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Applicant profile.

• Researchers must have accredited affiliations with CLACSO Member Centers, which they will demonstrate with a sworn statement included in the application form. If awarded the scholarship, they must submit a letter of support signed by the highest authority of the center.
• Submissions by collective authors (up to 3 members) will be accepted.
• Each team must be made up of trained researchers, that is, those who hold a master's degree, doctorate or equivalent and have a proven academic track record, and/or researchers in training, that is, those who have a degree or are currently pursuing master's or doctoral studies.
• They must select one of the members as responsible for registering the project.
• Each researcher may only participate with one proposal in this call.
• If the scholarship is awarded and travel is necessary, the winners will have to cover the costs of medical insurance or similar expenses themselves.

Support to be granted.

Up to 3 scholarships will be awarded . The total amount of the scholarships awarded will be USD 6.000 ( six thousand US dollars) for each team.

The proposed research will be carried out over a maximum period of four (4) months. The scholarships will be paid in installments via bank transfers made to the name of the research team leader.

CLACSO and UN Women will publish the final products in print and/or digital media, giving them wide publicity and dissemination through the means they deem appropriate.

The authors will transfer the original publication rights of their works, given that CLACSO adheres to and defends the principles of open science and open access to knowledge, ensuring that the resulting work is easy to find, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. Subsequently, these works may be published in any other medium, always citing the grant received. Grant recipients must inform CLACSO of any subsequent publication of the works resulting from the grant.

Characteristics of the proposals

• The CLACSO member centers to which the applicants are linked must not have any outstanding membership fees for the year 2021, due on June 30 of that year.
• Completed works will not be accepted. Proposals may be linked to ongoing research processes, but final works must be original and unpublished products and developed within the period established by the call for proposals.
• Members of the Steering Committee, officials from the CLACSO Executive Secretariat, and officials from UN Women will not be allowed to participate.
• Proposals from researchers who are currently recipients of research grants, fellowships, or essays organized by CLACSO will not be accepted. Applications from researchers who have previously received a CLACSO research grant will be accepted, provided that the recipient has fulfilled all obligations in a timely manner.
• Texts written in the four languages ​​commonly used in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish, English, Portuguese and French) will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.

Selection criteria for proposals

• In the first stage, the submitted proposals will be reviewed for their formal and administrative aspects to ensure their compliance with the competition rules. Proposals that do not meet the established requirements will be rejected.
• Applications that pass to the next stage will be evaluated by an International Committee composed of experts who will assess the quality and relevance of the proposals, which will be submitted under a pseudonym.
• The Call may be declared void or a smaller number of scholarship recipients may be selected, if the proposals submitted do not meet the required quality and consistency.
• Situations not covered in this document will be resolved by the convening institution.
• The ruling will be final.

Characteristics of research papers

• The proposals will develop their work plan from May 2022 to August 2022. This plan will be implemented under the facilitation of tutors assigned by CLACSO.
• The progress and final reports submitted by the scholarship recipients will be reviewed by the tutors.
• The teams will need to deliver two products:
  • A final report of publishable quality.
  • A short document (summary) of publishable quality.
• Both final products must conform to the characteristics of the dimension or line of analysis selected, and if it is a text written in academic document format, the guidelines will be as follows:
  • Length of between 12.000 and 15.000 words (excluding appendices and bibliography) written in Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced. This criterion is approximate and CLACSO is free to make revisions or exceptions if it deems it necessary.
  • The structure of the text will be free, respecting the conventions of presentation of an academic text and the editorial standards of CLACSO, in addition to APA + GENRE.
• Texts written in Spanish and Portuguese will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.

It is mandatory that the submission be made through the online registration system provided by CLACSO. Printed submissions and submissions sent by email will not be accepted. It is recommended to access the online system to review the registration form. 

1. Access the CLACSO website clacso.orgThe online registration system will be available from March 1st.
2. Register in the CLACSO Single Registration System (SUIC). The generated username and password will be required each time you wish to access the system to consult, modify, add, or submit information for this or any other CLACSO activity. One of the authors must be designated as responsible for the registration. This same person will receive the corresponding monetary award if the proposal is selected by the Jury.
3. Identify the proposal by indicating its title and the pseudonym of the applicant(s). Applications with pseudonyms that correspond to the applicant(s)' first and/or last name(s) will not be accepted. Once the corresponding fields are completed, the system will enable the uploading of the following data.
4. They must complete the registration form sworn declaration indicating the applicants' affiliation with a Member Center belonging to the CLACSO network. Consult the database of member centers at: https://www.clacso.org/institucional/centros-asociados/
5. Complete the form personal and academic data and attach the curriculum vitae in free format; the digital copy of the identity document, passport or ID card; the digital copy of the highest academic degree obtained (or proof of degree in process) and the photograph.
6. The proposal must be filled out on the form that appears once the personal and academic data has been completed.
7. Once registration is closed, the system will produce an electronic certificate of receipt that will serve as proof.