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CRRC Junior Research Fellowship. The best and hardest thing you will ever do. Why?. Skills are missing Demand is high We want to fill the gap. Price. CRRC. Quantity. What is policy research about?. IT is about real-life Society Groups Individuals US!. Government Actions.
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CRRC Junior Research Fellowship The best and hardest thing you will ever do
Why? • Skills are missing • Demand is high • We want to fill the gap Price CRRC Quantity
What is policy research about? IT is about real-life Society Groups Individuals US! Government Actions Impact
Policy=Politics (Although linked) policy-making process RESEARCH
What’s in it for me? Simply PuT: Lots
Know how make informative charts in Excel? Want to be able to make first class presentations? Visual Basic? Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Online Quizzes One on one tutorials Vocabulary building Writing skills
Frequencies? Crosstabs? Correlation? Regression? SPSS/STATA Working knowledge
From Gantt Charts to grant writing you will now how to talk the lingo. Project Management Skills
Attend conferences See your name in print Have fun A sense of accomplishment/access to future opportunities
What will I do? • Learn, learn, learn • Participate in the number of on-line trainings on policy analysis and academic writing • Participate in essays competition • Get a chance to win a nice prize!
If selected for the second round… • Participate in face-to-face trainings at CRRC office; • Learn more and more about statistical programs; • Participate in all steps of the research project • Questionnaire drafting • Data analysis • Interviewing • Writing • And always: intense discussions…
And finally… PAID INTERNSHIPS OPPORTUNITIES AT CRRC!!!
Requirements • You should be aged from 18 to 24 • You should be a student or recent graduate • You will be expected to learn extremely fast so should be very smart, dedicated, hard-working and open to criticism • Must have good English-language skills
The Next Steps • Submit your application to www.crrc.az/jfp • To express your specific interests or questions send an email to Yulia Aliyeva yulia@crrccenters.org • If you are selected, you will be invited to get registered at CRRC Moodle platform.
Our Timeline • Online trainings – April-May, 2010 • Submission of the draft versions of the essays – mid-June, 2010 • Feedbacks and tutorials – June-July, 2010 • Submission of the final essays – end of July, 2010 • Selection of the best of the best participants – August, 2010 • Prizes, awards, certificates and launch of the Second stage of the JRFP – September, 2010