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Greetings Colleagues,
Russell Sage Foundation has three categories of funding for their research grants. The
deadline for a Letter of Intent is in one month on November 10th, 2021.
https://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply/application-deadlines One usually thinks of RSF’s
work in the social sciences rather than education. They aren’t focused curriculum or
program development, but they support research to validate a particular educational
approach’s impact on educational inequities, show how an approach deals effectively with a
particular problem of inequity, or unlock knowledge on theories having an impact in the
areas of workforce development or helping people toward economic independence. Once an
applicant’s LOI is accepted and an invitation to submit a proposal is given, then the
application deadline is March 9th, 2022.
--Iwan
Social, Political and Economic Inequality
https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality
The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality
supports innovative research on the factors that contribute to social, political and
economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect
social, psychological, political, and economic outcomes, including educational access, job
opportunities, social mobility, civic participation and representation, and the
transmission of advantage and disadvantage within and across generations.
Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context
https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/behavioral-science-decision-...
The Russell Sage Foundation’s (RSF) core program on Behavioral Science and Decision Making
in Context merges its long-standing program on Behavioral Economics and its special
initiative on Decision Making and Human Behavior in Context. This program encourages
perspectives from multiple disciplines, including economics, psychology, political
science, sociology, law, public policy, and other social sciences, to further our
understanding of economic, social, political, and psychological decision-making processes,
attitudes, behaviors, and institutional practices in public and private contexts such as
policing/criminal legal systems, employment, housing, politics, racial/ethnic relations,
and immigration.
The term “behavior” is used in multiple ways across disciplines. Behavioral observation
has long been used for psychological research on human behavior. Experimental
psychologists conduct field and/or laboratory experiments to learn more about why people
take certain actions. Behavioral economists focus on the decision-making processes of
individuals and institutions. In political science, the subfield of political behavior
focuses on attitudes. Sociologists study how human behavior is shaped by the groups to
which people belong and by the social interactions that occur within those groups. Social
scientists across these areas are increasingly proposing interventions in ongoing policies
and programs to test the effectiveness of their theories and models. The foundation seeks
applications from all of these perspectives regarding how they affect individual, group,
and institutional behaviors and social structures.
RSF priorities do not include analyses of health or mental health outcomes or health
behaviors as these are priorities for other funders. For the same reason, RSF seldom
supports studies focused on educational processes or curricular issues but does prioritize
analyses of inequities in educational attainment or student performance.
The Future of Work
https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/future-work
The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on the Future of Work supports innovative research
on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately
skilled workers and their families. We seek investigator-initiated research proposals that
will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of
the labor market and public policies on employment, earnings, and job quality. We are
especially interested in proposals that address questions about the interplay of market
and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future.
In addition, Russell Sage Foundation accepts LOIs for research in the following two
areas:
1. Research on the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting recession in the U.S.
Specifically, research that assesses the social, political, economic, and psychological
causes and consequences of the pandemic, especially its effects on marginalized
individuals and groups and on trust in government and other institutions. Our priorities
do not include analyses of health outcomes or health behaviors. RSF seldom supports
studies focused on outcomes such as educational processes or curricular issues but does
prioritize analyses of inequities in educational attainment or student performance.
2. Research focused on systemic racial inequality and/or the recent mass protests in
the U.S. Specifically, research that investigates the prevalence of racial disparities in
policing and criminal justice and their social, political, economic, and psychological
causes and consequences; the effects of the current social protest movement and mass
mobilization against systemic discrimination; the nature of public attitudes and public
policies regarding policing, criminal justice, and social welfare; and the effects of
those attitudes in the current political environment.
More here: https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/covid-19-pandemic
3. This link is to some letter of inquiry writing tips and samples of LOIs are midway
down the page: https://www.russellsage.org/grant-writing-guidelines
Mr. Iwan Notowidigdo
Senior Grant Development Coordinator
The University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Education & Human Development (COEHD)
iwan.notowidigdo(a)utsa.edu
(Mobile: 347-231-5931)
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