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From: Kati Foley <lisaa@maxwell.syr.edu>
To:
Subject: New Call for Research Grants at IRISS-C/I
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:01:09 -0500
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> The 4th IRISS-C/I call for US researchers/8th IRISS-C/I call for
> researchers from the EU and Associated States has been posed to the web.
> Applications are available at
> http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu/~lisaa/index.htm (US) and
> http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/iriss.htm (Europe). Please forward this
> announcement to anyone who may be interested.
>
>
> Kati Foley, Administrative Assistant
> Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
> Center for Policy Research, 426 Eggers Hall
> Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
> Phone: 315-443-4526 Fax: 315-443-1081
> homepage: http://lissy.ceps.lu/index.htm
>
>
> ********************************************
>
> CALL FOR PROPOSALS: IRISS-C/I RESEARCH GRANTS
>
> * 8th IRISS-C/I call for researchers from the EU und Associated States
> (funded by the Ministry for Culture, Higher Education and Research and the
> European Commission)
>
> * 4th IRISS-C/I call for US researchers (funded by the US National Science
> Foundation)
>
> CEPS/INSTEAD is a Luxembourg-based research centre and a producer of
> micro-datasets for scientific use on households, persons and firms. Since
> 1985, CEPS/INSTEAD is the home of the Luxembourg household panel study
> (PSELL) and it also hosts the internationally comparative databases LIS
> (Luxembourg Income Study), LES (Luxembourg Employment Study) and PACO
> (Panel Comparability Project). For more information on our activities,
> please turn to the CEPS/INSTEAD web-site: http://www.ceps.lu.
>
> DEADLINE
>
> The deadline for submission of research proposals to the present call for
> applications is 31 December 2000.
>
> PERIOD OF STAY AT CEPS/INSTEAD
>
> The duration of IRISS-C/I fellowships may vary between 4 to 12 weeks,
> depending on the nature of the research project. Shorter research visits
> may be envisaged for candidates using the LIS/LES data as they can
> continue accessing the data via the remote access system in place.
> Researchers may interrupt their visits to return to their home
> institutions and return at a later date to complete their project.
>
> For the present call, the preferred period of stay for successful
> applicants is 1st February 2001-31st May 2001.
>
> TOPICS
>
> IRISS-C/I promotes topical, problem-oriented research in economics and the
> social sciences based on microdata. It particularly encourages
> internationally comparative research.
>
> The CEPS/INSTEAD data archive to which IRISS-C/I fellows are granted
> access offers opportunities to carry out research in the following fields:
>
>
> * survey and panel data methodology,
> * income and poverty dynamics,
> * child well-being/poverty,
> * persistent and new poverty,
> * gender, ethnic and social inequality,
> * family and household budgets,
> * labour markets,
> * unemployment,
> * segmentation of labour markets,
> * new forms of work/a-typical employment,
> * education and training,
> * continuing education,
> * social protection and redistributive policies,
> * family structures and change, child care,
> * impact of ageing populations,
> * intergenerational relations, effects of family-related policies,
> * geographical mobility,
> * regional development and structural change.
>
> For the present call, we particularly encourage applications on the
> following two topics:
>
> * human capital formation, direct and indirect returns to educational
> attainment
> * multi-dimensional indicators of poverty and deprivation
>
> WHO MAY APPLY?
>
> All nationals from EU and non-EU European states conducting research in a
> research institution/team either inside or outside the EU. For European
> candidates, access to the IRISS-C/I research infrastructure is funded by
> the Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research and the European
> Commission. Researchers from the United States, whose access to the
> IRISS-C/I research infrastructure is funded by the US National Science
> Foundation.
>
> Prospective applicants from the US may contact Prof. Tim Smeeding
> (tmsmeed@maxwell.syr.edu) if they wish to obtain further information,
> whereas prospective candidates from Europe may contact Dr. Georges
> Heinrich (georges.heinrich@ci.educ.lu).
>
> Only researchers/research teams doing non proprietary research (who are
> entitled to publish the results of their work in the open literature) may
> apply.
>
> Interested candidates who are not from Europe or the United States may
> visit the IRISS-C/I research infrastructure under a separate visiting
> scholars' programme. Decisions on access to the IRISS-C/I research
> infrastructure will be made on a case by case basis. Interested candidates
> should directly contact the IRISS-C/I co-ordinator
> (georges.heinrich@ci.educ.lu).
>
> REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCEDURES
>
> Evaluation procedure for applicants from Europe: Each research proposal is
> reviewed by a three-member User Selection Panel. The User Selection Panel
> is composed of one external evaluator, one internal (CEPS/INSTEAD)
> evaluator and the IRISS-C/I co-ordinator.
>
> Evaluation procedure for US Applicants: Each proposal will be evaluted by
> 3 members of the IRISS-User Selection Panel from the US . The selection
> procedure will be co-ordinated by Prof. Tim Smeeding, Director of the
> Luxembourg Income Study and of the Center for Policy Research at the
> Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, NY,
> USA.
>
> Each proposal will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
>
> * scientific and technical quality of the project (scientific/technical
> interest, originality, methodological approach,
> cohesion/structure/clarity, potential for academic publication),
>
> * appropriateness of host institution for research project (necessary data
> available in CEPS/INSTEAD data archive, 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.
>
> FEEDBACK TO APPLICANTS
>
> Applicants are informed of the result of the evaluation within 4-6 weeks
> after the deadline. If the User Selection Panel rejects a proposal, it
> will indicate the reasons for the rejection and possibly make suggestions
> for a revised proposal.
>
> SEMINARS AND PUBLICATION
>
> Towards the end of the stay, IRISS-C/I fellows should present their
> research results at a CEPS/INSTEAD seminar. In addition, they may make a
> brief presentation of their proposed research project at the start of
> their IRISS-C/I fellowship (e.g., to discuss methodology, data issues
> related to the proposed project), if they so desire.
>
> The results of any research carried out either wholly or in part during
> the IRISS-C/I fellowship should first get published in the IRISS-C/I
> Working Papers Series. In subsequent publications or presentations of
> their work, IRISS-C/I fellows should mention that all or part of their
> research was carried out at IRISS-C/I.
>
> TECHNICAL NOTE
>
> Candidates may apply by e-mail, fax or ordinary mail. The application form
> may downloaded from the IRISS-C/I homepage. A hard copy of the application
> form may be obtained at the address indicated below.
>
> CONTACTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
>
> Applicants from the United States:
>
> Kati Foley
> Luxembourg Income Study
> 426 Eggers Hall
> Syracuse University
> Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
> Tel.: 315-443-4526
> Fax: 315-443-1081
> E-mail: lisaa@maxwell.syr.edu
>
> Prof. Tim Smeeding, Director
> Center for Policy Research
> 426 Eggers Hall
> Syracuse University
> Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
> Tel.: 315-443-9042
> Fax: 315-443-1081
> E-mail: tmsmeed@maxwell.syr.edu
>
> Applicants from elsewhere:
>
> Georges Heinrich, IRISS-C/I Coordinator
> 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: georges.heinrich@ci.educ.lu
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