Support setting up of a state-of-the-art research laboratory or specialized research equipment in the social, natural, formal, or applied sciences at Monk® Prayogshala® that will help researchers implement lab-based research projects across disciplines. We aim to mobilize resources and technical support to establish a 20-terminal social science laboratory for conducting computer-based experiments in social sciences (psychology, economics, public policy) with laptops, software, servers, and laboratory manager.
This includes basic and advanced infrastructural support to researchers in the social sciences in particular -- where they can conduct behavioural experiments,
Two resources are central to being able to set up a world-class research facility. This will be a public resource where we will offer the experimental laboratory to other researchers in India.
Our main requirement here is related to financial resources required to acquire statistical software, computers, physical space, and trained staff to ensure that the lab continues to run smoothly and consistently has space to expand to meet researcher needs as well as match the facilities available in the best labs in the world.
We expect a minimum set-up cost of Rs. 7.5 Lakhs and a recurring cost of Rs. 2 Lakhs for this laboratory, as of 2016-17. We will reach out to our early career-researcher database (more than 30,000 researchers) to invite researchers to participate in our experiments as well as conduct their own experiments.