Details
| Opportunity Name | Research Grants Program |
| Agency | Russell Sage Foundation |
| Value | Up to $200,000 USD |
| Indirect Costs | Trustee Grants — Eligible at 15% Presidential Grants — Ineligible |
| Duration | 2 years |
Deadlines
Letter of Intent (LOI)
| LOI due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 04-19-2023 |
| LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 04-26-2023 |
| LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 05-01-2023, by 9:00AM |
| LOI due at agency | 05-03-2023, by 2:00PM |
Full application
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 10 business days prior to submission to agency |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 5 business days prior to submission to agency |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 2 business days prior to submission to agency, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | August 2023 (date to be confirmed by agency), by 2:00PM |
Objective
Grants are available for research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time for conducting research and writing up results. RSF also support original data collection. Proposals to conduct field experiments, in-depth qualitative interviews, and ethnographies are also encouraged.
NOTE: RSF rarely considers projects for which the investigators have not already fully-developed the research design, the sample framework, access to data, etc. Investigators are encouraged to submit an LOI after they have developed and pre-tested survey instruments, completed preliminary data analyses if the data are publicly available or conducted some preliminary interviews for qualitative studies.
Eligibility
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.
RSF particularly encourages early career scholars to apply for Presidential grants or our Pipeline Competition. For the November deadlines you can apply for either the pipeline grants or our regular research grants but not both. All nationalities are eligible to apply and applicants do not have to reside in the U.S., but the focus of the proposed research project must be on the U.S. as per our mission.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.