Current Funding Opportunities | Institute for Social Science Research

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
Lyle Spencer Research Awards	10/17/2017
National Science Foundation \| Innovations in Graduate Education Program	10/25/2017
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
Open Society Foundations – 2018 Advocacy Fellowships	12/06/2017
ASA Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline	12/15/2017
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
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

Other Funding Opportunities

The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) compiles a Request for Proposal (RFP) e-newsletter that lists foundations with open calls for proposals and letters of intent that are sent to UMass Amherst schools and colleges. If you are not receiving the newsletters and would like to do so, you can sign up at the CFR website's RFP Newsletter page.

Recent RFP e-newsletters (all past issues available for download)

CFR eNewsletter 01-06-17

CFR eNewsletter 02-12-17

CFR eNewsletter 04-10-17

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