Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Request for Proposals

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and the Food and Nutrition Service, announces a new Request for Proposals for food insecurity research using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Research funded competitively under this announcement will focus on economic analyses of longitudinal household food insecurity and its links to food assistance program participation, work, income, consumption, and wealth. It is anticipated that five (5) grants at $50,000 each will be awarded.

The PSID began in 1968 as a survey of 4,800 American families and has since followed the children and grandchildren of original respondents. Today there are more than 11,000 PSID families and 26,000 individuals who participate in the survey. The USDA provided funding to include the 18-item Household Food Security Module on the 1999, 2001, and 2003 PSID main family surveys, as well as the 1997 Child Development Supplement (CDS). Food Security Module questions were also included on the 2014 CDS and on the 2015 and 2017 main family surveys.

The aim of this grant initiative is to expand upon the first round of PSID grants (see http://ukcpr.org/research/food-assistance-food-insecurity/psid) by competitively awarding cutting-edge longitudinal research on causal links between food insecurity and child, adult, and family well-being across the domains of income, employment, consumption, wealth, and family structure utilizing both the historical, and especially, the newly released 2015 and 2017 data on food insecurity in the PSID.

Prospective researchers are encouraged to submit a letter of intent to UKCPR by Oct. 10, 2019, with full proposals due Nov. 14, 2019, by 5 p.m. For details on submission, see the full request for proposals here. Interested researchers may also contact UKCPR Assistant Director Jeff Spradling at ukcpr@uky.edu or 859-257-7641 for more information.

Call for Proposals: UCLA Law School Animal Law and Policy Small Grants Program

Thanks to generous funding from Mr. Bob Barker, UCLA Law School is pleased to offer the Animal Law and Policy Small Grants Program (“UCLA ALP Program”). The UCLA ALP Program exists to encourage new academic empirical research, with the goal of developing better empirical bases from which to understand, evaluate, and pursue animal law reform. Applicants from a variety of academic disciplinary backgrounds, including economics, sociology, demography, social psychology, moral psychology, medicine, plant-based nutritional science, cognitive science, law, public health, and public policy are encouraged to apply. The UCLA ALP Program has two goals:

• Fostering sound empirical -- quantitative or qualitative -- knowledge related to human uses of animals, alternatives to uses of animals, and humans’ relationship to animals, which animal law and policy academics and practitioners could use to develop animal law and policy reform applications;
• Supporting empirical research that enables animal law and policy academics and practitioners to develop increasingly more sophisticated understandings of the impact of public policies and laws that affect animals directly or indirectly.

Eligibility

Advanced-level graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply. Established scholars interested in expanding their non-legal research agenda to include topics related to the UCLA ALP Program’s goals are also welcome. The UCLA ALP Program will not accept applications for support of any type of research on animals or applications from applicants based in foreign countries. Applicants must be affiliated with an accredited academic institution of higher learning. Grant recipients must be affiliated with such an academic institution at the time of receipt of funds and throughout the funded research period.

Budget Information

We anticipate funding five to seven projects with a suggested total budget for individual projects in the range of $1,000 to $4,500. Funds can provide both salary support and costs associated with acquiring and analyzing new or existing data sources. Proposals that are part of larger research initiatives are also welcome. We cannot provide funding for overhead or other indirect costs. Requests for travel funding must be limited to travel necessary to carry out the research project. Project budgets should be for activities that take place within one year or less of receipt of funding. Applicants should consult a tax adviser on any potential tax liabilities stemming from a grant award.

Application Process

The application must include:

1. Project Summary – a 200 word description of the project written for a non-academic audience.
2. Research Proposal – No more than 3 pages (not including list of suggested referees, budget narrative, and human subjects narrative), single-spaced with 1 inch margins around and a font size no smaller than 12 point. The research proposal should include the following sections:
1. Research Aims: Succinctly describe the specific research aims of the project.
2. Project Description: Describe the project and include the following information:
1. Significance of the project, including:
1. Significance to research: discuss knowledge to be gained and how it is relevant to the scholarly literature
2.  Relevance: describe how the project will contribute to at least one of the two goals of the UCLA ALP Program (above). The UCLA Law School Animal Law and Policy Small Grants Program: Advancing academic scholars hip to support law and policy reform to benefit animals. UCLA School of Law Box 951476 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476 alp@law.ucla.edu
2. Research strategy/methodology, including a description of the project’s design, sampling and/or data collection procedures, and plan for data analysis;
3.  Plan for dissemination of results including expected research publications. Note: Investigators will be required to submit a summary of results for possible inclusion on the UCLA ALP Program website.
3. Applicant: Describe the qualifications of the applicant(s) and applicant’s organization to successfully complete the proposed research project.
1. List of Suggested Referees- List of two academic referees qualified to review the research proposal, including title, contact information (preferably email), and nature of academic relationship to the applicant (e.g., chair of doctoral committee, professor of course taken, research collaborator).
2. Budget and Budget Narrative- Budgets should outline the amount requested and the basis for all cost estimates. The budget should reflect resources necessary to complete the proposed project in a timely way. Please list other funding applications and sources that could or will in fact support the project, if it is part of a larger initiative. If the overall project budget is greater than the request to the UCLA ALP Program, please describe other sources of funding and the amount of funding those sources will or can be expected to provide. Having other sources of funding is not an impediment to receipt of a UCLA ALP Program grant, if additional funding will result in a better research product. For in-kind contributions, provide a letter from the institution providing these funds.
3. Human Subjects Narrative- Indicate if the project involves human subjects, and if so, identify the Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) responsible and what IRB process (e.g., expedited review) will be used. If human subject(s) approval is necessary, funds will not be released until IRB approval is obtained.
4. Curriculum Vitae for all key personnel involved in the project. Applications must be received by October 15, 2017, via email or mail, to be timely for the first application cycle. Awards will be announced by December 20, 2017. Early application submissions are encouraged and appreciated. For this first grant cycle, particularly strong applications may be funded on a rolling basis.
5. Please check that your application contains all the required information and send the completed application to:

• UCLA Law School Animal Law and Policy Small Grants Program
  UCLA School of Law
  Box 951476
  Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1476
  alp@law.ucla.edu

APPLICATION DUE DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2017 
For questions, please contact the UCLA ALP Program through email: alp@law.ucla.edu.

Organic Crop Improvement Association: Micro Grants

Just a reminder that the deadline for OCIA R&E micro grant proposals is quickly approaching - Nov 15th. The amount of awards has also been increased to up to $3,000 per project! Please check out the attached News Release for more information.

Micro Grant News Release

AAEA Trust Call for Proposals

 

The AAEA Trust Committee and Executive Board are seeking proposals for programs or projects that:

• Support development of graduate students and early career professionals
  AND/OR

• Deepen participation in AAEA or reach out to new groups
  AND/OR

• Enhance the AAEA Annual Meeting

Funds donated to the unrestricted and student and early career professional development categories of the AAEA Trust will be used to fund proposals approved by the AAEA Trust Committee and Executive Board. Proposals from AAEA Committees and Sections are encouraged. Please note that the Trust does not fund individual research projects, nor does it retroactively fund activities that have already taken place. Please contact Trust Committee Chair Julie Caswell at caswell@umass.edu if you would like to discuss your proposal ideas before submission.
Proposal submissions should include:

1. A cover sheet with name of applicant; applicant’s mailing address, e-mail, and phone number; title of the project; abstract of the project; timing, duration, and location of the project; and amount of funding requested.
2. A project description, not to exceed five double-spaced pages, including the purpose, scope, implementation procedures, the individuals responsible for management of the project, date/timing of the project, and location of the project.
3. An itemized budget, indicating costs to be borne by the Trust and funding provided by other sources, if any. The AAEA Business Office may be a resource for budget information.

Proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file by Monday, October 6, 2014, to ensure consideration for funding for the next year. Proposals will be reviewed by the AAEA Trust Committee, which will make recommendations to the Executive Board for action at the January 2015 Board Meeting.
Proposals should be submitted to Brian Mondragón Jones, AAEA Executive Director, via e-mail at bmjones@aaea.org. If you have any questions, please contact Brian or Julie.

Special Purpose Funds: Call for Applications

• Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship Applications 
• Uma Lele Special Purpose Fund 
• Chester O. McCorkle Jr. Student Scholarship Applications
• Luther G. Tweeten Scholarship Applications
• Travel Grants for Economists from Low Income or Lower-middle Income Countries