EMERGING LEADERS IN THE SOCIAL ECONOMY - RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub) is inviting proposals for research scholarships, from students and young practitioners (under 30 years of age*) working in the Social Economy. This scholarship program is intended to promote original research by “emerging leaders” in the Social Economy that will advance knowledge for the sector, and advance the capacity of successful candidates to further strengthen the Social Economy in their academic and practitioner sectors. This is the Emerging Leaders in the Social Economy Research Scholarship Program.

The Program will provide scholarships of up to $3,000 per recipient towards salary replacement, national/international travel, or other actual costs of conducting research and producing a research report for publication by CSEHub. A review panel will recommend awards to the CSEHub Co-Directors, who will review proposals. The panel will be made up of representatives of the CSEHub board (including at least one academic), the Social Economy Student Network (SESN), and the Emerging Leaders Committee of the Canadian CED Network (CCEDNet). The panel, and/or other representatives of the CSEHub board, will also act as a peer review panel for the research papers of scholarship recipients.

The awarding of scholarships is conditional upon the following:

  1. The subject is relevant to the national policy research priorities of CSEHub
  2. A paper for publication by CSEHub will be produced for peer review and then completed and ready for publication within a timeline agreed by the Hub and not later than 4 months prior to the end of the SSHRC grant in August 2010

Requirements for the proposal include:

  1. Completed application form;
  2. CV listing all publications, previous research experience, and up to 3 references;
  3. Letter of application outlining interest in continued work in strengthening the Social Economy, the rationale for the research proposal, its relevance to the policy priorities of CSEHub, the arrangements that have been or can be made to ensure sufficient time for the research and writing process, a proposed budget (including costs to be covered by the award), and the use to which the report and research data/findings will be put by practitioners/actors in the Social Economy; and
  4. Letters of support for the proposal.

Deadline for proposals is April 15, 2009.

A second call for proposals will be issued in September 2009, for which the deadline will be October 15.

For more information or to submit a proposal, please email secoord at uvic.ca

*Subject to variance by the review panel based on cultural or other rationale

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