Russel Sage Foundation

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RUSSEL SAGE FOUNDATION
http://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/future-work

LOI for Future of the Work Program
Deadline: 20 August 2018

DESCRIPTION

The Russell Sage Foundation is seeking letter of inquiries for its Future of Work Program that support innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers and their families.

The Program seeks investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden their understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of workers.

The Russell Sage Foundation's program on the Future of Work supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers and their families. They seek investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden the understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of workers. The Foundation is especially interested in proposals that address important questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future.

Examples of the kinds of topics and questions that are of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Changing economies, changing families and policy responses (or lack thereof)
  • The economics of productivity and the role of managerial practices in improving job quality
  • Causes and consequences of job polarization
  • Effects of long-term unemployment and strategies to prevent long-term disadvantage

Grant Categories:

  • Project Grants are generally capped at $175,000, including 15% indirect costs. Projects that use publicly available data are capped at $75,000, including indirect costs.
  • Presidential grants are capped at $35,000 (no indirect costs). In rare circumstances, investigators may apply for a Presidential Grant of 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.

Project Length:
Projects are limited to no more than two years; RSF may consider longer projects in exceptional circumstances.

Salary Support: Proposals should include no more than 5 investigators, 3 of whom may receive funding (faculty and postdoctoral researchers).

Travel: RSF will not pay for travel for collaboration purposes (meeting among PIs/collaborators) or the dissemination/presentation of findings (conference travel).

Eligibility Criteria

  • All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a Ph.D. or comparable terminal degree, or a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research.
  • RSF particularly encourages early career scholars to apply for Presidential grants.
  • All nationalities are eligible to apply and applicants do not have to reside in the U.S.
  • RSF does not accept applications for Project and Presidential Grants from doctoral or other graduate students, unless specified in a special RFP.

NOTE: All letters of inquiry must be submitted directly by the principal investigator or co-PI of the proposed project.

Funding Priority: Projects that use newly-available data or make new linkages across data sources have a higher priority than projects that analyze only public use data from widely available data sets. For projects using publicly available data (e.g., any non-restricted Census, CPS, or ACS, PSID, ECLS or any other such dataset), the budget request cannot exceed $75,000 (including indirect costs). RSF will only consider budget requests that exceed this amount if the investigator can adequately explain why the project requires a higher amount. 

All applications for external grants must be preceded by a brief letter of inquiry (No more than 4 pages, excluding references, single-spaced, with standard 11 or 12-point font, and 1 inch margins) to determine whether the Foundation's present interests and funds permit consideration of a proposal for research. Only invited proposals will be considered. 

Submit LOI: https://rsf.onlineapplicationportal.com/