Strengthening the Social Economy: Scholarship Opportunity for Young Practitioners

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. The 'Emerging Leaders in the Social Economy Research Scholarship Program' is intended to promote original research by emerging leaders in the Social Economy sector, and advance the capacity of successful candidates to further strengthen the Social Economy in their academic and practitioner sectors. 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 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;
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@uvic.ca -- Ashley Hamilton-MacQuarrie sekm@uvic.ca Knowledge Mobilization Canadian Social Economy Hub / Centre canadien d'économie sociale University of Victoria Telephone: (250) 472-4976 Website: www.socialeconomyhub.ca
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