Due Date: September 27, 2019

Applications are open for the UNU-WIDER SA-TIED Young Scholars Program 2019/2020 The Young Scholars program supports the research study professions of appealing existing and future Master’s- level college student based in South Africa.

You are anticipated to send a research study proposition as a part of your application based upon your Master’s thesis research study or an independent research study job. Your proposition is anticipated to line up thematically with a minimum of among the SA-TIED work streams. If accepted to the program, you will deal with leading academics and policy authorities in your field to establish and finish an initial research study job.

Throughout the course of the program, you will develop an enduring network with regional and global professionals and authorities and your work will end up being a part of the SA-TIED program’s body of research study on essential, policy-relevant subjects in inclusive financial advancement. Lastly, your work will be released as a SA-TIED Young Scholars Working Paper, making an essential contribution to your growing portfolio.

As you finish your research studies, SA-TIED will facilitate your continuous discussion with other trainees, academics, and federal government authorities in South Africa and will offer direct exposure to the breadth and depth of public sector research study and analytical work which is continuous within federal government.

Advantages

  • Chosen Young Scholars will sign an agreement with UNU-WIDER. The agreement will consist of an honorarium of US$600 payable upon submission of the completed working paper of enough quality to benefit publication as a SA-TIED Young Scholars paper. The expenses for going to Young Scholars associated conferences and activities will be borne by UNU-WIDER in accordance with the UNU travel policy and go through previous approval of the UNU-WIDER Director.

Eligibility

  • Candidate ought to be a South Africa-based Master’s trainee or a private with an objective to register in a Master’s degree in 2020 with an eager interest in performing research study on advancement economics subjects pertinent to Southern Africa and the scope of the SA-TIED program.

Expectations

Chosen Young Scholars are anticipated to:

  • Go to the kick-off workshop in Pretoria on Saturday 7 December 2019, to present work-in-progress towards your last term paper or Master’s thesis to other young scholars and research study professionals in presence
  • Be offered to provide your thesis or last paper, in poster format, at a dissemination occasion tentatively prepared for May2020 You will get a different invite to this occasion if you are picked to present
  • Transform a primary component of your thesis or last paper into a working paper (of about 8,000 words) by July2020 This working paper, which requires to please a set of quality requirements, will be released as a part of the SA-TIED Young Scholars Working Paper Series and will be offered open gain access to on the SA-TIED site.

Application

Send the following files through the online website:

  • Optimum 2-page CV
  • Optimum 2-page research study proposition and the name and contact information of your manager or another scholastic referral. You are anticipated to recognize which of the thematic work streams of SA-TIED your job associates with in your application, so acquaint yourself with various work streams on the program site.

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For additional information, see SA-TIED Young Scholars Program

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