Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) today announced the Media Research Support Program. The program aims to be an integral part of CMR-Nepal’s objective to conduct, support and promote researches on various aspects of media.

Media students and scholars are invited to apply for the fellowships: 1. Media Research Partnership Program (Senior Fellow) and 2. Media Research Mentorship Program (Fellow). Those two fellowships aims to support the researches of fellows by providing them with resources and support during all phases of their researches and do not carry financial benefits.

Media Research Partnership Program (awardees to be called CMR-Nepal Senior Fellow)

A program designed to support media research to be or being pursued by independent researchers who has completed master’s degree preferably in journalism or mass communication or media studies.

CMR-Nepal will design regular discussion programs where the senior fellow will benefit from the knowledge, skills and experiences of CMR-Nepal researchers and other invited scholars.

The senior fellow may also seek support in conducting researches (including sampling, data collection, processing and report writing) from members of CMR Nepal and interns. The program is designed as a knowledge-sharing platform.

Duration: ideally up to six months
Financial benefits: none

Media Research Mentorship Program (awardees to be called CMR-Nepal Fellow)

A program designed to mentor student conducting research for Master’s level thesis.

CMR-Nepal will assign a mentor to support the research in all it’s phases; will invite fellows to participate in group discussions and facilitates sharing between fellows.

CMR-Nepal Fellow will also be able to use all resources, both online and offline, of the organization.

Duration: ideally for up to six months
Financial benefits: none

CMR-Nepal may publish the works, complete or partial, completed during the program in its publications.

Apply with symposia of the research, a bio-data and a page letter of intent explaining why are you interested in the program.

Apply to cmrnepal@butmedia.org (or use the form here) before November 30, 2012. If you have any query, please let us know at the same email.

Please note that we may proceed with application as soon as it is received.