Russell Sage Foundation is currently accepting online letters of inquiry
Subject: Three Funding Opportunities with the Russell Sage Foundation
The Russell Sage Foundation is currently accepting online letters of inquiry for its various research programs. The foundation grants awards of up to $150,000, typically over a period of two years. There are three funding areas that have potential for your departments; details for each can be found below. Letters of intent for all four programs are due by June 1, 2015, and can be submitted via the foundation’s online portal.
Behavioral Economics
This program supports research that uses behavioral insights to examine and improve social and living conditions in the U.S. The foundation seeks research proposals that will broaden their understanding of how cognitive biases, mental rules of thumb, interpersonal relationships and social networks and norms can cause real-life decisions to deviate from the standards of rational behavior and the social, economic and political consequences of such behaviors. Recent studies supported by the foundation have focused on how poverty and other forms of resource scarcity burden people’s mental capacities and leave less mental room for other concerns. Other topics recently funded in this area include but are not limited to Racial and Ethnic Bias, Parenting and Child Development, and Public Finance.
More information on the Behavioral Economics program can be found here, and a complete list of previous awardees can be found here.
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
The foundation seeks investigator-initiated research proposals on the social, economic, and political effects of the changing racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population, including the transformation of communities and ideas about what it means to be American. They are especially interested in research that examines the roles of race, ethnicity, nativity, and legal status on outcomes for immigrants, U.S.-born racial and ethnic minorities, and native-born whites. The program encourages multi-disciplinary perspectives on questions stemming from the significant changes in the racial, ethnic, and immigrant-origin composition of the U.S. population.
The foundation is especially interested in novel uses of existing data as well as analyses of new or under-utilized data. Proposals may raise a variety of research questions about any one or more of the three topics encompassed by this program—race, and/or ethnicity, and/or immigration. The Foundation encourages methodological variety and inter-disciplinary collaboration, but all proposals must have well-developed conceptual frameworks and research designs.
More information on the Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration program can be found here.
Social Inequality
The Social Inequality program supports research on the social, economic, political, and labor market consequences of rising economic inequalities in the United States. Recently, the foundation has turned to in-depth examinations of the key institutions the United States relies on to counteract market-driven inequality: public education and the democratic electoral system. They have been interested in how these institutions have performed during the recent run-up in economic inequality. The foundation seeks investigator-initiated research projects that will broaden their understanding of the causes and consequences of rising economic inequalities. Projects that might use innovative data or methodologies to address important questions about inequality are of particular interest.
More information on the Social Inequality Program can be found here, and a complete list of previous awardees can be found here.