The Covid-19 pandemic, state capture, and the effects on economic and climate inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Applicants must be researchers with accredited links to CLACSO Member Centers, which they will demonstrate with a sworn statement included in the registration form. If awarded the scholarship, they must submit a letter of support signed by the highest authority of the center.
- Submissions from collective authorship by up to three (3) members will be accepted. Team composition must consider the participation of women.
- Each team must be made up of trained researchers, that is, those who hold a master's degree, doctorate or equivalent and proven academic track record and/or researchers in training, that is, those who are pursuing master's or doctoral studies or have a degree.
One of the trained researchers must be selected as the person responsible for registering the project. The research coordination must be done by someone with a master's or doctoral degree. This person will open the registration form in the system and register the other members within it.
- Each researcher or research team 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 themselves.

Up to four (4) group scholarships will be awarded.

The amount of the scholarships awarded will consist of:

• $5.000 for each selected research team.

Proposals with a regional or multi-country emphasis will be valued, although proposals for single-country studies may be accepted.

Two of the scholarships will be awarded to proposals focused on more specific climate justice issues and two to economic justice issues.

Priority will be given to proposals that consider, either alone or together with other countries, those of Central America and the Caribbean as places of study.

The proposed research will be carried out over a maximum period of 5 (five) months. The scholarships will be paid in installments via bank transfers made to the name of the principal investigator.

The winners will work with the support of tutors assigned by CLACSO who will follow the process of their research and results.

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.

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

- The member centers to which the applicants are linked must not have any outstanding debts in the payment of membership fees with CLACSO corresponding to the year 2020, due on June 30 of the same year.
- 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, or of OXFAM, may not be present.
- 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 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.

- In the first stage, the submitted proposals will be reviewed for their formal and administrative aspects to verify 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.

- The research projects will develop their work plan between December 20, 2021 and May 20, 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.
- In their final version, the research papers submitted as a result should be between 12.000 and 15.000 words in length (excluding appendices and bibliography), written in Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced. This is an approximate guideline, and CLACSO/Oxfam reserves the right to make adjustments or exceptions if deemed 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.
- Additionally, each team must submit an Executive Summary by May 2nd.
- 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.

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. The online registration system It will be available from Friday, October 1, 2021 until October 29, 2021.
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 submitting collective proposals must designate one of the authors as responsible for 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(s) of the applicant(s). Applications whose pseudonyms 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 upload of the following data.
4. Applicants must complete the sworn statement on the registration form indicating their affiliation with a Member Center belonging to the CLACSO network. The database 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 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 uploaded to the form that appears once the personal and academic data has been completed.
7. Once registration is closed, the system will produce an electronic receipt certificate that will serve as proof.