Social Trends Institute (STI) is offering a maximum of four scholarships to pursue the Master's Degree at research in Social Sciences (MICS) at the University of Navarra in 2018-2019. The amount covers the full cost of the enrollment.

To be eligible, candidates must commit to thesis of Master's Degree on one of five topics: programs of study on fashion, cultural and social impact of globalization, family and family policies, care challenges in the 21st century, and government and civil society.

These are some of the issues that Social Trends Institute has addressed in its specialized meetings in recent years and in its subsequent publications.

Candidates should send to Social Trends Institute their curriculum, the form of application complete and a letter of reference. They should send the material to Tracey O'Donnell(todonnell@socialtrendsinstitute.org) by May 15. Resolution will take place on May 30.

Scholarship students will be students who have demonstrated financial need and grade academic need and commit to: do their research on a topic on which STI has publications and use this material in their work; submit a quarterly report with the progress of the TFM within the deadlines established by MICS; collaborate with STI as required for interviews and/or reporting; and submit to STI their final work , reflecting on the report the financial aid received; and maintain contact with STI regarding their work, as do STI meeting experts.

In addition, STI will have the right to publish in its media a summary of the work andwill count on the cooperation of the grantee for interviews or explanations about it.

Six itineraries of specialization

The MICS is coordinated by the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) and counts with the direct partnership of the Schools of Communication, Law, Education and Psychology, Nursing, and Philosophy and Letters. It is accredited by the National Agency for Assessment of Quality and Accreditation (Agencia Nacional de assessment de la Calidad y accreditation).

The program is offered as a gateway to entrance for students who wish to enter the interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. Its training program allows students to specialize in six tracks: Communication, Geodemography, Linguistics, Education and Psychology, Law and Nursing.

Students who complete the Master's Degree will be equipped with methodological tools and analytical skills that will enable them to carry out quantitative and qualitative programs of study of the social and cultural reality, as well as to lead interdisciplinary work in a wide range of companies and public and private organizations.

Social Trends Institute (STI) is a non-profit foundation based in New York with a delegation in Barcelona. Its mission statement is to contribute to the understanding of the social trends that have the greatest impact on the world today, through research and an open discussion between experts from different fields of knowledge. STI promotes and disseminates interdisciplinary and international works of research within five major groups: Marriage and Family; Bioethics and Biotechnology; Culture and Lifestyles; Government and Civil Society.