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04 October 2005

The Community Relations Council’s Community Relations Research Awards Scheme aims to support a number of new research projects into identified areas/themes of Community Relations & Cultural Diversity work each year.

Community Relations

Research Awards Programme 2005

The Community Relations Council's Community Relations Research Awards Scheme aims to support a number of new research projects into identified areas/themes of Community Relations & Cultural Diversity work each year. The total fund available is £60,000. Awards will not exceed £15k and all grants awards will relate to the time commitment of the applicant and methodology employed.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate relevant research experience and a fundamental understanding of community relations principles and practice. The programme is aimed at primarily supporting proposals from those working within the community and voluntary sector.

The Programme will only be able to support a small number of projects each year so proposals will be prioritised and even those projects that fully meet the criteria of the programme may not receive support. Research must in the main be completed and findings produced within a 6 months period.

Successful candidates will be required to hold a short seminar to disseminate their findings within the community and voluntary sector. CRC will seek to publish the findings of all the research projects that it supports in the most appropriate form which in most cases will be within a Research Journal.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

1. The candidate should have a proven background in research and analysis inthe relevant area.
2. The project should clearly demonstrate how it will fully address the researcharea identified.
3. The project should result in a resource that will promote informed debateand be accessible to a wide target audience.
4. The candidate should be able to demonstrate critical distance from theresearch topic and groups involved.

Desirable:

Previous responsibility for publications, exhibitions or projects. In the first instance CRC requires from applicants a proposal (no more than 8 pages of A4, excluding CV details), covering the following:

• Objectives of, necessity for and distinctiveness of the research.
• Relevant experience and expertise of the candidate who will
• undertake the work,
• A proposed time-scale and earliest start date,
• A detailed outline of the proposed methodological approach
• A detailed costing of the proposed approach
• An outline of  the geographical area, and/or social, faith, political or ethnic group(s) involved,  and details of the gender and age range of the subjects to be studied

The closing date for the receipt of applications will be 12 noon on Friday 4th November at the Councils Belfast office; short listed candidates may be invited to interview. Research projects will not be begun before January 2006.

Please return applications, marked for the attention of Jo Adamson,

Community Relations Council, 6 Murray Street, Belfast, BT1 6DN.