The Raoul Wallenberg Institute announces the Grant for Human Right
Research Project 2012 within the programme “Building Human Rights
Knowledge and Resources in the Middle East and North Africa”. One of
the expected results of the programme is to increase the number of
relevant human rights research in Arabic accessible in the MENA region,
and the grant/scholarship forms part of the activities leading to this
result.
Scholarships will be awarded to 4-5 research teams
representing different sectors, planning to carry out, or carrying out,
a research project/study in the field of human rights, relevant for
the MENA region, focusing on the following areas: Civil and Political
rights, including citizenship, minority rights and access to
information; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Regional protection
mechanisms for human rights; and areas related to human rights of women
and rights of persons with disabilities.
The research team should consist of a minimum of
three persons representing at least two of the following four sectors:
Academia; Non-Governmental Organisations; National Human Rights
Institutions; and (other) Governmental Institutions. RWI will also
consider cross-countries research projects where the team members
represent two or more of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq,
Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria or Tunisia. RWI recommends
striving for gender balanced research team.
The research project shall start no later than 1
April 2012 and shall be finalised no later than 15 July 2012. Each
scholarship grant amounts to a maximum of USD 7,000 or EUR 5,000. The
grant for cross-countries research projects can amount to a maximum of
USD 10,000 (or EUR 7,600)
Applications for the scholarship should include a
brief description of the project, its aim and its relevance. The
application should also include a brief introduction of the research
team and the research team leader, with CV’s attached, as well as a
timeframe listing planned activities. In relation to this timeframe
there should also be a budget for the project, specifying the estimated
total cost as well as the amount scheduled to be spent on the
different activities. Applications should also include information on
where the project will mainly be carried out (which institution, if
any, hosts the project), and information about the planned outcome
(seminars, reports etc.). Furthermore, applications shall include, when
applicable, information about other sources of funding available for
the project. Applications should be written in English or French. Kindly see the application guide with detailed information about how to apply.
The selected research teams awarded with the RWI
Research Scholarship will be invited to attend a training workshop on
research methodology to be held in Amman in March 2012.
The research teams awarded with the RWI Research
Scholarship are expected to present the results of the research in a
written report in Arabic language to be presented in a regional
conference to be held during summer 2012.
Deadline for applications is 10 February 2012.
Applications shall be sent to Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Attn. Ms.
Enas Barhoum at enas.barhoum@rwi.lu.se. For further information, please
contact Ms. Carla Boukheir carla.boukheir@rwi.lu.se, Programme Officer, Middle East and North Africa office.