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Call for Research Grants at CEPS/INSTEAD Differdange (Luxembourg) - under: A. IRISS-C/I program funded by the European Commission, DG XII, TMR, and B. IRISS, USA program funded by the US National Science Foundation "Access to Large Scale Facilities" Deadline for Submission of Research Proposals: 15 February 2000 Period of Stay at LIS/LES - IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD Differdange (Luxembourg): preference between 1 June 2000 and August 2000 but may be between April and December 2000 (up to 3 weeks per individual or joint research project). Topics: Proposals should deal with comparative socio-economic European research based on the international micro-databases available at CEPS/INSTEAD: - the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), - the Luxembourg Employment Study (LES), - the Household Panel Comparability Project and Database (PACO), and - 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. 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 National Science Foundation. IRISS particularly encourages joint 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. 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.jstor.org. 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 at our homepage: http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/iriss_eusp.htm and http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/iriss_ussp.htm). 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 (In Luxembourg: http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/iriss.htm. In US: http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu/~lisaa/index.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 address indicated below. Contacts for further information: Vincent Hildebrand IRISS-C/I Database Expert CEPS/INSTEAD Rue Emile Mark 44, B.P. 48 L-4501 DIFFERDANGE Tel: +352 58 58 55-555 Fax: +352 58 55 60 e-mail: [log in to unmask] 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] Tim Smeeding 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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%