Funding
Upcoming ASA Funding Opportunities
Community Action Research Initiative
Deadline: February 2, 2009
Sponsored by the ASA Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy, these small grants encourage sociologists to undertake community action projects that bring to bear social science knowledge, methods, and expertise in addressing community-identified issues and concerns.
ASA Congressional Fellowship
Deadline: February 2, 2009
Sponsored by the ASA Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy, the Congressional Fellow serves for six months as a member of a staff office in the U.S. House or Senate. The Fellow will learn the workings of Congress and will share the uses and contributions of sociology with the placement site.
Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
Deadline: December 15, 2008, and June 15, 2009
Supported by the ASA through a matching grant from the National Science Foundation, the goal of FAD is to nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, groundbreaking research initiatives and other important scientific research activities such as conferences. FAD awards provide scholars with small grants ($7,000 maximum) for innovative research that has the potential for challenging the discipline, stimulating new lines of research, and creating new networks of scientific collaboration.
Minority Fellowship Program
Deadline: January 31, 2009
Supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, this longstanding American Sociological Association training grant supports pre-doctoral graduate education for sociology students.
ASA Teaching Enhancement Fund - Small Grants Program
Deadline: February 2, 2009
The ASA Teaching Enhancement Fund Small Grants Program provides support to an individual, department, program, or committee of a state/regional sociology association to enhance the teaching of sociology that will have systemic and enduring impact on the teaching and learning of sociology.
For more information on each of these Funding Opportunities, visit www.asanet.org and click on “Funding.”
