CALL FOR PROPOSALS: IASSCS-FORD FOUNDATION Emerging Scholars International Research Fellowship
We would like to thank you for the great interest in the IASSCS Emerging Scholars International Research Fellowship.
In response to the requests received, we have extended the deadline for submitting applications until November 5th 2013.
Follow the directions from the full Call for Applications attached.
Submit all documents to iasscs.secretarait@iasscs.org by November 5th 2013 with a subject line stating: IASSCS Emerging Scholars International Research Fellowship. IASSCS reserves the right to decline proposals if authors do not strictly follow the submission guidelines or applications are incomplete.
Scholarship awards will be announced in April 2014.
Application Requirements
· IASSCS Emerging Scholars International Research Fellowship welcomes proposals from early career researchers whose research focuses on social and cultural research on sexuality, with a particular emphasis on the Global South;
· Applicants are expected either to be affiliated with a university and progressing toward a Ph.D. degree, or to be based within an organisation that has existing research capacity.
· IASSCS will fund research proposals representing new work, or ongoing research projects; that is at a very early stage of its fieldwork, e.g. beginning to recruit research participants, or starting field observations, or beginning document or text collection for literature reviews. However, IASSCS will only fund ongoing research when a complete budget for the project is submitted and the research item that will be addressed with IASSCS funds is clearly specified.
Application Process
Application documents must be written in English only. To apply to the IASSCS Emerging Scholars International Research Fellowship, please send by e-mail the following documents:
1. A brief research proposal (no less than 4 pages and no more than 8 pages) including:
- Research subject (topic or title)
- The research question(s) (please clearly answer the question: what are or will you be researching?)
- Proposed research methodology (clearly define if you will be working with human research participants subjects, or conducting textual, archival, or secondary analysis of existing database)
- Expected research outcome (what do you expect the research to achieve?)
- Detailed information as to what the grant will be spent
- Statement from either a research supervisor or work-based supervisor, stating that she or he will mentor you throughout the research process (see Requirements during the Research Grant Period below)
- A statement clarifying how human research ethics approval will be sought, granted and from which institution and which body (e.g. Internal Review Board, Human Ethics Committee, IRB, HEC)
- A statement on how this application prioritizes research issues in the Global South
- A statement on how this project will assist in developing sexuality research capacity at your host institution.
- Reference list (no more than one page, in addition to the 4-10 pages of the proposal).
Your proposal can include photographs and/or charts.
2. A nine (09) month timeline detailing activities and expected periodic accomplishments;
3. An estimated budget (between a minimum of 3,000 USD and a maximum of 5,000 USD), which should identify any and all additional funds that have been obtained to support the research project and should include the following budget items:
- A maximum of USD 1,500 for researcher’s stipend
- A maximum of USD 3,000 for research expenses as outlined above
- A minimum of USD 500 for attending the 2015 or 2017 IASSCS conferences
4. An electronic, signed letter of recommendation from the institutional research advisor, supervisor, or a senior researcher activist in your field of interest, indicating the institution’s support for the research and attesting to the applicant’s skills and capacity to carry out the research project effectively.
5. Your Curriculum Vitae (maximum 3 pages long)
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