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Scholarships

We believe that with better understanding and decision-making, the world will be a better place. That’s why 1000minds offers two $2000 USD scholarships each year to post-graduate students worldwide.

1. Decision-making scholarship

The 1000minds decision-making scholarship is awarded for a research project by a post-graduate student about or involving the use of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) / multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA).

Requirements

Applicants should email team@1000minds.com with the name of which scholarship they are applying for in the subject line. Please attach the following to your email:

  1. A research proposal (2000 words maximum)
  2. Resume / CV
  3. Academic transcript

Award

$2000 USD

Deadline

1 December

2. Conjoint analysis scholarship

The 1000minds conjoint analysis scholarship is awarded for a research project by a post-graduate student about or involving the use of conjoint analysis, choice modeling or a discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Requirements

Applicants should email team@1000minds.com with the name of which scholarship they are applying for in the subject line. Please attach the following to your email:

  1. A research proposal (2000 words maximum)
  2. Resume / CV
  3. Academic transcript

Award

$2000 USD

Deadline

1 December

Eligibility

Applications are open to post-graduate students, e.g. Masters or PhD, enrolled at any university worldwide. Applicants must be the lead researcher on the research project (e.g. their thesis, dissertation, etc).

Value

Each scholarship winner will receive $2000 USD, without any restrictions on how the money is spent. The winner will receive free access to 1000minds software for their project, if they wish to use it.

Dates

Applications close on 1 December each year. The scholarship will be awarded by 25 December.

Selection criteria

  • Overall merit (including significance and novelty of the application)
  • Applicant’s academic record and relevant experience
  • Quality of the research proposal

Selection process

Applicants will be short-listed by a panel of at least two 1000minds staff. Short-listed applicants may be asked to present their research proposal in a 20-minute Zoom call. The panel will make the final decision.

The panel is not obligated to make an award in any year if it determines there are no applications of sufficient merit.


Winners 2023

Hooray to Natalija Momirović of Institute of Forestry, Serbia and Jaber Ghorbani of University of Nebraska-Lincoln!

Natalija and Jaber are this year’s winners of the two 1000minds $2000 USD scholarships offered to post-grad students worldwide. Natalija and Jaber were also awarded academic licenses to use 1000minds for their projects.

Winners 2022

Bravo, Mostafa Ismail of Cairo University and Andre Poyser of the University of Otago!

Mostafa and Andre are this year’s winners of the two 1000minds $2000 USD scholarships offered to post-grad students worldwide, as well as receiving academic licenses to use 1000minds for their projects.

Winners 2021

Congratulations to Jack Powers of Queensland University of Technology and Paul Schneider of the University of Sheffield!

Jack and Paul are the inaugural winners of two 1000minds’ $2000 USD scholarships offered to post-grad students worldwide. Jack and Paul were also awarded academic licenses to use 1000minds for their projects.

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