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RCSD Call for Myanmar Research Fellows
2022-02-10 - 2022-03-15
The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University is delighted to launch a second call for Myanmar Research Fellows. Joining our first batch of 12 fellows, we are looking to support fellows working either on issues of forced displacement, migration, and refugees, or on topics relating to inclusion, federalism, and democracy. We aim to engage researchers who wish to undertake a specific project and would benefit from engaging with the dynamic community of scholars at CMU.
The fellowships will initially run for a period of 6 months, beginning April 2022 through until October 2022, with the possibility of extension to complete a full 12 months. Fellows will be provided with a living and accommodation allowance, medical insurance, the cost of international travel and quarantine in Thailand, and a working space and visa support. They will have access to facilities at the university and form part of our network of Thai, Myanmar, and international researchers.
The basic requirements for applying to these positions are:

Experience in researching in at least one of the two areas in or around Myanmar:

Forced displacement, migration, and refugee issues
Inclusion, federalism, and democracy

The ability to continue to engage in research or efforts to support inclusion in Myanmar having been impacted by events of the past year.
Robust spoken and written skills in both Myanmar and English is desirable, as are ethnic language skills.
A master’s degree in any subject in the social sciences and humanities is a requirement. Additional research experience is desirable.

Additional information: The awarding of fellowships will be competitively assessed and awarded by a selection committee. In accepting the fellowship, the researchers will commit to producing at least one manuscript ready for publication or journal submission within the fellowship period. The fellows will also be expected to contribute to the academic community at RCSD and Chiang Mai University in different ways.
As a small research center, we are committed to the production of grounded, community-engaged knowledge on development in our region, and we hope the fellows will continue in this tradition. While this is a full-time position, RCSD acknowledges that in the present context fellows may have other ongoing commitments. We encourage this work to continue and seek ways to integrate it with research activities.
To apply: please send a CV and statement of purpose to rcsd.cmu@gmail.com. This statement (max. 2 pages) should include a description of your background, including past research experience and your current situation. It should also include a description of the small research project which you will engage in during your time in Chiang Mai. Applications are now open and will close on 5pm on 15th March 2022 (Thailand time). Interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place at the end of March.

IDREAM: Capacity Building for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Living in Exile
2022-02-10 - 2022-03-11
The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is accepting applications from Human Rights Defenders living in exile and their supporting HRD organization to participate in a dynamic capacity development and mentoring partnership called “IDREAM.”
IDREAM (Incubator for Defenders Remaining in Exile to Advance Movements) is a collaborative and global capacity development project designed to help address the unique needs of HRDs living in exile. IDREAM will provide training and networking activities with the goals of: advancing advocacy efforts, promoting HRD’s psychosocial resilience and well-being, and improving exiled HRD’s physical and digital security. At the end of the selection process, 10 partner HRDs living in exile around the world and their supporting HRD organization will be invited to join IDREAM. The project’s activities will take place from approximately July 2022 through October 2023. HRDs selected for IDREAM will receive financial assistance to support their work in the project.
The Call for Applications is available in English, Russian, French, Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish. All activities of the IDREAM project will take place in English, and applicants must be proficient in English.
IDREAM invites interested, exiled HRDs to apply online for this fellowship before the deadline at 11:00 pm CST (23:00 CST) on 11 March 2022.
To apply, please visit https://cvt.submittable.com/submit.

Prince Claus Seed Awards
2022-02-12 - 2022-03-01
The Prince Claus Fund is excited to issue the 2022 open call for the Prince Claus Seed Awards
The Prince Claus Fund annually recognizes 100 emerging artists and cultural practitioners within the first five years of their careers with Prince Claus Seed Awards. Through this, we aim to create space for emerging artists to experiment and develop new perspectives on societal challenges within their practice on their own terms.
For the Prince Claus Seed Awards, we are looking for emerging artists and cultural practitioners whose innovative work addresses pressing social and/or political issues within their own context. Recipients are free to invest the Award of €5.000 in the development of their artistic practice. Through the Prince Claus Seed Awards we support the career development, creativity and experimentation of emerging artists and cultural practitioners around the globe.
The Prince Claus Fund offers 100 Awards to emerging artists and cultural practitioners, who each receive €5.000 to develop their cultural practice.
The Prince Claus Seed Awards are aimed at emerging artists and cultural practitioners who:

Are on average in the initial 1 to 5 years of their professional career (study years not included);
Have an innovative and interesting artistic practice that addresses pressing social/political issues important within their local context;
Have received little to no recognition/support for their artistic/cultural practices, and are not yet recognised internationally.

We especially encourage individuals with experimental artistic practices that:

Represent minority groups and marginalized communities within society;
Create safe spaces for young artists, makers and participants;
Generate participation and empower local communities to express themselves freely;
Propose new narratives and futures on histories, particularly those censored or marginalised for political, religious, cultural, or economic reasons;
Enable exchange, cooperation and knowledge sharing related to the current global environmental crisis;
Creatively and confidently challenge gender norms.

With this open call for the Prince Claus Seed Awards we would like to invite emerging artists and cultural practitioners who live and work in our eligible countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe to apply for this award. Applicants are required to fill in an online application form, submit samples of their work, one reference letter and a pitch answering the question: ‘what drives you as an artist?’.
The deadline for the submission is March 1, 2022 at 23:59h Amsterdam Time.
Source: https://princeclausfund.org/open-calls/open-call-prince-claus-seed-awards-2022
