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Eligibility

SICSS-Singapore is designed for and restricted to graduate students (including masters students, preferably those with a prominent research component in their degree), postdoctoral researchers, untenured faculty within 7 years of their Ph.D, and researchers working in NGOs or government agencies. However, there are no restrictions based on citizenship, country of study, or country of employment. About 20 participants will be invited.

The Summer Institute aims to bring together computational social scientists across all levels of technical experience. Participants with less experience with social science research will be expected to complete additional readings in advance of the Institute, and participants with less experience coding will be expected to complete SICSS boot camp. Students doing this preparatory work will be supported by a teaching assistant who will hold online office hours during the two months before the Institute.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and fields of study, especially applicants from groups currently under-represented in computational social science. We evaluate applicants along a number of dimensions: 1) research and teaching in the area of computational social science 2) contributions to public goods, such as creating open source software, curating public datasets, and creating educational opportunities for others 3) likelihood to benefit from participation 4) likelihood to contribute to the educational experience of other participants 5) potential to spread computational social science to new intellectual communities and areas of research. Further, when making our evaluations, we attempt to account for an applicant’s career stage and previous educational opportunities.

How To Apply

To apply, applicants shall submit the following documents via email to sicss.singapore@gmail.com with SICSS Singapore 2023 Application as the subject.

1. a curriculum vitae (CV)
2. a statement (maximum 600 words) describing both any current research, your interest in computational social science, and expectations from attending SICSS-Singapore 2023 (e.g. what you would like to learn from SICSS and what topics of computational social science you would like to explore more).
3. applicants who are graduate students or postdoctoral researchers must submit the contact information of one faculty advisor. Letters of recommendation are not required at this point.
4. (optional) one writing sample that is no more than 35 pages. Co-authored work is acceptable for the writing sample, but if you submit co-authored work, we recommend that you include a few sentences in the email body describing the contributions of each individual author.

In order to be guaranteed full consideration, all application materials must be submitted by Monday March 6 Monday March 13, 2023 AoE (Anywhere on Earth). All application materials must be submitted through email. Applicants should include their name in all application file names. For example, the submitted CV should be named FirstnameLastname_CV.pdf. Applications that are not complete by the deadline may not receive full consideration. We will notify applicants solely through e-mail by April 28, 2023, and will ask participants to confirm their participation very soon thereafter.

Inquiries can be sent to sicss.singapore@gmail.com.

Application Frequently Asked Questions

Can I apply to more than one Summer Institute location?

Yes, but not at the same time. For example, you can apply to SICSS-Singapore, and then if you are not accepted you can apply to one of the other locations if it has a later deadline. However, you cannot have an applications under review at two locations simultaneously.

Can I participate in SICSS-Singapore if I have already participated in SICSS at another location?

No. Every year we have more applicants than we can accept, and we would like everyone to have a chance to participate in SICSS once before we allow folks to participate twice.