Financial Assistance Programme

Promoting Indian literature across the globe through translation grants.

🕒 Last Date: 28 February 2026

Pre-Application Checklist

Ensure you have the following documents ready before you begin:

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Publisher's full contact details.

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Contract with the translator & translation rights holder agreement.

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Detailed profile/bio-data of the translator.

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Sample translation (10-15 pages for prose or 5 poems).

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Synopsis of the work and author profile.

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Copy of the agreement with the foreign publisher.

Financial Assistance is available only for the translation costs of a work formerly published in English, Hindi or any other Indian languages by an Indian publisher. A committee of experts will review all applications. Applicants are contacted as soon as a decision has been made. In order to process the applications, we request the publishing house to provide the following information:

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Books Covered

Fiction, Science, Children's

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Support

Translation costs only

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Contact

nbtfap@gmail.com

Publisher Information

Name of the Publisher

Address

Postal Code

Country

Tel

Publication Details

Name of the Publication

Author

Original Language

Target Language

Est. Publication Date

Book Category

Estimated Print Run

Number of Pages

Enclosures (File Uploads)

1. Copy of agreement with the translator

2. Copy of agreement with the foreign publisher

3. Copy of translator's bio data

4. Sample translation (10-15 pages prose / 5 poems) [Required]

I agree to all terms and conditions of the National Book Trust Financial Assistance Programme (NBT FAP). I understand that grants are awarded only for translation costs and not for production or acquisition costs.