Community-Based Participatory Research Projects

Overview

<p>The Sociological Initiatives Foundation supports social change by linking research to social action. It funds research projects that investigate laws, policies, institutions, regulations, and normative practices that may limit equality in the United States and Puerto Rico. It gives priority to projects that seek to address racism, xenophobia, classism, gender bias, exploitation, or the violation of human rights and freedoms. It also supports research that furthers language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions. The Sociological Initiatives Foundation (SIF) is dedicated to the belief that research and action are intrinsically inseparable. We invite concept proposals for community-led projects that link an explicit research design to a concrete social action strategy. Projects should have specifically stated social change goals. </p> <p>In the context of social and racial inequality dating back centuries, the Foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or behavioral change. It seeks to fund research and initiatives that provide insight into sociological and linguistic issues that can help specific groups and or communities expand opportunities and challenge injustices. The Foundation will continue to give priority to projects that explicitly promote racial justice and fairer and more equitable laws, policies and practices. We expect applicants from academic institutions to apply with a community partner.</p> <p>Preference is given to applicants that are:</p> <ul> <li>community-led academic partnerships</li> <li>advocacy or community groups that conduct research that can withstand challenge in academic and policy arenas</li> <li>grassroots organizations that organize or link to a constituency through their research</li> <li>academics allied with a constituency through their research</li> </ul> <p>In the past SIF has funded projects in the areas of civil rights, community organizing, crime and law, education, health, housing, immigration, labor organizing, and language/literacy. Preference is given to providing support in areas that tend to be under-funded and for projects of a size where a Sociological Initiatives Foundation grant can make a difference.</p>