The Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute Announces an Individual Research Competition
As part of the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative the Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a competition open to individuals on the elaboration of research papers using the statistical data collected as part of the 2008 Cross‐National Survey of School Principals in South East Europe (SEE) countries. Proposals are invited primarily from graduate students and early carrier researchers.
The 2008 Cross‐National Survey of School Principals in South East Europe (SEE) countries, funded by OSI's Education Support Program, yielded a tremendous amount of data assembled by researchers in each of the following eight SEE countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. This survey provides a panoramic view of what schools are achieving or failing to do to promote an inclusive and democratic environment for students and parents in each of the aforementioned countries. For more information regarding the Cross‐National Survey of School Principals in South East Europe (SEE) countries, please view the survey report in its entirety at the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative's website at http://www.see‐educoop.net/aeiq.
In order to best utilize the important data collected by the researchers of the Initiative, OSI's Education Support Program will provide grants to successful applicants who will write publishable research papers. The primary purpose of these grants is to cull additional information from the Survey data which can be used for education reform, policy development, and strategic planning.