ISSC
and is intended to enable social science researchers and their knowledge
partners to respond meaningfully to the call in October for
Transformative Knowledge Network proposals. Up to 30 successful
proposals for seed funding will be supported (receiving up to €30,000 each over 6.5 months).
The seed funding
will allow successful applicants to build partnerships with colleagues
in other disciplines, fields and countries, to identify and establish
contact with relevant communities of practice and stakeholders, and to
engage with them as knowledge partners to co-design full proposals to
develop Transformative Knowledge Networks.
Eligibility criteria
The call for seed funding is open to individual social science researchers (from academic and other organisations that have a strong focus on research) from any part of the world.
The call for seed funding is open to individual social science researchers (from academic and other organisations that have a strong focus on research) from any part of the world.
- Applicants must have a PhD in the social sciences or at least 5 years full-time equivalent research experience.
- Applications must be completed in line with the application instructions outlined in Section 4 below, and must include all requested attachments.
- The core description of the proposed work must not exceed 5 A4 pages (using 11 point font size, single spacing) in length, excluding required attachments.
- Applicants must indicate, in writing, their availability and commitment to participate in the Transformations Knowledge Workshop to be held in Potsdam, Germany, in September 2014 (see Section 1 above) or, in case of unavailability, to be represented at the workshop by a colleague who will contribute significantly to the proposed work.
- Applications must be written in English and emailed, in PDF format, to: transformations@worldsocialscience.org.
Moreinfo: http://www.worldsocialscience.org/activities/transformations/call-proposals-2
