CERGE-EI, with financial support provided by the Global Development Network announces a research competition in all fields of the social sciences. Proposals are invited from economists, demographers, political scientists, sociologists, and other social scientists. Projects with a significant commercial aspect or that propose funding the distribution of previous results (such as book preparation) rather than original research are explicitly excluded.

Proposals must be postmarked by 01 July 2008.

The sponsors have identified several priority areas of research. While funding for research in other areas will be provided, projects in these areas will receive priority:

I. Enterprise Development and Behavior including Corporate Governance and Restructuring
II. Labor Markets including Retirement, Social Assistance and Health Economics
III. Globalization including Regional and International Economic Policy Coordination
IV. The Reform Process including Public Finance, Fiscal Burden, and Taxation
V. Education including Educational Policy, Reform, Funding and Outcomes

Funding Details

Maximum funding will be US $20,000 although it is expected that the vast majority of grants awarded will be for substantially smaller amounts. Grants in excess of US $15,000 will be granted only in exceptional cases. The median grant awarded to start in January 2008 was approximately US $9,000. Grants must begin no later than 31 December 2008 and end no later than 31 December 2009, although a six-month no-cost extension request may be made during the year.

Eligibility
Applicants must be residents of any of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo (UNMIK), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Applicants must be resident for the substantial majority of each year in the country from which they are applying although they may be of any nationality or citizenship. Graduate students now outside of the region are encouraged to collaborate with current residents but will not be considered residents unless they provide credible evidence of an intention to return to Central Europe after completion of their degrees (an example of such evidence would be a binding labor contract with an employer granting leave for study).

Proposals must be postmarked by 01 July 2008 and sent by courier or post to:
CERGE-EI
GDN RRC9 Proposals
Politickych veznu 7
11121 Prague 1
Czech Republic

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