THE BEST AND HARDEST THING YOU WILL EVER DO CRRC Junior Research Fellowship 9/13/2015 1
Why? Skills are missing Demand is high We want to fill the gap 9/13/ CRRC Quantity
IT IS ABOUT REAL-LIFE SOCIETY GROUPS INDIVIDUALS US! What is policy research about? 9/13/ Impact
POLICY-MAKING PROCESS RESEARCH Policy=Politics (Although linked) 9/13/2015 4
SIMPLY PUT: LOTS 9/13/ What’s in it for me?
6 Proficiency in Microsoft Excel Know how make informative charts in Excel? Want to be able to make first class presentations? Visual Basic? 9/13/2015
7 Writing skills Online Quizzes One on one tutorials Vocabulary building 9/13/2015
8 SPSS/STATA Working knowledge Frequencies? Crosstabs? Correlation? Regression? 9/13/2015
9 Project Management Skills From Gantt Charts to grant writing you will now how to talk the lingo. 9/13/2015
10 A sense of accomplishment/access to future opportunities Attend conferences See your name in print Have fun 9/13/2015
What will I do? 9/13/ 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… 9/13/
And finally… PAID INTERNSHIPS OPPORTUNITIES AT CRRC!!! 9/13/
Requirements 9/13/ 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 9/13/ Submit your application to To express your specific interests or questions send an to Yulia Aliyeva 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, /13/
Questions? 9/13/