The purpose of the fellowship is to provide graduate students working on research projects related to co-operative and community-based economy with financial support, suitable space, and a stimulating environment conducive to writing and reflection.

The centre welcomes applications from all disciplinary backgrounds for projects that promote the scholarly study of subjects related to co-operative and community-based economic arrangements. "Co-operative and community-based economy" is taken to refer to collective undertakings, not necessarily co-operatives:

• aimed at providing the needs and wants of some community or group, where any profits are a means of supplying those needs and wants,
• managed autonomously and by democratic processes, and
• in which persons and their participation are given priority over capital in the distribution of any surplus.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: conditions (including policies) that give rise to, or inhibit, co-operative and community-based economic activities; the relations between co-operative and community-based economic organizations and other forms of enterprise; examinations of sectoral organizations (e.g. health, housing, agriculture, etc.); issues of representation and participation in co-operative and community-based economic arrangements; the history, sociology, and/or anthropology of co-operative and community-based economic models; and co-operative and community-based arrangements as an instrument for sustainable community developments, including Indigenous settings.

Fellowships are open to all University of Victoria graduate students at the stage where they are writing either an MA thesis, major research paper, or a PhD dissertation on issues related to the centre's research mandate (as in topics, previously described).

• $3,000 per fellowship, and
• office space (including wireless Internet, fax, and copy services) in the centre's premises in University House 2.

Graduate fellows are expected to:

• conduct their work in their CCCBE office;
• participate actively in the programs and activities of the centre (e.g. weekly Tea Time, lectures, workshops, etc.);
• acknowledge the CCCBE in all publications arising from the fellowship and deposit one copy of such publications in the centre's library; and
• lead one Tea Time discussion on the theme of their research.

Some research products may be eligible for consideration as an occasional paper published by the centre.

Applications should include:

1. a covering letter;
2. a descriptive title of the research area;
3. a 500-word summary of the project written for an interdisciplinary audience;
4. a current curriculum vitae;
5. official transcripts (graduate and undergraduate);
6. a supporting letter from the applicant's supervisor; and
7. a letter of support from another professor or former professor of the candidate.

Application forms should be submitted in electronic form. Paper copies will be accepted only for supporting material (e.g. transcripts).

Completed applications should be submitted to Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, University of Victoria. Email applications to cccbe@uvic.ca or mail them to University House 2, Room 109, PO Box 3060, Victoria, BC V8W 3R4.

Selection will be made by the CCCBE Program Committee based on the academic merit of the proposal, the views of the referees, and the recent scholarly activity of the candidate. Proposals submitted outside of the regular application deadline schedule may also be considered at the discretion of the director.

• Johnny Mack - 2012/2013 Graduate Student Fellow
• Alex Robb - 2012/2-13 Graduate Student Fellow
• Tim Smith - 2011/2012 Graduate Student Fellow
• Crystal Tremblay - 2011/2012 Graduate Student Fellow
• Ben Geselbracht - 2010/2011 Graduate Student Fellow
• Lisa Pasolli - 2010/2011 Graduate Student Fellow
• Eleanor Carlson - 2009/2010 Graduate Student Fellow
• Nick Montgomery - 2009/2010 Graduate Student Fellow
• Michael Litchfield - 2009/2010 Graduate Student Fellow