[kictanet] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Young Scholar Awards 2016]
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 4:39 PM, George Nyabuga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> Some of you might be interested in the initiative detailed below, if you
> have not seen it before.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> George
>
>
> | |
> | REMINDER: Young Scholar Applications DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 22 April
> 2016 |
> |
> |
> | REMINDER: Young Scholar Applications (22 April 2016)
>
> This year’s conference is co-hosted by COSTECH and TCRA in Zanzibar, and
> will include sessions on cutting-edge developments on ICT policy and
> regulation in the South and discussion of the research-policy interface.
>
> 30 Young Scholars from Africa and the Asia-Pacific region will be selected
> to participate in a tutorial programme taught by recognised scholars and
> practitioners from Africa and Asia, and they will attend the main
> conference thereafter.
>
> Tutorials are scheduled to be held on the 6th and 7th of September 2016,
> prior to main CPRsouth 2016 conference.
> |
> |
>
> |
> |
> DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 22 April 2016
>
> Following the highly successful joint Afro-Asian CPR conferences in
> Mauritius in 2012, and India in 2013, CPRafrica and CPRsouth formally
> merged under the banner of CPRsouth in 2014. Since then, we have hosted
> conferences in the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa (2014), and at the
> Innovation Center for Big Data and Digital Convergence at Yuan Ze
> University, Taiwan (2015).
>
> This year’s conference is co-hosted by COSTECH and TCRA in Zanzibar, and
> will include sessions on cutting-edge developments on ICT policy and
> regulation in the South and discussion of the research-policy interface.
>
> 30 Young Scholars from Africa and the Asia-Pacific region will be selected
> to participate in a tutorial programme taught by recognised scholars and
> practitioners from Africa and Asia, and they will attend the main
> conference thereafter.
>
> Tutorials are scheduled to be held on the 6th and 7th of September 2016,
> prior to main CPRsouth 2016 conference.
>
> Who will qualify?
>
> Masters/PhD students in Economics, Public policy, Communications and
> Journalism
>
> Officers of government/regulatory agencies undertaking ICT policy
> research, developing/gathering indicators (monitoring and evaluation)
>
> Staff of private companies in the communication industries working in
> regulatory affairs
>
> Officers in NGOs/INGOs working in policy and regulation
>
> Researchers from think tanks, university research centres
>
> Journalists covering communication public policy and regulation
>
>
> Seminar
>
> The seminar will cover a number of topics of the two days such as:
>
> • policy analysis using supply-side or demand-side data;
>
> • ICT impact analysis;
>
> • convergence, net neutrality;
>
> • funding broadband network extension, open access networks,
> spectrum;
>
> • sector and competition regulation;
>
> • research to policy interventions;
>
> • Internet governance – privacy, surveillance, human
> rights online; and
>
> • introduction to big data, open data.
>
> (2016 tutorial programme still to be confirmed)
>
> Previous tutorial presentations can be accessed at
> http://www.cprsouth.org/
>
> Application deadline: 22 April 2016
>
>
> Application guidelines
>
> Applications should be submitted at www.cprsouth.org by 22 April 2016, and
> must contain the following:
>
> 1. one-page curriculum vitae; and
>
> 2. one-page write-up outlining why you wish to become an African
> or Asia-Pacific based expert capable of contributing to ICT related policy
> and regulatory reform in the region
>
> Applicants’ write-ups and biographies should be in a single word
> document, and named:
> CPRsouth2016_YoungScholar_ApplicantLastName.
>
> Kindly note: Late applications and applications that do not conform to the
> prescribed format above will automatically be disqualified.
>
>
> Review Criteria
>
> Applications will be reviewed according to the following criteria:
>
> 1. content of application;
>
> 2. evidence of interest in, and commitment to, policy-relevant
> research for Africa or the Asia-Pacific region;
>
> 3. quality of writing; and
>
> 4. gender and country representation
>
> The selection committee may contact your supervisor or mentor before
> making the final selections.
>
> Candidates selected to participate in the tutorial programme must:
>
> • provide a one-page research proposal upon acceptance onto
> the tutorial programme
>
> • participate in all tutorial sessions
>
> • participate in the entire CPRsouth 2016 conference
>
>
> Funding
>
> Selected young scholars who are passport holders of, and travelling from,
> low and middle income countries within the Asia Pacific and Africa (as
> classified by the World Bank
>
> http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income
> )
> will be provided with:
>
> • lowest-cost economy airfare to conference destination
> (less USD 150 registration fee);
>
> • ground transfers between the conference venue and airport;
> and
>
> • twin sharing accommodation on bed and breakfast basis, 5
> lunches and 1 dinner for the duration of the conference and tutorials (6
> – 10 September 2016). Not all meals are covered.
>
>
> The registration fee for young scholars to attend the conference and
> tutorials is USD150, and airfares will be reimbursed less this
> registration fee. Participants will be required to cover:
>
> • transport to and from airports in their home countries;
>
> • visa fees (if any);
>
> • meals not provided; and
>
> • any other incidental costs
>
> As the registration fee is so low and should be met personally even if
> there is no institutional support for attendance of the course and
> conference, please note that only under exceptional circumstances of
> extreme financial hardship may the organisers consider a waiver of the
> conference registration fee. Such waivers will be considered on a
> case-by-case basis and only where a scholar would otherwise be prevented
> from attending the YS programme and conference.
>
>
> Visas
>
> Letters of invitation will be provided for purposes of visa applications
> after participant selections have been made. Participants are responsible
> for securing their own visas to enter Tanzania, and are strongly advised
> to initiate visa approval procedures immediately on receipt of
> confirmation of their participation.
>
> Kindly direct all enquiries to Ondine Bello:
> admin at researchictafrica.net or info at CPRsouth.org |
> |
>
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>
> (12 April 2016)
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