CINTIA RESEARCH GRANTS

In accordance with the rules of the CINTIA Center and of the Department of Economics of Ca’ Foscari University, under the Departmental Decree 504/2015, Ref. 35477, July 16th 2015, CINTIA is advertising a competition for Research Grants.

Description

Deadline for draft proposal: September 15th,2015

Cintia supports innovative academic research on all aspects of the social sciences related to aging, pensions and retirement. Cintia offers Research Grants on the following topics:

  • Risk Management during the Working Life
  • Risk Management during the Retirement Years
  • Retirement Decisions and Financial Decisions at Retirement
  • Supervision of Fully Funded Pensions: Solvency and Transparency
  • Risk Sharing and Distribution among Generations: Full Funding, Pay-as-you-go, Taxation
  • The Labour Market
  • Heterogeneity within Generations and the Position of Senior Citizens

The total budget amount is € 100,000 (to be allocated to at most two projects).

The project lasts 12 months, starting November 1st, 2015.

Main characteristics

Funding for:

  • the appointment of a post-doc researcher (maximum of €45,000 per researcher)
  • data collection
  • software purchases
  • travelling and accommodation for participation to Cintia conferences

Expenditure for equipment purchases and other travelling expenses are excluded.

Requirements
  • An industry-oriented publication has to be produced during the project.
  • The project team consists of academic researchers, and possibly staff members from an industry partner.
  • Project team members will present their research output at Cintia events.
  • Project team members are expected to participate in task forces meetings when writing industry-oriented Cintia publication
Submission

Applications must be sent in pdf to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Ms. Federica Pozzana) and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Or: Submit to Cintia – Ms Federica Pozzana – Department of Economics – San Giobbe 873 – 30121 Venice – Italy and mention Application for Cintia Grant Project - Decree 504/2015, Ref. 35477, July 16th 2015 in the subject line (applications must be received within September 15th).

Contact

For further information contact Cintia:

Ms. Tea Stifanic This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

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