The Master Grants are part of Telenor's research project collaboration with the University of Oslo. The grants are established to support the Development of academic talent within the Field of economics on topics of special relevance to Telenor.
Suggested topics (the list is not exhaustive):
- Privacy
- Competition and competition law applied to mobile companies
- Regulation of mobile telephony companies
- The internet on mobile platforms in Asia
- Intellectual property rights
- Livelihood strategies and mobile services
The evaluation criteria are the originality of the idea, the relevance of the topic for Telenor, the achievability of the project proposal and the academic records/grades of the candidates.
Fifty percent of the scholarship will be disbursed to the students after being selected, and the remaining amount will be transferred when the Master thesis receives a passing grade. The thesis must be completed no later than 31st of December 2015.
The application
- project description outlining your project idea, your research question and a rough outline of the thesis.
Remember also to include the name(s) of your supervisor - a work schedule for your master project
- grades from higher education.
How to apply
The application with all the enclosures should be sent as one single pdf-file by e-mail to line.grenheim@econ.uio.no. Deadline: June 1 2014.