Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation
Solicitation Title: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Event Type: COVID-19
Funding Amount: $35,000 to $175,000 (see Other Information)
Sponsor Deadline: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Solicitation Link: https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/race-ethnicity-immigration

Overview

6/24/2020 Update: New Funding Priorities for August 5 Deadline for Letters of Inquiry <h2 class="u-black u-title u-title--large u-margin__5"><a href="https://www.russellsage.org/news/rsf-president-sheldon-danziger-foundat… President Sheldon Danziger on the Foundation's Current Funding Priorities in Response to the Crises of 2020</a></h2> The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has long supported social science research with the aim of improving social and living conditions in the United States. In response to the crises of 2020, the foundation is dedicating its next funding cycle exclusively to research that seeks to improve our understanding of these extraordinary times. The severe consequences of the Covid19-pandemic, including its economic disruptions, and the recent mass protests to combat systemic racial inequality in policing and other institutions have reaffirmed the importance of social science research examining economic, political, racial, ethnic, generational, and social inequalities relevant to public policy and social change. __________________ The Russell Sage Foundation program on Race, Ethnicity & Immigration seeks investigator-initiated research proposals on 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. We are especially interested in innovative research that examines the roles of race, ethnicity, nativity, and legal status in outcomes for immigrants, U.S.-born racial and ethnic minorities, and native-born whites. A primary goal of the program is to encourage researchers from different social science traditions studying issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration to work together in productive and innovative ways. We encourage multi-disciplinary perspectives and methods that both strengthen the data, theory, and methods of social science research and foster an understanding of how we might better achieve the American ideals of a pluralist society. Proposals may raise a variety of research questions about any one or more of the three topics encompassed by this program—race, and/or ethnicity, and/or immigration. Examples of the kinds of topics and questions that are of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: • The Effects of Stratification by Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Status on Social, Economic, and Political Outcomes of Different Groups • American Institutions' Response to Increasing Diversity in the Population • The Role of Legal Status in Immigrant Outcomes • Ethnic and Racial Socialization and Identity Formation • Immigration, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, and Integration • Immigration Policy and Immigrant Integration Policies • Redefinition of Inter-Group Relations • The use of biomarkers and health indicators in modeling social, economic, behavioral and associated outcomes of immigrants and their children

Solicitation Limitations: All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a doctorate. In rare circumstances, RSF may consider applications from scholars who do not hold a doctorate but can demonstrate a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research. Students may not be applicants. A letter of intent is required. Other Information:For its August 5, 2020, deadline, RSF will only accept letters of inquiry relevant to one of RSF's core programs, and which address at least one of the following issues: 1. Research on the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting recession in the U.S. Specifically, research that assesses the social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences of the pandemic, especially its effects on marginalized individuals and groups and on trust in government and other institutions. Our priorities do not include analyses of health outcomes or health behavior. 2. Research focused on systemic racial inequality and/or the recent mass protests in the U.S. Specifically, research that investigates the prevalence of racial disparities in policing and criminal justice and their social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences; the effects of the current social protest movement and mass mobilization against systemic discrimination; the nature of public attitudes and public policies regarding policing, criminal justice, and social welfare; and the effects of those attitudes in the current political environment. For its subsequent, November 11, 2020, letter of inquiry deadline, RSF will return to accepting letters of inquiry in three of its core programs, which have and will continue to focus on many of the causes and consequences of the crises of 2020. ____________ Trustee Grants are generally capped at $175,000, including 15% indirect costs. Presidential Grants are capped at $35,000 (no indirect costs). PIs may request up to $50,000 (no indirect costs) when the proposed research project has special needs for gathering data (e.g.: qualitative research) or gaining access to restricted-use data. RSF receives so many applications for its limited funding that it no longer considers submissions that make use of publicly-available data, such as the Current Population Survey, American Community Survey, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, National Longitudinal survey of Youth, etc. However, if the project addresses a pressing issue or uses these data in an innovative way, RSF may consider such proposals as Presidential grants with a maximum budget of $35,000.

Last Updated: 06/24/2020

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