Research Funding Opportunities

Dissertation Funding

August 18, 2015 by Martha Kropf

Call for Applications: 2016 SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship – The fellowship provides graduate students in the humanities and social sciences with interdisciplinary training support to formulate innovative doctoral dissertation proposals. Eligibility details can be accessed via the SSRC DPDF website. Deadline: October 15, 2015.

Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellowship

AERA Research and Dissertation Grant-Deadline January 15th

December 01, 2014 by Sheena Trull

http://www.aera.net/ProfessionalOpportunitiesFunding/AERAFundingOpportunities/GrantsProgram/tabid/10242/Default.aspx

If you have any specific questions, Ada Uche (a recipient of an AERA grant) has offered to be of help.

William Waters Grant applications

September 04, 2014 by Sheena Trull

William Waters Grant awarded annually by the Association for Social Economics.

The grant provides one or more awardees with funding of $5,000 to pursue research during Summer 2015 on a topic related to social economics.

The application form and instructions can be found at the ASE website: http://www.socialeconomics.org.

Questions about the grant may be sent to Prof. Giuseppe Fontana (gf@lubs.leeds.ac.uk), Vice president of the Association for Social Economics. Please post or circulate this information and the attached poster.

The deadline for receipt of all application materials is November 1, 2014.

APPAM Update/Happenings

May 30, 2014 by Allison McMurry

APPAM to Sponsor Sessions at January WEAI Conference in New Zealand

APPAM is sponsoring several conference sessions at next year’s Western Economic Association International’s (WEAI) Pacific Rim Conference. Maureen Pirog, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , is requesting papers from APPAM members and will be organizing the sessions. She is requesting papers that cover any topic within policy analysis and management be submitted by June 25, 2014. Pirog will be organizing the sponsored sessions from the selection of submitted papers. Full panels will also be considered on any topic within policy analysis and management; panels with at least three papers, three discussants, and a chair will receive strong preference. Read more

From the Director: Four Years Later, APPAM Continues to Grow

I’ve been the Executive Director for four years now. It’s hard for me to remember a time when APPAM wasn’t part of my life. The last few years have been quite eventful and I’m proud of where the organization is and where we are going. What I’d like to do is take a look back at the most memorable things that have happened since 2010. Read more

Fall Research Conference Caucus Proposals Accepted Through June 13

The 2014 APPAM Fall Research Conference is continuing the caucus program format, which debuted last year. The primary purpose for these sessions is to offer a dedicated time for participants to gather informally to discuss new and emerging policy issues, to formulate new research questions, approaches to research and to form possible research collaborations. Unlike last year, however, we do not intend to limit these sessions to one weekend morning. Depending on the response, we will offer caucus sessions throughout the conference. Members are invited to submit their caucus proposals through June 13. Read more

NSF grant Deadlines

January 08, 2014 by Samuel Grubbs

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SBE DDRIG

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 1, 2014
Science, Technology, and Society
Program Guidelines: NSF 11-547

The National Science Foundation’s Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student’s university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake…
More at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

NSF- Proposals for New Methods of Evaluation

December 09, 2013 by Beth A Rubin

Also from the COSSA newsletter (12/9/2013):
Let me suggest that if you are interested in submitting a proposal, Project Mosaic may be a resource to help.

NSF Seeks Proposals for New Methodologies of Evaluation

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Education and Human Resources directorate supports the Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME) program. It is currently soliciting proposals for support of research on evaluation with special emphasis on: “(1) exploring innovative approaches for determining the impacts and usefulness of STEM education projects and programs; (2) building on and expanding the theoretical foundations for evaluating STEM education and workforce development initiatives, including translating and adapting approaches from other fields; and (3) growing the capacity and infrastructure of the evaluation field.”

Three types of proposals will be supported by the program: Exploratory Projects that include proof-of-concept and feasibility studies; more extensive Full-Scale Projects; and workshops and conferences.

The program expects to make 13 to 18 awards in FY 2014. Approximately 7-10 will be full scale projects and approximately 6-8 will be exploratory projects. The remainder of funds will go to support conference and workshop projects, RAPIDs and EAGERs, pending availability of funds. NSF anticipates spending $8 million on these awards pending the availability of funds.

For more information contact: Janice M. Earle, (703) 292-5097 or jearle@nsf.gov; or the PRIME Program Officers, 703-292-8650 or DRLPRIME@nsf.gov.

The proposal deadline is February 1, 2014.

The full solicitation can be found at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14515/nsf14515.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click.

OPRE Grant Announcement

May 07, 2013 by Nandan Jha

OPRE Grant Announcement

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recently published a discretionary research funding announcement titled “Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants,” which is summarized below. If you have questions regarding this grant announcement, please email the OPRE grant review team at HSGraduateResearchReviews@icfi.com or call 1-877-350-5913.

Head Start Graduate Student Research Grant

The full announcement for “Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants” is available online at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YR-0573. These grants are meant to facilitate high quality research that directly addresses the needs of low-income children, families, and their early childhood educators, to inform and improve Head Start policies and practice, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high quality doctoral students.

Who is eligible to apply? Funds for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants are available to accredited public, State-controlled, and private institutions of higher education acting on behalf of a doctoral-level graduate student.

To be eligible to administer the grant on behalf of the student, the institution must be fully accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Eligible U.S. institutions may apply on behalf of their own university faculty who will serve as Principal Investigator for an international non-U.S. citizen who is an advanced graduate student enrolled in their program. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards under this announcement. Additionally, eligible applicants must have a faculty mentor, who has a Ph.D. or equivalent in the respective field, and conducts research as a primary professional responsibility in their university/institution.

What is the funding award limit and project period? Applicants may apply for project periods up to 24 months with two 12-month budget periods. Up to $25,000 may be awarded for each budget period.For information about previous Head Start Graduate Student Research Grant, see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/research/project/head-start-graduate-student-research-program-0.

What types of research are supported? Proposed projects must address applied research questions that will inform and improve Head Start and Early Head Start policies and practice on topics of current interest. Topics of current interest for this announcement include, but are not limited to (please see announcement for further details):

· Research that will improve understanding of the needs of families from diverse backgrounds, or improve Head Start and Early Head Start programs and policies for various subpopulations;

· Family engagement and family outcomes;

· Issues related to children who are dual language learners, including children from language-minority families, and children in native language revitalization programs;

· Professional development, especially of staff working with families;

· Community engagement and collaboration;

· Health services and family health literacy;

· Transition from Head Start to Kindergarten or from Early Head Start to Head Start;

· Teacher and classroom characteristics and practices that influence children’s academic readiness;

· Leadership and management in Head Start and Early Head Start programs; and

· Efforts of federal agencies, states, territories, tribes, and localities to coordinate Head Start and Early Head Start programs with other child/family programs and how such coordination affects the services received by eligible families and children.

When is the application deadline? Letters of intent are due May 29, 2013 and applications are due June 28, 2013.

If you have questions regarding this grant announcement, please email the OPRE grant review team at HSGraduateResearchReviews@icfi.com or call 1-877-350-5913.

Vibrant Village - Call for Proposals

April 29, 2013 by Nandan Jha

“Vibrant Village – Call for Proposals:

Vibrant Village is accepting proposals for rural community development projects between $15,000 and $200,000. For further details, go to http://lnkd.in/82M9bS“

Gratitude Dissertation Research Award

March 19, 2013 by Nandan Jha

The Greater Good Science Center is EXTENDING the application deadline for our Gratitude Dissertation Research Award program to Friday APRIL 5, 2013! Graduate students whose work focuses on the science or practice of gratitude are eligible to apply for funding through our Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude program.

Please forward the announcement text below to graduate students and graduate student associations.

GGSC Gratitude Dissertation Research Awards: To galvanize young researchers in the study of gratitude, the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley will grant up to seven awards for dissertation-level research projects with the greatest potential to advance the science and practice of gratitude. Eight excellent researchers received $10,000 awards in the first cycle of this program.

Preference will be given to innovative projects that have clear scientific or translational impact. Awardees will receive up to $10,000 for one year to support the conduct of their dissertation research. No more than 15 percent of the total costs ($1,500) may be allocated to Facilities & Administrative (F&A)/Indirect Costs.

If you have any questions about the application process or the awards themselves, please read here or consult our Dissertation Research Awards FAQ; if you don’t see your question there, please email it to gratitude@berkeley.edu.

This Dissertation Research Award program is part of a larger project, Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude, funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

Timeline

Application Window: February 1 – April 5, 2013
Winners Announced: April 29, 2013

Funding Starts: June 1, 2013

MPhil/PhD Studentship: University of Greenwich -Faculty of Business

March 18, 2013 by Nandan Jha

MPhil/PhD Studentship
New Thinking in Economics in the Post-crisis Era
University of Greenwich -Faculty of Business
(Ref: PROF-BUS-02-13)
High quality proposals are being sought in all fields of economics, with a priority given to topics on globalization, income distribution, employment, investment, development, gender, and crisis such as:
.       the interaction of income distribution, demand, growth;
.       economic crises and their effects on the labour market outcomes, income distribution, or public finance;
.       the effects of globalization (international trade and foreign direct investment) on wages, employment, or income distribution;
.       the gender effects of economic crises;
.       financialisation, growth, and income distribution; and
.       Eurozone crisis, asymmetries in the Eurozone.
We seek proposals which have a comparative and pluralistic approach to the theoretical debates among the different schools of thought. Heterodox approaches, and a focus on alternative approaches to economic policy in the post-crisis environment are welcome. Proposals which bring the theoretical debates into empirical terrain, and illustrate the candidate’s familiarity with quantitative research methods and econometrics are also encouraged. Interdisciplinary approaches and a synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research methods are also welcome. Our research has a global emphasis, and proposals focusing on specific cases of developed or developing countries or transition economies are all encouraged.
The successful candidate will be based in the Work and Employment Research Unit and/or the Economic Development Resource Centre and will be expected to contribute to the dissemination of research findings in high quality publications and international research networks.
The successful candidate will receive a bursary for three years linked to RCUK Doctoral Stipend rate, currently £13590 per annum, plus a contribution towards tuition fees of up to the equivalent of the Home fee (currently £3885 pa), subject to performance.
Applicants must hold a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (UK or UK equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
For further information please contact the supervisor: Professor Özlem Onaran, O.Onaran@greenwich.ac.uk.
For additional information about the studentship and links to the application form please go to: http://www2.gre.ac.uk/research/study/studentships
The application form should be completed and returned to: postgraduateresearch@gre.ac.uk and include: a research proposal, a comprehensive CV and a covering letter explaining your interest and how it relates to past experience and present motivations. Attachments should be in PDF or Word format.
The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 26 April 2013.

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