1. The National Plan for Research, Development and Innovation for the period 2007-2013 (NPRDI) An Application Grant at “Ideas” Programme Claudiu Herteliu PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Economics, Bucharest “Opportunities in Socio-Economic Sciences Humanities” Conference Sinaia, Hotel International, Friday, 17th October 2008

2. NPRDI’s Sections 1. Human resources 2. Capacities 3. Ideas 4. Partnerships in priority RDI fields 5. Innovation

3. The research team NameAffiliationBackgroundPosition Claudiu HERTELIU University of Economics, Bucharest EconomicsProject Director Tudorel ANDREI University of Economics, Bucharest Economics & Mathematics Senior Researcher Cristina GAVRILUTA Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iassy SociologySenior Researcher Catalin Vasile BOBB Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca PhilosophyJunior Researcher Bogdan Vasile ILEANU University of Economics, Bucharest EconomicsJunior Researcher

4. Brief Project Description  Title: “The Influence of Religion over Social Processes in Romania - a Neo- Weberian Approach from a Quantitative Perspective using Statistical Survey Techniques”  Duration: 36 months  Budget: approx. 260 thou. Euros

5. The Project’s Main Goals (1)  A better defining of a coherent and comprehensive framework for the evaluation of religious domain in specific context of Romanian society  The correct specification and positioning of the place, the role and the directions through an approach which are combining quantitative and qualitative methods are generating knowledge at the intersection between religious, social and economic

6. The Project’s Main Goals (2)  The increase of predictability capacity over the mechanisms which are connecting and integrating the religious domain with modern society through some complex analysis and some econometric model design.  A increased visibility over the methodologies used and the outcomes obtained during research

7. Evaluation results (1)  There are 2670 grant applications in competition at Ideas Programme structured in 32 sections  Our project was included in “Sociology” section among other 255 grants  A 0 to 100 points scale was used during evaluation  We obtained 94,7 points and we are on 34 th place in hierarchy at “Sociology” section  A decision about minimum score required for a funded project will be delivered, perhaps, within next week

8. Evaluation results (2)  Sociology section – 256 Grant Applications

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