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Funding Opportunities in the Social Sciences
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Unless otherwise noted, all proposals to funders outside of Harvard must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) five business days prior to the sponsor deadline. We can help you navigate the routing process for your proposal.
Questions? Please contact Erin Cromack, Senior Research Development Officer at [email protected]
or 617-496-5252
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Click on the links below to see additional information
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Strategies for Successful Proposal Writing
April 21, 2017 9:30-11:00AM
GCIS South, Room 250
FAS Research Administration Services will host an interactive workshop on strategies for successful proposal writing targeted to junior faculty in the social sciences,
arts & humanities.
Led by Cynthia Verba, GSAS Director of Fellowships, and Ian J. Miller, Professor of History, the goal of the program is to provide participants with feedback on current proposals as well as to discuss general tips and strategies. Breakfast will be provided.
Workshop participants are invited to submit a draft of an opening paragraph or abstract from a planned grant or fellowship proposal in advance of the session.
These should be submitted to Paige Belisle at
[email protected]
around April 13th, or at least 2 or 3 days prior to the session. During the session selected paragraphs will receive feedback from the session leaders and peer group.
The event is also open to faculty members who wish to participate without submitting a paragraph of their own.
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For a more comprehensive list of Harvard internal funding opportunities, please see
here
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Non-Federal Opportunities:
Federal Opportunities:
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Deadline: April 3, 2017
Award Amount: $5,000 - $50,000 for one year
The goal of the Data Science Initiative Competitive Research Fund is to support research that advances Data Science at Harvard in new ways. This call invites innovative ideas whose interests span all areas of Data Science, including methodological foundations, as well as the development of quantitative methods and tools motivated by Data Science challenges.
The Data Science Initiative Competitive Research Fund will provide funding in the following categories:
- Seed funding, to encourage faculty to pursue exciting new research directions in Data Science that might not yet be ready to compete in traditional funding programs.
- Bridge funding, to allow faculty to continue work on previously funded research in the area of Data Science that does not currently have external funding. Faculty who apply in this category should demonstrate that efforts have been made or will be made to obtain new external funding.
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Deadline: last day of August, November, February, and May
Award Amount: $40,000 for ladder faculty; $5,000 for doctoral students and postdocs
Eligible Applicants: Harvard University
full time doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and ladder faculty.
The FHBI provides seed grants to support transformative research in the social and behavioral sciences. Successful proposals will be those that promise to advance understanding of the social, institutional and biological mechanisms shaping human beliefs and behavior. Funds will be used to support interdisciplinary social science research projects based on innovative experimental or observational designs that make use of sophisticated quantitative methods.
The Fund also supports seminars, conferences, and other research-related activities.
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External Funding Opportunities
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OSP review not required
Sponsor Deadline: June 28, 2017
Award Amount:
Scholars are provided with an office at the Foundation, research assistance, computer and library facilities, and supplemental salary support of up to 50 percent of their academic year salary when unavailable from other sources (up to a maximum of $125,000)
The Russell Sage Foundation's Visiting Scholars Program
provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic and behavioral sciences to pursue their research and writing while in residence at the Foundation's New York headquarters. Research carried out by Visiting Scholars constitutes an important part of the Foundation's ongoing effort to analyze and understand the complex and shifting nature of social and economic life in the United States. While Visiting Scholars typically work on projects related to the Foundation's
current programs
, a few scholars whose research falls outside these areas are occasionally invited as well.
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OSP review not required
Sponsor Deadline: June 23, 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
The Smith Richardson Foundation sponsors an annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history.
The purpose of the program is to strengthen the U.S. community of scholars and researchers conducting policy analysis in these fields. Within the academic community, this program supports junior or adjunct faculty, research associates, and post-docs who are engaged in policy-relevant research and writing.
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OSP review not required for letter of inquiry
Sponsor Letter of Inquiry Deadline: May 31, 2017
Harvard OSP Deadline (if invited to submit full proposal): August 8, 2017
Sponsor
Full Proposal Deadline (by invitation): August 15, 2017
Award Amount: Up to $150,000
These awards are restricted to support for social science research within the following five program areas:
- Behavioral Economics: The program on Behavioral Economics focuses on research that incorporates insights of psychology and other social sciences into the study of economic behavior.
- Future of Work: The Future of Work program is concerned primarily with examining the causes and consequences of the declining quality of jobs for less- and moderately-educated workers in the U.S. economy and the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of American workers.
- Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration: The Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration program is concerned with 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.
- Social Inequality: The program in Social Inequality focuses on whether rising economic inequality has affected social, political, and economic institutions in the U.S., and the extent to which increased inequality has affected equality of opportunity, social mobility, and the intergenerational transmission of advantage.
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Harvard OSP Deadline: May 23, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: May 31, 2017
Award Amount: $50,000 to $100,000 (greater and lesser amounts in certain circumstances)
The Foundation considers major grant applications in the fields of libraries, education, hospitals and clinics.
Grants for Libraries: Applications will be considered for resource Endowments (print, film, electronic database, speakers/workshops), capital construction, and innovative equipment. Projects fostering broader public access to global information sources utilizing collaborative efforts, pioneering technologies, and equipment are encouraged.
Grants for Educational Institutions: Applications will be considered for: educational endowments to fund scholarships; endowments to support fellowships and teaching chairs; and erection or endowment of buildings and equipment for educational purposes.
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Harvard OSP Deadline: May 17, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: May 24, 2017
Award Amount: Limit not specified. Applicants may request costs for personnel, travel, materials and/or other costs.
The special programme "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements" is aimed at researchers who, with an eye to current developments, are examining the emergence of political movements in the Islamic world at the national and/or transnational level. Historical studies are encouraged and supported, together with projects in the areas of religious, cultural or political science. Proposals will be supported that address the particularities and contexts of cultural and historical environments and relationships. The projects' deliverables should be able to make a contribution to diverse and expert discussions in public and political circles.
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Sponsor Letter of Inquiry Deadline (OSP review not required for LOI): May 3, 2017
Award Amount: $100,000 to $600,000 over 2-3 years for reducing inequality research grants; $100,000 to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years for improving the use of research evidence grants
The W.T. Grant Foundation is focused on youth ages 5 to 25 in the United States, funding research that increases our understanding of
- programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes, and
- strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that beneit youth.
The foundation seeks research that builds stronger theory and empirical evidence in these two areas and informs change. While it is not expected that any one study will create that change, the research should contribute to a body of useful knowledge to improve the lives of young people.
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OSP review not required
Sponsor Deadline: May 1, 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
The Whiting Foundation provides support works in progress to enable authors to complete their books. Its chief objective is to foster original, ambitious projects that bring writing to the highest possible standard. This grant is intended to support multiyear book projects requiring large amounts of deep and focused research, thinking, and writing at a crucial point mid-process, after significant work has been accomplished but where an extra infusion of support can make a difference in the ultimate shape and quality of the work. Whiting welcomes submissions for works of history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, philosophy, criticism, food or travel writing, and personal essays, among other categories. Applicants must be US citizens or residents and must be under contract with a publisher and at least two years into their contract as of the May 1 application deadline.
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Harvard OSP Deadline: April 24, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: May 1, 2017
Award Amount: Up to $50,000
The Small Research Grants program is intended to support education research projects with budgets of $50,000 or less. In keeping with the Spencer Foundation's mission, this program aims to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
Historically, the work funded through these grants has spanned, a range of topics and disciplines, including education, psychology, sociology, economics, history, and anthropology, and they employ a wide range of research methods.
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Harvard OSP Deadline: April 7, 2017
Deadline: April 16, 2017
Award Amount: Recent grants have ranged from $20,000 to $1,000,000, with the majority of grants under $100,000
The Searle Freedom Trust fosters research and education on public policy issues that affect individual freedom and economic liberty. Through its grant-making, the foundation seeks to develop solutions to the country's most important and challenging domestic policy issues. The foundation invests primarily in scholarship that results in the publication of books, journal articles, and policy papers. Funding is typically provided in the form of research grants, fellowships, and other types of targeted project support. The Searle Freedom Trust also provides funding for public interest litigation and supports outreach to the public through a variety of forums, including sponsorship of research conferences and seminars, film and journalism projects, and new media initiatives.
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OSP review not required
Sponsor Deadline: April 3, 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
The aim of the IBM Center for the Business of Government is to tap into the best minds in academe and the nonprofit sector who can use rigorous public management research and analytic techniques to help public sector executives and managers improve the effectiveness of government. The Center is looking for very practical findings and actionable recommendations - not just theory or concepts - in order to assist executives and managers to more effectively respond to mission and management challenges. Individuals receiving a stipend should produce a 10,000- to 12,000-word report written for government leaders and public managers, providing very practical knowledge and insight.
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Draft Deadline (optional): April 7, 2017
Harvard OSP Deadline: June 7, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: June 14, 2017
Award Amount: Up to $200,000 for one year. The sponsor will provide no more
than 50 per cent of total direct project costs
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish documentary editions of historical records. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American history or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project.
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Agency for International Development (USAID)
Department of State
National Institute of Justice
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
- Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (S2I2 Conceptualization Proposals) - April 11, 2017
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates - May 26, 2017
- Perception, Action & Cognition - June 15, 2017
- Science of Learning - July 12, 2017
- Archaeology and Archaeometry - July 13, 2017
- Developmental Sciences - July 17, 2017
- Linguistics - July 17, 2017
- Social Psychology - July 17, 2017
- Biological Anthropology - July 19, 2017
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - July 19-21, 2017
- See all current NSF opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
National Endowment for the Humanities
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For assistance, please contact:
Erin Cromack
Senior Research Development Officer
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