Funding for Social Science Research: International and Corporate

This chapter focusses on the social science research (SSR) funding from non-governmental sources. It was observed that the International donors and corporate are important and rapidly emerging source of funding in India. The funding by these two sources comes in the form of development grants for research project on priority issues like poverty alleviation, women empowerment, health, education and others stemming out of the millennium development goals or now, the sustainable development goals. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the companies also increased manifold. The study found that the funding support to education has increased during the reference period, on the priority issues like health and sanitation, women’s empowerment, poverty eradication, and protection of nation heritage and culture.