The Millennium Institute MIPP invites master’s students to participate in the application process for the MIPP Master’s Thesis Support contest. To participate, the candidate must show interest in topics related to the research conducted by the Institute, and also secure the supervision and support of at least one of the MIPP scholars.
Application requirements / documents
- The candidate must be a student in the last year of the Master in Applied Economics (Universidad de Chile) or a similar program
- Provide grade transcripts
- Secure a Supervision Agreement from at least one of the researchers of MIPP, including researchers’ recommendation letters
- Include a thesis proposal with the scholarship application: a research project proposal of three pages
Benefits
Thesis support involves the following payments:
- First payment for 500.000 CLP upon signing of the agreement with MIPP.
- Second payment for 500.000 CLP when written thesis is delivered and approved.
- Third payment of 200.000 CLP upon completion of the thesis defence.
Responsibilities of the beneficiary
The Master’s Thesis Scholarship recipient must comply with all academic commitments as implied below:
- Submit progress and final reports to supervising professor, confirming fulfilment of the obligations of the Agreement, in accordance with the deadlines established in the contract’s calendar
- Share all the information pertaining to the research project (documents, statistics, interviews, etc.), in order to be included in the MIPP repository
- Demonstrate a genuine effort to publish in prestigious academic journals
- Provide full acknowledgement of MIPP’s financial support in the footnotes of all the publications, reports and other work produced. Include that said publications were accomplished within the framework of the MIPP Institute.
- Participate in all MIPP related activities and events, including CEA- MIPP Seminars
- In case of non-compliance or incompletion, a total refund of the assigned resources will be required. This measure can be taken at any time throughout the process, or in the end (after the evaluation of progress or final reports by the supervising professor).
Restrictions.
- The student must be enrolled in the course or the Thesis preparation I seminar, of the Master’s in Applied Economics program at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, or be in the process of presenting their research thesis as per their corresponding program of studies.
- This Scholarship can only be provided to students who, at the time of signing the agreement, DO NOT have the support of the Conicyt scholarship, or of any other type of thesis funding.
- Each payment is delivered upon receipt of Invoice for Professional Fees (Boleta de Honorarios).
- Thesis project shall be completed in a period NOT exceeding one year.
Evaluation.
The evaluation of the submitted applications will be conducted by the MIPP Academic Committee of, comprising 3 academics of the Institute; a defined percentage allocation will be considered for the following criteria, as follows:
Point Distribution:
Quality of the research: 40
Proximity of objectives to MIPP: 20
Academic background: 40
Total: 100
A ranking of the applicants will be defined, and the candidates that qualify for the scholarship will be selected.
Application Mechanism:
Application must be sent in a sealed envelope to the MIPP offices, located at Avenida República 779, office 34; or as a digital version to megozanlez@mipp.cl and info@mipp.cl .
Announcement of Results
The results of contest will be determined by all the members of the MIPP Academic Committee.
Schedule
- Call for Applications: November 20, 2017
- Application End Date: December 15, 2017
- Announcement of Results: December 22, 2017
- Scholarship Start: upon signing the agreement
Inquiries and requests for further information should be addressed to:
María Eugenia Gonzalez Frías, Executive Director, Millenium Institute for Market Imperfections and Public Policy- MIPP. Avenida Republica 779. Office 34. Santiago, Chile. megonzalez@mipp.cl
For more information on the requirements, please download the application here.
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