Caucasus International University is pleased to announce call for scientific grants competition in fundamental research.
The aim of the competition is to facilitate the creation of new knowledge, theories and models, integration of research results in the academic process, engagement of young scholars in study process, attraction of the youth, internationalization, conduction of joint researches by the university and foreign universities and development of high quality scientific researches. The research results should contribute to the long-term perspective of scientific, social, economic, cultural, etc. development at national and / or international level.
Competition project may be submitted in the following directions:
The competition is funded from the university budget and is administered by Scientific Research Department.
Duration of the project submitted for the competition can be 12 or 18 months. Each reporting period should be 6 months. The amount requested from the university should not exceed 20000 GEL for economics and business, law, international relations and journalism, and 25,000 GEL for medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and viticulture and winemaking directions.
The project should have a foreign university as a partner organization and a foreign scientist from this institution must be involved in the project as a project core staff.
Students and alumni must be involved in the project submitted to the competition together with the scientific supervisor. Besides the young scientists of the university, it is advisable to include a post-doctoral student of any university who has been granted the degree of doctor no later than seven years ago. Simultaneously, this person must not be affiliated academic personnel of other university.
The grant holder must publish at least one scientific work in English in a journal/collection/conference proceedings based on research materials envisaged by the project. The latter must be included in the objectives of the project plan. In addition, one of the articles published within the framework of the project must appear in journal/collections/conference proceedings indexed in the following scientific databases/ratings: web of science, scopus, SCImago Journal Rank, ERIH plus.
Please ee the attached file:
Important Dates:
Electronic registration of the project – from 1 June to 1 July, 2018 till 18:00.
Registration at University Department of Scientific Researches – Submission of application about participation - 2 August, 2018 till 18:00.
Competition documentation for participation must be sent to the following e-mail: awards@ciu.edu.ge
Please, see the attached files:
Individual consultations will be held at any stage of electronic registration of the project. Please, refer to Department of Scientific Researches.
Email: awards@ciu.edu.ge
Tel.: 261 12 98; 294 59 92 (Extension 184)
Room: 59