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6th Call for Research Grants at IRISS-C/I
"Access to Large Scale Facilities"
under
A. the IRISS-C/I program funded by the European Commission, DG XII, TMR,
and
B. the IRISS, USA program funded by the US National Science Foundation
1) Deadline
The deadline for submission of research proposals to the present call
for applications is March 15th, 2000.
2) Period of Stay at CEPS/INSTEAD
Preferably between 1 June 2000 and August 2000, but maybe also between
April and December 2000 (up to 3 weeks per individual or joint research
project).
3) Topics
Proposals should deal with comparative socio-economic European research
based on the international micro-databases available at CEPS/INSTEAD:
a) the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS),
b) the Luxembourg Employment Study (LES),
c) the Household Panel Comparability Project and Database (PACO), and
d) the European Community Household Panel Study (ECHP user database).
IRISS-C/I promotes problem-oriented socio-economic analyses based on
international micro-data. It aims at bringing together individual
researchers from different countries and disciplines in an informed
socio-economic research environment. Preference will be given to
projects focusing on cross-sectional and dynamic analyses based on
cross-section or longitudinal panel data, and contributing to the
advancement of comparability.
IRISS-C/I offers opportunities to work in the following fields: -poverty
and inequality, -panel/survey methodology, - income dynamics, -
persistent and new poverty, - education and training, continued
education, - labor markets, unemployment, segmentation of labor markets,
new forms of work, - child well-being/poverty, child care, - impact of
aging populations, intergenerational relations, - effects of family
policies, social protection and redistributive policies, - family
structures and change, - family and household budgets, - geographical
and social mobility, - gender, ethnic and social inequality, - regional
development and structural change.
4) Who may apply?
Researchers who are nationals of an EU member state or an associated
state (currently Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway) and conducting
research in a research team working inside the member states of the EU
or associated states may apply for the TMR funding.
US Researchers may receive funding for participation in IRISS sponsored
by the US NSF.
IRISS-C/I particularly encourages US-EC research team proposals that
involve joint stays at CEPS/INSTEAD.
Interested US researchers may contact Prof. Tim Smeeding
([log in to unmask]). EU member or associated state researchers may
contact Vincent Hildebrand ([log in to unmask]). Only
researchers/research teams doing non proprietary research (who are
entitled to publish the results of their work in the open literature)
may apply. Level of research: preferably doctoral candidates or beyond
(no limitation concerning applicant's age). Researchers from other
countries may also participate in the activities, being understood that
they will have to be funded by other sources.
5) What do the research grants offer to Candidates?
Technical and scientific assistance; free access to databases available
at CEPS/INSTEAD (LIS, LES, PACO/ECHP, and - at a national and regional
level - the Luxembourg Household and Firm Panel, as well as the
inter-regional institutional database EURES on transborder labor market
regulations); use of individual PCs with Internet access / personal
e-mail; training on the use of the Center's databases, if necessary;
exchange with experienced CEPS/INSTEAD researchers and research partners
working on similar themes and projects; free use of the IRISS-C/I
facility with administrative support (secretarial assistance,
photocopying, communication); reimbursement of travel from and to home
country; daily allowances and overnight stay in the Center's apartments.
Free access to JSTOR Journals via WWW.
6) Review and Selection Procedures
Each proposal is reviewed by 3-4 members of the User Selection Panel
(see composition of the EU- and the US-Selection Panel). Evaluation
criteria: scientific and technical quality of the project
(scientific/technical interest, originality, methodological approach,
feasibility, cohesion/structure/clarity), comparative and/or
longitudinal approach, appropriateness to study the project at
CEPS/INSTEAD, projected publication or other product, added value for
European socio-economic research.
7) Feedback to applicants
Applicants are informed about the result of the evaluation within 4-6
weeks after the deadline. If Panel members reject a proposal, they will
indicate why and possibly make suggestions for a revised proposal.
8) Seminars
While at IRISS, each researcher should prepare to present a seminar on
their work. This may take place at the end of the stay (final product,
progress report) or at the beginning (a discussion of proposed work) or
both.
9) Reports
At the end of their visit, IRISS-C/I users are asked to provide a report
on the work they have done at the Center, preferably in the form of one
or more research papers. Papers to be published as a result of the visit
should acknowledge that the work was supported by the EU - Training and
Mobility of Researchers Program or by the US National Science
Foundation. A copy of each paper should be sent to IRISS-C/I for
inclusion in the Center's working papers series.
10) Technical note
Candidates may apply by e-mail, fax or ordinary mail. The application
form may be copied directly from our IRISS-C/I homepage
(http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/iriss.htm ) to the PC and returned via e-mail,
confirmed by signed fax or original mail. E-mail applications should use
a file attached in Word 6.0 or 7.0. Applicants may also print out the
pdf-version of the application form directly from the homepage or ask
for a paper version under an adress indicated below.
Contacts for further information:
Applicants from the EU and Associated States:
Vincent Hildebrand, IRISS-C/I Database Expert
IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD
Rue Emile Mark 44,
B.P. 48
L-4501 Differdange
Tel: (00352) 58 58 55 - 520
Fax: (00352) 58 55 88
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Applicants from the United States:
Kati Foley
Luxembourg Income Study
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
Tel.: 315-443-4526
Fax: 315-443-1081
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Prof. Tim Smeeding, Director
Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
Tel.: 315-443-9042
Fax: 315-443-1081
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
*************THE APPLICATION FORMS AND THE GUIDLINES ARE AVAILABLE
ON OUR WEB SITE : HTTP://WWW.CEPS.LU/IRIIS/IRIIS.HTM
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