Young Researchers Fund (YRF) – 2019 in Dhaka

Young Researchers Fund – The best research will get BDT 1,00,000

The Organization for Social Orientation (OSO) is a non-governmental and non-profit research and action network that was founded in 2008 in the coastal city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, by a group of young professionals, researchers and social entrepreneurs from South Asia. OSO’s goal is to help the process of sustainable socio-economic development in South Asia. Its constituency is based on membership drawn from researchers, experts, academics, professionals, students and institutions engaged in research, action and development process in socioeconomic fields in South Asia. OSO is registered with the Bangladesh government as a social entity.

OSO encourages and promotes young researchers to flourish with their research abilities. A small grant for their research work can make them take an initiative and engage in a research work and achieve credential for research skills. OSO Young Researchers Fund is established in August 2013 to productively and dynamically help the potentials of the young researchers. Meritorious undergraduate and postgraduate students, young teachers and young professionals are eligible independently to apply for and receive the fund to conduct social scientific and scientific researches irrespective of sex, caste, religion, ethnicity, and political identity. Grants are available for Bangladeshi young researchers and open to other South Asian countries as well. Funds are received from philanthropist individuals, CSR, foundations, and organizations home and abroad.

Young researchers are encouraged to register for YRF 2019 fund. All applicants are entitled to take a training course on research methodology and assistance to write their research proposals. Ten young researchers each will be awarded BDT 10,000 to conduct their research works and they will be selected based on the merit of their proposals. A clear guideline will be provided by YRF committee.

A selection and evaluation committee has been formed for OSO YRF 2019 which consist of experts and teachers from various research and academic institutions.