Fw: GRANT- OSI/HESP Central Asia Research Initiative Call for Applications

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From: "Oleksandr Shtokvych" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:21 AM
Subject: GRANT- OSI/HESP Central Asia Research Initiative Call for
Applications


> A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian
Studies
>
>
> GRANTS- OSI/HESP Central Asia Research Initiative Call for Applications
>
> The INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM (HESP)
> of the OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE (OSI)
> is pleased to announce the
>
> CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
>
> for participation in the activities of the
> CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH INITIATIVE (CARI)
> starting in the year 2003
>
> The International Higher Education Support Program is committed to the
> advancement of higher education in the humanities and social sciences
> throughout the region of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union
> and Mongolia. CARI is a regional HESP program that aims to promote
> progressive scholarship and teaching, and to foster international academic
> cooperation in the social sciences and humanities in the post-Soviet
> Countries of Central Asia and Mongolia. CARI encourages the linkage
between
> scholarly research and teaching, so as to develop and introduce new
> approaches to and contents of teaching at institutions of higher education
> in the region. CARI focuses primarily on young scholars.
>
> Proposals for projects starting between June and November 2003 are invited
> from faculty teaching at institutions of higher education in Kazakhstan,
> Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, who wish to
> carry out original, innovative and high quality research projects, and to
> apply this research experience to teaching and curriculum development at
> their home institutions. The proposals can address any subject relevant to
> the advancement of scholarship and teaching in the region within the
> following disciplines:
>
>  * History
>  * Law
>  * Media Studies
>  * Political Science
>  * Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography
>  * Sociology
>  * Social Psychology
>
> Within this range of disciplines CARI has a particular interest in fields
>    such as:
>  * Gender Studies
>  * Human Rights
>  * International Relations and Security Studies.
>
> As a rule, CARI supports projects of individual scholars; it will also
> consider a limited number of joint (cooperative) projects that offer
> comparative intra-regional perspectives on the research subjects and
propose
> cross-border follow-up teaching activities. Such joint (cooperative)
> projects must include individuals from different countries of the CARI
> region, and describe the specific contribution of each individual towards
> the project.
>
> With an aim to integrate Central Asian Scholars in the broader
international
> academic community and to extend their familiarity with the
state-of-the-art
> research and teaching in their disciplines, CARI links the grantees with
> senior research advisors (mentors). CARI selects mentors in consultation
> with the grantees; mentors are recognized experts in the academic fields
> represented by the projects. As a rule, mentors are affiliated with
> institutions of higher education outside the CARI region. The mentoring
> primarily relies on electronic communication, but CARI also supports,
where
> appropriate, short study/research trips abroad by the grantees and/or
short
> visits by the mentors to work with the grantees and their home
institutions.
>
> A CARI grant is awarded for up to two years and consists of two
> approximately equal phases:
> (i) research
> (ii) implementation/teaching.
>
> The extension of the grant beyond the initial first year/phase is subject
> to progress review. A grant typically offers:
>
>  * A monthly stipend of approximately USD 200 for the time spent in the
>    recipient's home country. For periods of approved travel abroad, this
>    stipend will be adjusted to the standards of the host country;
>  * Funding for research materials and procedures, communication, access to
>    necessary equipment and resources;
>  * Funds for exchange visits between the grantee and the mentor;
>  * Funding for implementation of research results in teaching.
>
> Eligibility requirements: Applicants must be both citizens and residents
> within the region consisting of the following countries: Kazakhstan,
> Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; they must
be
> employed as faculty members at an institution of higher education in one
of
> these countries. The minimum academic qualification requirement is an MA
or
> an equivalent degree. Priority will be given to projects implemented by
> younger scholars.
>
> Further information and official application forms are available free of
> charge from the HESP office in Budapest at the coordinates provided below,
> Soros foundations network representatives and partners in the region, from
> the OSI-Budapest web-site www.osi.hu/hesp
>
> THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS BY OSI-BUDAPEST IS 31 OCTOBER
2002.
> Application and supporting documents can be submitted electronically, by
> fax, or regular mail and must reach the HESP office in Budapest no later
> than 31 October 2002. Late or incomplete applications will not be
> considered. Final decisions will be announced in April 2003.
>
> Applications and queries should be addressed to:
> OSI/HESP-CARI, Október 6. u.12., Budapest 1051 Hungary
> E-mail: [email protected]
> Telephone: +36 1 327 3854
> Fax: +36 1 411 4401
>
> Oleksandr Shtokvych, Program Manager
> [email protected]
>
> Edit Köblös, Program Assistant
> [email protected]
>
>
>
>