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BEST MIGRATION RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL

May 26, 2016

The research project proposal is welcome on any topic concerning modern migration. Students are invited to address the pressing issues in migration in their research activities and bring them to the attention of policymakers, and general public in Kyrgyzstan or Central Asia, promoting migrants’ rights protection and information awareness among migrants themselves.

The TSPC will award 3 fellowships (1,000 USD each[1]) to 3 students or groups of students for the best research project proposals. The money will cover the costs of conducting their research in migration issues pertaining to Kyrgyzstan or Central Asia.

The three best research proposals will be selected by an independent and impartial jury composed of people from state bodies, academic institutions and NGOs in Bishkek at an open competition for the most topical issue, best research questions and best methodology proposed. The selected students will conduct the proposed research under the supervision of the TSPC Project Team and will submit their research reports to TSPC by the end of September 2016.

The condensed version of all the three research findings will be published in a special edition of the Central Asia Policy Review, the journal of the TSPC and will be presented at TSPC Migration Conference in late fall 2016.

General eligibility criteria:

- Only AUCA students are eligible (except for the senior students already graduating this year);

- No limitations are imposed to the number of pages, font, and spacing of the research project proposal;

- Research proposal must be original work of the student/group of students;

- Limit of one submission for student/group of students;

- The language of research project proposal writing is English;

- The research project proposal shall consist of: short background information (overview of the problem), general aim of research, timelines and geographic frames, methodology used, proposed reporting, short information about the student-applicant/group of students-applicants. 

- The new deadline for submission of migration research project proposals is June 10, 2016 at 5 p.m. Bishkek time. No late entries will be accepted. Outside of the fellowship itself, comments on the papers will not be provided to authors. Entries that do not conform to the above requirements will not be considered.

For further information and for sending research project proposals please contact to:  

Ainur Tairova at   tairova_a@auca.kg  and

Tatiana Zlobina at  zlobina_t@auca.kg  

With kind regards,

The TSPC AUCA Project team

The TSPC AUCA (https://auca.kg/en/tspc/) is an innovative nonprofit think tank focused on research, analysis, development and implementation of effective approaches to public policy issues in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. By now, TSPC has implemented more than 20 projects in collaboration with the UN agencies, NGOs, and other partner organizations. By 2016, TSPC has been granted upward of US$1 million within the following thematic areas: Good Governance; Environment and Sustainable Development; Human Rights and Migration. The TSPC also publishes the Central Asia Policy Review (CAPR), a quarterly journal. The best essay competition is announced in the framework of implementation of the project ““Building Enabling Environment in KR to Develop Effective Migration Policies: Promoting Capacity of Migration State Bodies and Enhancing Migration Studies in KR”, supported by the Open Society Foundations.

[1] The fellowships will be paid in KGS basing on currency exchange rates of the National Bank of the KR.

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