How to apply:

Application Form (download it here)
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Research proposal (1,500 words maximum)

• The research proposal should indicate clearly: theoretical or empirical justification of the subject (importance); general and specific objectives, methodology, and a brief bibliography of related sources.

3. Budget outline
4. Letter of recommendation

• This letter should speak to the qualities of the applicant in professional, intellectual, and personal terms. It should be signed and sent personally and directly by the recommender to the GCST via email.

5. Letter of institutional support

• The letter of institutional support should discuss the type of link the organization shares with the applicant and the institutional motives or interests for supporting the applicant’s candidacy. It should be signed and sent personally and directly by the institutional authority or representative to the GCST via email.

The application can be completed in English or Spanish.

To send the applications through postal or electronic mail, please use the following information:
Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)
Av. Dag Hammarskjold 3269, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile
E-mail: securitytransformation@flacso.cl
Tel.: (+562) 2900212 / 2900213
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2009

For more details please check out the site: http://www.securitytransformation.org/small_grants.php

Location:

Santiago de Chile

Internship:

Requisites for Applicants:

• Researchers or professionals under 35 years of age.
• Degree or professional qualification in Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Humanities or other related disciplines.
• Residency in or originating from a developing country.
• Professionals with advocacy experience, activists or practitioners from civil society organizations.

Company profile:

Global Consortium on Security Transformation-The goal of this initiative is to promote new foci and outlooks on security, as well as to open spaces and link new actors to the debate, reflection, and research of the subject. These scholarships are directed at young researchers and professionals below the age of 35 from developing countries who want to contribute to the debate and analysis through working papers, policy briefs and academic research on subjects related to the processes of transformation of the security sector.
With this initiative, we aim to foment a global and interdisciplinary community that seeks to stimulate a new way of thinking security.