The Maldives National University began awarding Book Writing Grants in 2025 to support and encourage scholarly writing and publication among the university community. These grants are intended to promote the development of high-quality academic and scholarly books by providing financial support to eligible book-writing projects.
Book Writing Grants are open to:
The second call for the application for the Book Writing Grants 2026 is open. The opportunity is open to all MNU full-time staff and MNU full-time students who want to write and publish books.
There are three categories of book writing grants.
All full-time staff and full-time students of The Maldives National University are eligible to apply for grant money to write books of their interest. The Book Writing Grants Committee will evaluate the proposals based on the criteria on the book grant policy.
Completed application forms, along with the required documentation, must be submitted via email on or before 23:59 hours on 17 October 2026, addressed to the Chair of the University Book Writing Grants Committee. Applications should be emailed to research@mnu.edu.mv.
Applicants are required to fill and submit the UBWG Application, UBWG proposal document and UBWG budget sheet.





