Searle Freedom Trust Grants Program
The Searle Freedom Trust fosters research and education on public policy issues that affect individual freedom and economic liberty. Funding from the organization supports books, journal articles, policy papers, public interest ligation and public outreach (such as...
Library of Congress Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies
This fellowship invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research based on the Alan Lomax Collection. The Lomax Collection is a major collection of ethnographic field audio recordings, motion pictures, photographs, manuscripts,...
Library of Congress David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality
This fellowship seeks to promote research on the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of...
IBM Center for the Business of Government Grants
The IBM Center is looking for rigorous public management research and analytic techniques to help public sector executives and managers improve the effectiveness of government. Proposals should include practical findings and actionable recommendations - not just...
Alex C. Walker Foundation Grants for Traditional & Ecological Economics
The Walker Foundation funds market approaches for addressing economic imbalances and promoting a sustainable economy. Applicants should clearly describe how their proposal addresses one or more of the Foundation's four purposes: Investigate the causes of economic...
The Dirksen Center Congressional Research Awards
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. Topics could include external factors shaping the exercise of congressional leadership, institutional conditions affecting it,...
Strenghening Economic Advocacy Throughout the Middle East/North Africa Region
The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) seeks proposals that advocate for legal and regulatory reforms that support the priority areas of: 1) more efficient and more transparent business registration processes, 2) improved bankruptcy and insolvency laws and...
Seeking Creative Use Cases for Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge
InnoCentive offers $10,000 for proposals that utilize Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge content, tools, and APIs (Application Programming Interface) and would enable users to engage in creative new behaviors, beyond what is currently possible with online research...
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Research and Evaluation on Policing
The DOJ seeks police research in four different areas: Officer safety and wellness - Proposals will evaluate evidence-based approaches designed and implemented to promote officer safety or wellness. Police technology - Proposals will evaluate technologies implemented...
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Research and Evaluation on the Impact of Social Media on Policing
DOJ seeks research on how law enforcement use social media in their daily operations. They are specifically interested in the following: Investigations - How has social media impacted investigations and clearing cases? How can law enforcement use social media to...