What VidhiAagaz funds
VidhiAagaz funds two programmes. The Journal Infrastructure Grant gives journals owned by universities, law schools and research institutions the publishing infrastructure that international indexing services expect. The Student Correspondents Fellowship trains one student at each institution in academic publishing. Both are funded by VidhiAagaz, and neither charges a fee.
- Funding
- Funded by VidhiAagaz
- Journal Infrastructure Grant
- Up to five journals under the current call
- Student Correspondents
- One Fellow at each institution
- Global Scholars Consortium
- Convened by CLRS, one convener for each country
Journal Infrastructure Grant
The Grant gives a journal in law or an allied field, published by an institution in any country, the technical and publishing infrastructure that international indexing services expect: a dedicated website in the institution’s name, the Journal Portal for submissions and double-blind peer review with a dated record of every decision, a Crossref DOI for every article, JATS XML and Google Scholar metadata, preservation in the PKP Preservation Network, and help with ISSN and indexing applications. Each grant is worth ₹2,00,000 a year, for two years, renewable to five, and the institution keeps its journal, its title and its editorial decisions.
Up to five grants are made under the current call. Applications opened on 6 November 2026 and close on 15 January 2027.
Student Correspondents Fellowship
The Fellowship appoints one student at each institution for twelve months, to report on campus scholarship, to carry VidhiAagaz programmes to their faculty and to write under their own byline. Fellows are inducted at CLRS Academy and receive a certificate in academic publishing practice, roles at our conferences and a place in the Fellows’ Conclave. The Fellowship is honorary. Fellows do not seek papers for VidhiAagaz journals, and the Fellowship gives no advantage in the review or publication of any work.
Global Scholars Consortium
The Centre for Legal Research and Studies convenes a group of faculty members, one for each country, who decide with us which questions our conferences ask and which institutions organise them. Membership carries no fee, and publication is always optional.
Questions about a programme?
The Grants Office answers at grants@vidhiaagaz.com, and the Fellowship at fellowship@vidhiaagaz.com.