General
Q. What is CRRC?
A. The Caucasus Research Resource Centers program (CRRC) is a network of resource and training centers established in the capital cities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with the goal of strengthening social science research and public policy analysis in the South Caucasus.
Q. Who are the CRRC beneficiaries?
A. CRRC offers its resources and services to social science researchers, faculty members from academic institutions, policy practitioners and other professionals from non-governmental, private and public sectors.
Q. What resources and services does CRRC offer?
A. CRRC provides the following resources and services:
Library
Q. Where is the CRRC library located?
A. The CRRC library is located at the following address:
52 Abovyan Street, 3rd floor
Room 305
Yerevan, Armenia
Q. Who can use the CRRC library?
A. The CRRC library is open to users from any institution working/researching in the field of social sciences.
Q. What are the CRRC library’s current holdings of books/journals?
A. The CRRC library provides with access to a rich collection of Armenian, English and Russian language printed materials in sociology, economics, public policy and demography.
Q. How can I access the CRRC library?
A. To register with the CRRC library, visit us at
52 Abovyan Street, 3rd floor
Room 305
Yerevan, Armenia
Q. Do I have to pay a membership fee to access the library materials?
A. The use of CRRC library materials is free of charge.
Q. What are the library’s working days and hours?
A. The CRRC library works Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Q. Can I take books/materials home?
A. The CRRC print materials can only be used in the library.
IT Lab
Q. Where is the CRRC IT lab located?
A. The CRRC IT lab is located at the following address:
52 Abovyan Street, 3rd floor
Room 309
Yerevan, Armenia
Q. Who can use the CRRC IT lab?
A. The CRRC IT lab is open to researchers, academics, lecturers and students for scientific or research purposes.
Q. What services does the CRRC IT lab provide?
A. The CRRC IT lab provides free access to Internet, major on-line journals in social sciences, on-line databases related to the fields of social sciences in the South Caucasus region, and international data sources.
Q. Do I pay for using the IT lab?
A. The CRRC IT lab is free of charge.
Q. What are the IT lab’s working days and hours?
A. The CRRC library works Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Q. What are the basic rules for working in the CRRC IT lab?
A. To read the CRRC IT lab general use and policy, please click here.
Fellowship Program
Q. When will the next fellowship competition be announced?
A. Fellowship competitions are announced each winter.
Q. Who is eligible to apply for fellowship?
A. The following individuals are eligible to apply for a fellowship: Armenian citizens or permanent residents of Armenia, individual social science or humanities researchers, or researchers affiliated with academic institutions, research institutes, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, international organization and public agencies.
Q. How do I apply for a fellowship grant?
A. Information on how to apply for a fellowship research grant is contained in the Applying for a Fellowship section.
Q. How can I ensure that my project is suitable for CRRC?
A. Fellowship grants from CRRC are intended for research projects that aim to build a body of knowledge in social sciences and policy analysis.
Q. What is a research project?
A. A research project is the systematic investigation of questions to address a specific issue or concern. Elements of a research project should include a clear question, the purpose and objective of the research, a clear methodology including the definition of key concepts and data collection and an analysis of the findings and conclusion. The whole process should be scientifically sound. The results of a research project should include key findings and recommendations.
Q. Who decides who will receive a fellowship grant?
A. CRRC and the Fellowship Selection Committee select the applications that will be funded.
Trainings and Lectures
Q. What kind of trainings do you organize?
A. Weekly training courses, seminars and lectures are offered on a variety of social science topics, attracting both local and foreign experts to speak and conduct trainings, locally and regionally.
CRRC methodological training activities focus on modernizing the skill sets of local researchers and providing hands-on opportunities by using relevant statistical software packages and to examine what is really happening in today’s economic and social transformation in the South Caucasus.
CRRC also conducts basic orientation trainings to explore the range of research resource materials and methods of their use.
Q. Who can participate in the CRRC trainings and lectures?
A. The following individuals are eligible to participate: social science researchers, faculty members from academic institutions, policy practitioners and other professionals from non-governmental, private and public sectors.
Q. How can I register to participate?
A. You must submit an application when there is a call made for participants. You must demonstrate that you have the minimum requirements as listed in the Request for Participants. This call or announcement is usually made on the Web site or may be announced through the regular e-announcements which you can register for.
Q. When and where do you organize your trainings?
A. Local trainings usually take place at the CRRC premises in Yerevan. Regional trainings usually take place at the CRRC premises in Tbilisi.
Conferences, Seminars and Roundtables
Q. What kind of conferences, seminars and roundtables do you organize?
A. CRRC draws researchers, public administrators, and other policy practitioners from all three South Caucasus countries to discuss and debate on key public policy issues in the region and cross-border trends in policy formation, encouraging interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers and practitioners. The centers provide information and educational assistance to emerging public policy institutes, and providing a variety of networking opportunities for researchers and policy practitioners.
Q. Who is eligible to participate in the CRRC conferences, seminars and roundtables?
A. The following individuals are eligible to participate: social science researchers, faculty members from academic institutions, policy practitioners and other professionals from non-governmental, private and public sectors.
Other
Q. How can I subscribe to the CRRC list serve and receive news?
A. To subscribe to the CRRC list serve please send us an e-mail to crrc@crrc.am.
Q. How can I contribute?
A. CRRC is committed to forming an interdisciplinary community of scholars, with opportunities to form close links to like-minded national, regional and international colleagues. If you are a social science researcher, share your research, expertise and interests with us and make them accessible to your colleagues worldwide.
CRRC welcomes and encourages donations and in-kind contributions. If you wish to make a donation or a contribution, please contact CRRC Director, Dr. Heghine Manasyan, at heghine@crrc.am.