Impacts of trade and investment treaties in Latin America and the Caribbean

Up to seven (7) group projects will be recognized.

Each winning proposal will receive USD 3.500 (three thousand five hundred US dollars) as full support for conducting the research over a period of six (6) months.

The grants will be paid in installments via bank transfers made to the principal investigator. The funds may be used without restriction for all research-related activities (data collection and processing, purchase of books, travel expenses, etc.).

The winning teams will work with the support of tutors assigned by the organizing institutions who will follow the process of their research and results.

Furthermore, the results of the winning research projects will be presented at an international virtual seminar and published digitally by the sponsoring institutions. If necessary, researchers will be asked to make the adaptations and adjustments required for the publication of their research findings.

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, so 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 the subsequent publication of works resulting from the grant work.

• Completed research projects will not be accepted. Proposals may be linked to ongoing research processes, but the final works must be original and unpublished products and developed within the period established by the call for proposals.
• Members of the Steering Committee or officials of the Executive Secretariat of CLACSO, as well as officials from the Latin America Better Without Free Trade Agreements Platform, Transnational Institute (TNI), School of Politics and Government of UNSAM and SEPLA, may not participate.
• Proposals from researchers who are currently recipients of research grants, fellowships, or research projects 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 two languages ​​commonly used in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish and Portuguese) will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.

• 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 advance to the next stage will be evaluated by an International Committee of experts who will assess the quality and relevance of the proposals, which must be submitted under a pseudonym. The Committee will consider the proposal's capacity to analyze the effects of trade and investment agreements on different aspects of the region. The members of this Committee will be appointed by the organizing bodies.
• 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 standards.
• Situations not covered in this document will be resolved by the convening institutions.
• The ruling will be final.

• The research projects will develop their work plan over a period of six (6) consecutive months, starting from the date of publication of the decision. This plan will be implemented under the guidance of tutors assigned by the convening organizations.
• The progress and final reports submitted by the scholarship recipients will be evaluated by the tutors.
• In their final version, the research papers submitted as a result should be between 40 and 60 pages in length (excluding appendices and bibliography), written in Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced. This is an approximate guideline, and CLACSO reserves the right to make revisions or exceptions if deemed necessary. Furthermore, once the final report has been submitted, the sponsoring institutions may request that researchers make the necessary adjustments and changes so that the final research papers can be published according to institutional criteria.
• 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.
• In addition, each team must submit a Guidelines for Action Document, containing inputs and recommendations for public policies and social intervention on the topics investigated.
• Texts written in Spanish and Portuguese will be accepted.

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.org.
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. Applicants who are part of collective proposals must open a single form This will include all researchers on the team. One of the authors must also 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 will not be accepted. Once the corresponding fields are completed, the system will enable the uploading of the following data.
4. Applicants must complete the sworn statement on the registration form indicating their affiliation with a CLACSO Member Center. The list of member centers can be found at: www.clacso.org.ar/clacso/centros_miembros_clacso/inicio.php.
5. Complete the personal and academic data form and attach your resume in free format; a digital copy of your identity document, passport or ID card and a 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.