and access to a community of writers and thinkers. According to a communique from NIF, the move to an annual cycle is driven by a desire to expand NIF’s reach and embrace greater thematic and intellectual diversity among its fellows. “This move reflects NIF’s ambition to do more for serious nonfiction in India.
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