SSRC Global Security FUnding

Announcing Funding for Research and Training on Issues of Global 
Security 
and Cooperation.

* Anunciando una oportunidad de financiamiento para investigación y 
formación 
en temas de seguridad y cooperación global. Del Consejo de 
Investigación en 
Ciencias Sociales. Hay varias becas disponibles.  Para más información, 
envíe 
un correo electrónico a: [email protected], o visite la página Web: 
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/gsc. 

* Annonce d’une opportunité de financement pour recherche et formation 
en 
sécurité et coopération globale. Du Conseil de Recherche en Science 
Sociales. 
Pour tous renseignements, veuillez envoyer un courriel à :
[email protected], ou visiter la page Web: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/gsc. 


The Global Security and Cooperation Program (GSC) of the Social Science 
Research Council is pleased to announce four funding opportunities for 
research and training on the conditions for enhancing global security 
and 
cooperation. 

There are no citizenship or nationality requirements. 

The GSC Program particularly seeks to bridge the gap between the 
knowledge 
held by practitioners - human rights activists, humanitarian relief 
workers, 
development consultants, lawyers, diplomats, etc. - and academics. We 
believe 
that new and more appropriate forms of collaboration between these two 
communities are vital for both understanding and ameliorating the 
varieties 
of threats to human security around the world. 

The GSC Program offers the following fellowships and grants funded by 
MacArthur Foundation: 

-  Dissertation Fellowships on Global Security and Cooperation 

Applications are invited from students working towards the PhD or 
equivalent 
for a two-year fellowship. The first year must be spent working at a 
non-
governmental, international or multilateral organization involved in 
peace 
and security issues outside the applicant's country of residence. The 
second 
year must be spent conducting a research project related to that 
experience. 

Maximum award: $19,000 per year. 

Deadline: December 2, 2002. 

-  Research Fellowships for Professionals Working in International 
Affairs 

Applications are invited from practitioners (NGO professionals, 
activists, 
journalists, lawyers etc.) to conduct a research and writing project 
for 8-18 
months under the supervision of an academic mentor in a university or 
research institute. Applicants should have 5-15 years of experience 
working 
in issues related to international security and cooperation. A 
significant 
piece of writing is expected as a result. 

Maximum award: $38,000 per year. 

Deadline: December 2, 2002. 

-  Grants for Research Collaboration in Conflict Zones 

Applications are invited from qualified teams of 2 or more scholars, 
NGO 
practitioners, activists, journalists, lawyers and others who currently 
reside or work in places with long-standing, intractable, or widespread 
violent conflicts. These research grants lasting 4-6 months support new 
perspectives and approaches to understanding and ameliorating the root 
causes 
of conflict in those regions. Besides contributing to the generation of 
new 
knowledge and data, proposed research projects should also address the 
practices, policies, and politics of actors involved in conflict 
prevention 
and the processes of peace-building, peacemaking or peacekeeping. One 
application per team is accepted and the principal researcher should 
have 
between 5 and 15 years of professional experience related to 
understanding or 
ameliorating the causes of violent conflict OR a post-graduate degree 
with 
substantial research experience. 

Maximum award: $12,000. 

Deadline: February 1, 2003. 

-  Postdoctoral Fellowships on Global Security and Cooperation 

Applications are invited from scholars holding a PhD or equivalent for 
8-18 
months of support. The first half of the fellowship is to be spent 
working in 
a nongovernmental, international or multilateral organization involved 
in 
peace and security issues. The second half must be spent conducting a 
research project informed by that experience. A significant 
intellectual 
product is expected as a result. Maximum award: $38,000 per year. 

Deadline: December 2, 2002. 


For more information and application forms please contact GSC at: 

Social Science Research Council Program on Global Security and 
Cooperation
40 S Street NW Washington, DC 20009 USA 

Email: [email protected] 
Web: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/gsc