Funding, News and Announcements

The Russell Sage Foundation, which primarily supports social science research, currently has calls open for several grants as well as their Visiting Scholar Program.

Note that grants from the Russell Sage Foundation are open to Canadian researchers, but the focus of research must be on the United States.

Research grants:

• Behavioral Sciences and Decision-Making in Context
• Future of Work
• Immigration and Immigrant Integration
• Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
• Social, Political, and Economic Inequality

RSF’s Visiting Scholar Program is a unique opportunity for junior and senior scholars to spend a year (or a semester) in residence at RSF in New York City pursuing research examining essential questions on social, economic, and political life in the United States.

The deadline for applications for the 2024-25 academic years is June 27, 2023 at 3pm AST

View further information about the program, including eligibility requirements and application guidelines.

RSF is also accepting applications for visiting journalists and visiting researchers in residence at RSF during the 2023-24 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 2, 2023.

Read more about these programs.

Deadlines vary by grant/program. Questions may be addressed to ird@dal.ca or programs@rsage.org. For additional resources, click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.