Current Funding Opportunities

Selected Opportunities

The Institute for Social Science Research maintains a list of upcoming funding opportunities for social science researchers.  Although our staff provides optimal assistance with at least one month lead time from those interested in a particular opportunity, we’re happy to help at any stage of the proposal process.

This list will be periodically updated with new opportunities. For additional guidance on research funding, please visit our Funding Resources page.

Title

Deadline

James S. McDonnell Foundation

6/30/2016

Tufts Health Plan Foundation

7/16/2016

Aspen Institute

7/18/2016

United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation - BSF-NSF joint funding, various fields

7/2016 - 12/2016

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Optimizing Cost-of-care Conversations

7/27/2016

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Investigator-initiated Focus Grants

8/1/2016

Fulbright Opportunities in Sustainable Development in Western Hemisphere

8/1/2016

World Universities Network Research Development Fund (Internal Proposal Submission Process)

8/3/2016

Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowships (Limited submission: submit in a single PDF to Liz Smith (emsmith@umass.edu).

8/12/2016

J.M. Kaplan Fund

9/1/2016

NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01 - Research Project Grant)

9/8/2016

NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21 - Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant)

9/8/2016

Spencer Foundation Midcareer Grant Program

9/13/2016

NY Public Library Cullman Center Fellowship

9/30/2016

Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowship

10/15/2016