Call for Research Proposals
In order to encourage research and enlarge the current compendium of knowledge on the various aspects of Arab-Bedouin society in the Negev, the Robert H. Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies and Development will award grants for research- into that society.
Each grant will not exceed $7,000. Duration of the grant will be one year. The grant can be used for basic research needs such as: payments for research assistants, purchase of relevant literature, travel expenses for presentation of the research at conferences within the country, and payment for collecting data and preparing of a concluding report.
Researchers from all disciplines and levels of seniority, from research students to senior researchers, can submit proposals upon the condition that at least one researcher will be a senior researcher belonging to a recognized academic institution or research center in Israel or abroad.
Proposals can be written in Hebrew or in English. The proposal will not exceed 7 pages, in font size 12, with spacing of 1.5 rows and margins of 2 cm. The proposal should include: Objectives, Scientific Background, Methodology, Budget, Stages of Research & Time-Line, and Bibliography.
In addition, short c.v's of research heads not exceeding 2 pages, including lists of publications from the past 5 years, should be enclosed. A proposal that does not include all the above mentioned items will not be considered.
Grant winners from 2010 are not entitled to submit a proposal for the year 2011. All proposals will be reviewed and judged by the Research Committee of the Center.
Deadline: February 15, 2011.
Please send proposals via email to: Bedouin@bgu.ac.il, or by mail to: The Robert H. Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies and Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer- Sheva 84105.
Grant winners will submit a progress report six months after receiving the grant. The final report or any publication resulting from this research will be publicized on the Center's website.
For further information, please contact Dr. Suleiman Abu-Bader, Email: abubader@exchange.bgu.ac.il , Tel. 08-6472304.