The Social Democratic Party in Sweden invites applications for its international cooperation grants, under the Tage Erlander Foundation. These enable international scholars to study Swedish social state of affairs in Sweden, and Swedish scholars to study social state of affairs in a developing country. Studies should preferably be conducted in the areas of solidarity, equality, peace and freedom.

Applications from young scholars are especially encouraged. Preference is given to applicants from a developing country. Swedish applicants must conduct their studies in a developing country.

Closing date 15 Apr 15

Funder’s website

The following fields are covered by this call for expressions of interest:

1. Economic analysis of trade and investment arrangements/agreements (unilateral, bilateral, multilateral, sectoral etc.) covering the EU and partner countries, including inter alia the use of modelling techniques, econometrics and literature reviews (Excluding Sustainability Impact Assessments, Ex-post Evaluations and studies supporting impact assessments prepared for Commission initiatives which are expected to have significant direct economic, social or environmental impacts).

2. Economic analysis of trade restrictive measures taken by partner countries e.g. in the context of the Trade Barriers Regulation or disputes discussed at the World Trade Organisation.

3. Economic analysis, including literature reviews, of any other specific trade policy topic.

4. Development of trade policy modelling and trade data analytical tools. For example, building extensions of existing models, creating user-friendly modelling modules and providing analytical means to assess and analyse large volumes of trade related data such as firm level trade data and product level trade data.

5. Trade policy related surveys.

6. Peer review (blind) of tasks carried out under the points above (primarily points 1-3) safeguarding standards of the work undertaken commensurate with the level of technical requirements for publications in peer reviewed journals (A vendor may be included in one or several of the sub-lists above, but must not review his/her own work. Collusion with vendors on the other sub-lists is prohibited. Any potential conflict of interest should be signalled to the Commission before the review commences).

Expressions of interest should be submitted in one of the official languages of the European Union by electronic means at the following address: TRADE-CHIEF-ECONOMIST@ec.europa.eu.
The list will become operational on 1 May 2015. Inclusion on the list entails no obligation on the part of the contracting authority concerning the conclusion of contracts.

For full details, see http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/december/tradoc_152990.pdf.

Releasing the transformational potential of extractives for economic development: data component and online resource hub

Department for International Development, GB

The Department for International Development (DFID) invites tenders for releasing the transformational potential of extractives for economic development: data component and online resource hub. This five-year programme intends to help drive economic development and eradicate poverty through effective management of natural resources.

Tenderers will deliver two projects under this programme:

•enable governments, civil society and investors to revolutionise their use of data from transparency initiatives for accountability and improved policy-making in five countries;

•support a resource hub on extractives to build capacity and coordinate knowledge and supplier skills globally so that governments can manage extractives better.

Tenderers should demonstrate the ability to: drive innovation to turn the increased volume of complex data flowing from extractives transparency initiatives and other information sources into more user-friendly formats that can be successfully piloted in five countries and possibly taken to scale; work in partnership with other practitioners, DFID country offices, citizens including marginalised groups, women and girls, investors and governments to identify the needs of data users; build capacity of users to interpret data and use it for policy design, advocacy and reform.

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Closing date 05 Jan 2015

Stanford University, US

Stanford University invites applications for its fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. These enable applicants from academia and the world of public policy, or mid-career professionals in the law, the military, government or international organisations to engage in research and writing, participate in seminars and collaborate with faculty and researchers. The following fellowships are available:

•the social sciences or humanities international security fellowship, which enables fellows to focus on a variety of security topics;

•natural sciences or engineering international security fellowship, which enables fellows with backgrounds in the natural sciences and engineering to pursue research projects on the intersection of hard science, policy-making and international security, and to hone their science communication skills;

•cybersecurity and international security fellowship, which supports research on privacy, governmental restrictions, the future of the internet, the use of information technologies by organised crime groups and individual hackers or the effectiveness of cybersecurity protections implemented by different nations;

•law and international security fellowship, which supports lawyers, law students and social scientists wishing to conduct research projects at the intersection of law and international security;

•the MacArthur Foundation nuclear security fellowship, which promotes training and policy-relevant scholarship in nuclear weapons policy in a changing global context, nuclear terrorism and transnational flows of materials and knowledge, and nuclear energyy and nonproliferation challenges;

•the Stanton nuclear security fellowship, which aids engineers, scientists and social scientists in the development of the next generation of thought leaders in nuclear security by supporting research that will advance policy-relevant understanding of nuclear-related issues;

•the William J Perry fellowship in international security, which enables fellows to conduct policy-relevant research and writing on international security and cooperation issues.

Fellowships include stipends, previously worth between US$25,000 and US$27,000 for predoctoral fellows and between US$48,000 and US$65,000 for postdoctoral fellows, over a nine to 11-month period. In addition, CISAC may provide personal medical coverage.

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• Closing date 16 Jan 15
• Deadline information Applications are due by 11.59 PST. This call is repeated once a year.
• Date added 02 Dec 14
• Award type Early-Career fellowships; Directed grants for individual investigators; Networking/collaboration; Predoctoral fellowships; Senior fellowships; Mid-Career fellowships