Call for 2022-23 Mentors

Published on 9 August 2022

Closes on 15 September 2022

Open Academic Research Winter Workshop 2022-23

Open Academic Research is pleased to announce the 2022 edition of the winter camp after the pandemic linked hiatus, after three highly successful winter camps between 2017 - 2019. As usual, we aim to set-up a camp close to nature for a week during winter holidays. The Creative Thinkers (CT) join us with an open research question presented as a proposal and they will find a solution/s either single-handedly or as a group effort under the supervision of respective mentor(s). Our role as OAR mentors would be to guide them along their way with an open scientific mind.

To get an overview of the workshop and research projects from last years’ edition, please follow the link: https://www.openacademicresearch.org/program/research-workshops

Call for OAR Mentors: We seek mentors for guiding at least two projects related to their research field. You should be open to scientific curiosity, questions or critical review and debates, including willingness to participate in arguments and criticism. Possibly even learn something new from your CTs.

Qualifications: Mentors should have a Ph.D. (with at least a year’s experience)/Academicians (Science, Medical, Business, Social Science, Theatre, Arts & Literature, Humanities, Athletics, Design Thinking, etc.) with at least five years of research experience and a good understanding of their subject.

Motivations: As a mentor you will help identify the research problem at hand, understand the CT’s methodology, and help them gain the skill-set needed to address the problem. Once you are an OAR mentor, we request you spend time with your CT apprentices to help chalk out a plan towards the solution. The mentor should guide CTs in achieving the best outcome of the project, often leading to innovation and intellectual property (IP).

Expectations from mentor: Mentors are expected to design and develop a manageable work plan with the CTs. This includes pre-workshop preparations towards the research project, activities needing to be executed during the workshop and continuing the work during the post-workshop period. This plan should be submitted and discussed with the OAR panel before the 15th of November 2022.

Pre-workshop supervision period is expected to be of a minimum of 2-4 hours per week, at least for a period of 1 month. This time period, of course, depends on the project topic/design and is flexible for mentors to select, after discussion with the OAR panel.
During the workshop:
- 1. A mentor is expected to be present at the workshop to supervise and execute the planned activities towards the research project outcome. At the camp, you will regularly interact with your CTs in an organized manner and monitor your CTs’ progress. At the end of the workshop, CTs are expected to submit a preliminary report of the project and present it before the entire OAR panel.
  2. During the workshop, the mentor is also expected to give a presentation about their own research interests.
Post-workshop activities last for a minimum of 9 months. During this period, mentors are required to supervise, monitor the status of the research project and update the OAR panel on a monthly basis (by the 3rd day of each month). Expected supervision time is a minimum of 2-4 hours per week. At the end of this period, mentor and CT are expected to be in a position to submit their work for publication/patenting.

OAR Winter workshop details: Our camps being close to nature means possibilities of frequent hikes and sporting activities, which the mentors are often expected to lead the way. We intend to provide travel, camping facilities, accommodation and food for mentors. If you think you have the above qualities and would like to make a positive change in the education system we grew up in, you are urged to join us as OAR members. Please submit the completed registration form. The call for mentors closes on the 15th of September 2022.

OAR membership: If you agree with the principles and work of OAR and wish to become an OAR member, you should be self-motivated to spend about an hour per week during the year to continue providing your valued input to CTs and assist in preparing the upcoming events for OAR. During the event organizing period, OAR mentors are required to meet (virtually or in-person) for an hour at a pre-agreed time and are expected to be actively involved in organizing the annual winter camp.

Application

PREVIOUS CALLS

Call for Associate Membership

11 April 2020

Open Academic Research is calling for Associate Members in any academic disciplines.

Motivations: OAR enables creative people to pursue their dream research, which is not possible to pursue in a conventional structure of academia or industry. As an associate member you would be required to identify the research problem in hand, understand the customised methodology of supervision, and help your research team to gain the skill set needed to address the problem. You should be open to research questions or arguments and criticism. Possibly even learn something new from your high school and undergraduate students. OAR enables you to think beyond the narrow societal or bureaucracy related restrictions and will aim to facilitate the requirements needed for your research.
Qualifications: We seek Associate Members for leading research projects related to their research field. Associate Members should have a PhD or DPhil along with one to two years of research experiences in any field or equivalent years of academic involvement with a strong understanding of their subject. The membership is awarded to all disciplines.
Deadline: Please fill up the registration form and write us an email. Please understand that we would love to talk to you in person to know your interest for OAR and in general to creative-thinking.
Selection process: If your application is suitable for OAR, members of OAR will contact your for a meeting to arrange the resources required for you. Once your application is successful you will be required to agree with OAR's terms and conditions and guidelines.
Membership fee: A membership fee is applicable to maintain the administrative overheads to maintain and facilitate the services offered by OAR. The services are customised from member to member but flat rate fees in applied all the Associate Members. Associate Members are required to pay an annual membership fees on the date of joining.

Application

Call for Members

1 August 2019

After the grand success of Open Academic Research Winter Camp in 2017 at Kerala, and in 2018 edition at Pondicherry, we are looking for new members for our OAR's promising future. OAR #3 will be organised in West Bengal for 2019-20 edition. We look forward to meet new members in our annual workshop and find a common path to work towards an enriching intellectual growth of India.

OAR #3 will be hosted during the usual Christmas holidays. This will be a great opportunity for the new members to meet and work together with some fresh and young creative-minds full of curiosity and passion. We perform full-fledged advance curiosity-driven research with school, college and university students. If you are passionate about academic research and interested in doing something creative for India's research and innovation as well as for the global academic research communication we would like to hear from you. We are a small group of researchers who are constantly dreaming about an independent research organisation of curiosity-driven research and research communication. You will meet along with the little budding creative thinkers in OAR #3 as well as throughout the year during our regular meetings.

Qualifications: We seek mentors for guiding at least two projects related to their research field. Mentors should have a PhD along with one to two years of research experiences in any field or equivalent years of academic involvement with a strong understanding of their subject. We seek mentors across all disciplines including architecture, athletics, arts and humanities, philosophy, science and many more.
Motivations: As a mentor you would be required to identify the research problem in hand, understand the creative-thinker’s methodology, and help them gain the skill set needed to address the problem. Once you are an OAR mentor you are requested to spend time with your student apprentice and chalk out a plan to solve the question during the winter camp. At the camp, you will regularly interact with your students in an organized manner, monitor your mentee’s progress and give general lectures about your field of study. You should be open to scientific questions or arguments and criticism. Possibly even learn something new from your high school and undergraduate students.
OAR membership: Once you like OAR and want to be an OAR member, we need around an hour per week during the year to continue providing our valued inputs to creative-thinkers and prepare the upcoming events. As a OAR member, you should be motivated to spend at least an hour per week for OAR. During the organization period, OAR mentors are required to meet over Skype for an hour at the prior agreed time and actively involved in organizing the winter camp.
Deadline: No deadline but if you would like to join OAR #3 we would like to hear from you by the end of September. Please fill up the registration form and write us an email. Please understand that we would love to talk to you in person to know your interest for OAR and in general to creative-thinking.
Please REGISTER here.

Open Academic Winter Research Camp 2018-19

Call for OAR Mentors and Members

After the grand success of Open Academic Research Winter Camp in 2017 at Kerala, we are pleased to announce the 2018 edition at Pondicherry from 27th December 2018 to 2nd January 2019. As usual we aim to setup a camp close to nature for a week during winter holidays. The students will join us with an open question and he or she will try to solve the problem alone or in a group. Our role as OAR mentors would be to guide them along their way with an open mind. To get a feel for the questions and answers from last year’s edition, please see the report.

Qualifications: We seek mentors for guiding at least two projects related to their research field. Mentors should have a PhD along with one to two years of research experiences in any field or equivalent years of academic involvement with a strong understanding of their subject. We seek mentors across all disciplines including architecture, athletics, arts and humanities, philosophy, science and many more.
Motivations: As a mentor you would be required to identify the research problem in hand, understand the free-thinker’s methodology, and help them gain the skill set needed to address the problem. Once you are an OAR mentor you are requested to spend time with your student apprentice and chalk out a plan to solve the question during the winter camp. At the camp, you will regularly interact with your students in an organized manner, monitor your mentee’s progress and give general lectures about your field of study. You should be open to scientific questions or arguments and criticism. Possibly even learn something new from your high school and undergraduate students.
OAR membership: Once you like OAR and want to be an OAR member, we need around an hour per week during the year to continue providing our valued inputs to free-thinkers and prepare the upcoming events. As a OAR member, you should be motivated to spend at least an hour per week for OAR. During the organization period, OAR mentors are required to meet over Skype for an hour at the prior agreed time and actively involved in organizing the winter camp.
OAR Winter workshop details: The close to the nature setting of our camps includes frequent hikes and sport activities and you should lead the way. We intend to give travel, camping facilities, accommodation and food for project leaders. If you think you have the above qualities and would like to make a positive change in the education system we grew up in, you are urged to join us as OAR members.
Deadline: The call for volunteers will be closed by 15th November 2018. Please fill up the registration form and write us an email. Please understand that we would love to talk to you in person to know your interest for OAR and in general to free-thinking.
Please REGISTER before the deadline.

** The call for members is open throughout the year if you are interested please feel free drop us a line at oar[at]openacademicresearch.org or register. We will get back to you asap.

Open Academic Winter Research Camp 2017

Call for Free thinkers/Students

Open Academic Winter Research Camp 2017

Call for Project Leaders

We are pleased to announce that this year we would like to initiate an 'Open Academic Winter Camp' in India. We aim to setup a camp close to nature for 2-3 weeks during the winter holidays. The students will join us with an open question and he/she will solve the problem alone or in a group where our role will be to supervise them with open and broad minds. It is good to remember that nature does not segregate any field. For example, biology is hard to understand without physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

Call for volunteers 1: We seek for volunteers to supervise at least two projects related to their research field. In short , they will act as project leaders. The volunteers should have a PhD or pursuing PhD with a strong understanding of at least one subject. There is no constraint on subjects. We welcome artists, architects, athletes, engineers, historians, mathematicians, philosophers, scientists, sociologists, writers, and creative people of any other areas which we are missing out. The job of a project leader will be to help the students identify a research problem, regularly interact with them to discuss the problem in an organised manner. The progress of the project needs to be recorded in the form of manual or digital note book. This should be done together with the student.

Every project leader will be given an opportunity to give a seminar on their research work in front of all the students. The project leaders should not be biased or have narrow opinions. They should be open to scientific questions or arguments or criticisms and are even ready to learn something new from the high school students. During the organisation period from August to September, the project leaders are requested to meet over Skype for an hour on an agreed common time to discuss and keep track on the progress of organising the camp. The workshop will take place in remote locations of India where frequent hiking and sport activities will be organised. The project leaders are expected to participate in these events.

Call for volunteers 2: We are seeking for three project leaders who are at the moment living in India to work on our financial and administrative work, to handle and store the experimental equipment, to organise the venue, travel, and logistics to smoothly run the workshop, besides the requirement of the Call for volunteers 1.

We intend to give travel, camping facilities as accommodations, and food to the project leaders. If you think you have the above qualities please get back to us. The call for volunteers will be closed by 25th August 2017**. Please fill up the REGISTRATION form or write us an email.

** The call for volunteers is open if you are interested please feel free drop us a line or register. We will get back to you asap.

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