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>Subject: IRISS visitors' grants - deadline call 10 >From: [log in to unmask] >Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 17:17:25 +0100 > >------------------------------------------------------ > >** IRISS fellowships ** > >Research proposals under the 10th call for IRISS grants at CEPS/Instead >were due January the 31st (see below). Late applications will however be >accepted until February the 15th. > >The suggested topics under this 10th call are > >- Assortative mating and its implication for inequality, poverty, the >labour market, redistributive policies, ? >- Measurement of income polarisation in the EU > > >(As usual note that non call-specific applications are accepted all year >round without deadline restrictions.) > >For information about the IRISS visitors' grants, see our website: < >http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/iriss.htm> > > >IRISS Staff >CEPS/INSTEAD, >BP48, L-4501 Differdange, Luxembourg > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >** IRISS RESEARCH GRANTS at CEPS/INSTEAD ** > > >CEPS/INSTEAD announces its 10th call for research proposals under the IRISS >project. > > >* WHAT IS OFFERED > >Since 1998, the IRISS-C/I fellowships offer European researchers the >opportunity to spend time carrying out their own research using the >CEPS/INSTEAD infrastructure. The grants cover travel expenses and on-site >accommodation, and include a stipend of 30 EUR/day for living expenses. The >duration of IRISS-C/I fellowships may vary between 2 to 12 weeks, depending >on the nature of the research project. > >During their stay, visitors are granted free access to the CEPS/INSTEAD >archive of micro-data (including the European Community Household Panel and >the Panel Comparability (PACO) project data) and to the local research >infrastructure (office space, computing facilities, `virtual library´). >IRISS-C/I fellows are also invited to present their research at local >seminars and the IRISS-C/I Working Paper series offers a platform to >disseminate research output.(*) > >Research grants may be provided either to individual researchers or to >groups of several researchers working on a joint project. Collaborative >projects with resident researchers are welcome. > > >* TOPIC > >IRISS-C/I promotes topical, problem-oriented research in economics and the >social sciences based on micro-data. Researchers interested in >(internationally) comparative research are particularly encouraged to >apply. The CEPS/INSTEAD data archive to which IRISS-C/I fellows are granted >access offers opportunities to carry out research in such fields as survey >and panel data methodology; income and poverty dynamics; multi-dimensional >indicators of poverty and deprivation; gender, ethnic and social >inequality; unemployment; new forms of work/a-typical employment; education >and training; social protection and redistributive policies; family >structures and change; etc. > >For the present call, we encourage applications on the following two >topics: >- Assortative mating and its implication for inequality, poverty, the >labour market, redistributive policies, ? >- Measurement of income polarisation in the EU > >Joint projects are particularly encouraged. > > >* HOW TO APPLY > >Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications >electronically using the IRISS online application form at >http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/ (follow 'Call for Applications'). A brief >curriculum vitae and the description of the research project must be >provided (preferably in PDF, PS or DOC format). > > >* WHO MAY APPLY? > >All nationals from the EU and Associated States conducting research in an >Institution within the EU or Associated States (Iceland, Norway, >Liechtenstein, Israel, Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, >Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia). > > >* DEADLINE > >The deadline for this call for proposals is January the 31st 2002. Note >however that research proposals covering any topics are accepted all year >round without any deadline restriction. > > >* SELECTION PROCEDURE > >Each proposal will be assessed by a panel of evaluators on the basis of the >scientific quality of the project and the appropriateness of host >institution for the research project (data availability, resident or >visiting research fellows with research interests in field of proposed >project). Research proposals with a comparative dimension (cross-national >and/or inter-temporal) are particularly welcome. > >Applicants are informed of the result of the evaluation within 4-8 weeks >after the submission of their proposal. If the User Selection Panel rejects >a proposal, it will indicate the reasons for the rejection and possibly >make suggestions for a revised proposal. > > >* CONTACTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: > >IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD >Rue Emile Mark 44, >B.P. 48 >L-4501 Differdange >Tel: (00352) 58 58 55 - 512 >Fax: (00352) 58 55 88 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >Also see: http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/ > > > >(*) Note that the results of any research carried out either wholly or in >part during the IRISS-C/I fellowship must appear in the IRISS-C/I Working >Papers Series before publication elsewhere. > > > > > >********************************************************************** >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >the system manager. > >********************************************************************** René Bekkers Webmaster European Sociological Association http://www.europeansociology.org