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.

Grant Title

Deadline

National Science Foundation | Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Program

 11/21/2017
Russell Sage Foundation - Future of Work

11/30/2017

Russell Sage Foundation - Social Inequality

 11/30/2017

Russell Sage Foundation - Behavioral Economics

 11/30/2017

Russell Sage Foundation - Non-Standard Employment

 11/30/2017

Russell Sage Foundation -  The Social, Economic, and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act

 11/30/2017

Spencer Foundation, “Conference Grants”

 12/1/2017

Open Society Foundations – 2018 Advocacy Fellowships

 12/06/2017

ASA Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline

 12/15/2017

Searle Freedom Trust

 12/15/2017

American Council of Learned Societies, “Digital Extension Grants”

 1/10/2018

Russell Sage Foundation – Visiting Researchers

05/01/2018
Russell Sage Foundation – Visiting Journalist Fellowship 05/01/2018

Russell Sage Foundation – Immigration and Immigrant Integration

05/31/2018
Russell Sage Foundation – Integrating Biology and Social Science Knowledge (BioSS) 05/31/2018
Russell Sage Foundation – Computational Social Science 05/31/2018

Russell Sage Foundation – Visiting Scholars Program

 06/28/2018

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Economic Institutions, Behavior and Performance Grants

 Rolling

Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Demonstrating the Power of Evidence-Based Programs to “Move the Needle” on Major U.S. Social Programs

 Rolling

Laura and John Arnold Foundation | RCTs to Evaluate Social Programs Whose Delivery Will Be Funed by Government or Other Entities 

 Rolling

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

 Various

ORD Investigator Initiated Workshops (catalyze collaborative research)

 Rolling
Public Welfare Foundation

Rolling

Robert Wood Johnson | Pioneering Idea Brief Proposal

 Rolling

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Evidence for Action, Investigator-initiated research to build a culture of health

 Rolling

Russell Sage Foundation | Small Grants (Behavioral Economics)

 Rolling